17-4 PH is a martensitic stainless steel of interest for additive manufacturing (AM) applications because of its combination of high strength and corrosion resistance.
Continue readingIdaho National Lab develops heat treatment to extend life of superalloys in nuclear reactors
Researchers at Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, announce that they have developed a heat treatment method that enables superalloys to withstand high heat more than six times longer than an untreated counterpart, extending useful life by thousands of hours in applications such as nuclear reactors.
Continue readingQuintus Technologies system combines HIP with heat treatment at Lake City Heat Treating
Quintus Technologies, Sweden, announces that Lake City Heat Treating, Warsaw, Ind., has installed a Quintus hot isostatic press with uniform rapid cooling, the first to be delivered to the North American market.
Continue readingOil quench tank is custom-designed for metal stamping dies heated to 1550°F
L&L Special Furnace Co. Inc., Aston, Pa., has supplied a custom designed and manufactured oil quench tank that was designed to quench metal stamping dies that are heated to 1550°F.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Variations in Cooling Rate
Variations in cooling rate, from point to point, can exaggerate the production of residual stresses because, in some instances, it is possible for austenite transformation products to be different in sections with different cooling rates.
Continue readingInstron expands Calibration Laboratory services to North America, Europe, and Asia
Instron, Norwood, Mass., announces that its Calibration Laboratory has expanded its global reach to include providing accredited calibration services to its customers in North America, Europe, and Asia under a single National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP).
Continue readingHRE Wheels, GE Additive build 3D-printed titanium wheel via electron beam melting
HRE Wheels, Vista Calif., and GE Additive, Cincinnati, Ohio, announce a partnership agreement and unveiled the first titanium wheel created using electron-beam melting of titanium powder.
Continue readingJSW Steel breaks ground on uniquely integrated plate/pipe mill complex in Texas
JSW USA, Baytown, Texas, has broken ground on what it believes to be the most technologically advanced and eco-friendly electric arc furnace, slab caster, and plate mill in the world.
Continue readingCarpenter acquires LPW Technology, continues additive manufacturing investment
Carpenter Technology Corp., Philadelphia, announces it has acquired LPW Technology Ltd., England, for approximately $81 million.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Critical Temperature Ranges
The critical temperatures at which austenite changes to ferrite or pearlite, and vice versa, for iron differ from those for carbon steel, because silicon raises the transformation temperature range.
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