GKN Powder Metallurgy, DuBois, Pa., has formed a strategic partnership with EOS GmbH, Germany, with the goal of designing a new, high-productivity process for laser-based metal additive manufacturing to reduce production time by 70% and overall cost by up to 50%.
Continue readingSeco gas nitriding furnace enables production of high-performance steel surfaces
Seco Vacuum, Meadville, Pa., reports that a growing American manufacturer has recently ordered a new precision gas nitriding furnace with ZeroFlow.
Continue readingWisconsin Oven ships belt conveyor oven for preheating aluminum forging billets
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, has shipped a forging company a natural gas-fired conveyor oven that will serve as a preheating oven for aluminum billets.
Continue readingInstron “Errors in Your Data” online course helps operators identify data integrity issues
Instron, Norwood, Mass., launches an all-new online training course designed to help operators of materials testing systems understand data integrity issues they may encounter during testing.
Continue readingGoodfellow to offer Victrex mineral-filled semicrystalline and amorphous PEEK film
Goodfellow, Coraopolis, Pa., announces a major expansion of its range of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) materials to include 12 different forms: film, sheet, fiber, monofilament, powder, granule, tube, rod, mesh, bolt, nut, and washer.
Continue readingOne-Minute Mentor: Heat Treating and Properties of Ductile Iron
The basic structural differences between the ferritic and austenitic classes are shown in the continuous cooling transformation (CCT) diagram and cooling curves for furnace cooling, air cooling, and quenching.
Continue readingSteel Dynamics to invest $1.6 billion in new electric-arc furnace flat roll steel mill
Steel Dynamics Inc., Fort Wayne, Ind., announces that its Board of Directors has authorized the company to construct a new state-of-the-art, electric-arc-furnace (EAF) flat roll steel mill with annual production capacity of approximately 3.0 million tons, including the capability to produce the latest generation of Advanced High Strength Steel products.
Continue readingSandvik installs Renishaw laser 3D printers and collaborates on process development
Sandvik Additive Manufacturing, Sweden, announces that it has installed several new Renishaw RenAM 500Q quad laser printing machines, and is also initiating further collaboration with Renishaw in areas such as materials development, AM process technologies, and post-processing.
Continue readingWomen in Engineering Profile: Virginia Osterman
This profile series introduces leading materials scientists from around the world who happen to be females. Here we speak with Virginia M. Osterman, senior scientist at Solar Atmospheres Inc. in Souderton, Pa.
Continue readingBuehler to present webinar on issues regarding testing of heat treated ferrous alloys
Buehler Ltd., an ITW company in lake Bluff, Ill., is to present a webinar (Dec. 4 – 6) that will cover a variety of issues commonly encountered in both metallography and hardness testing of ferrous materials, including common problems and how to avoid them.
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