Materion Corp., Mayfield Heights, Ohio, announces that the Society of Automotive Engineers – Aerospace Material specification Nonferrous Alloys Committee (SAE-AMS) has approved specification of AMS4368 for Materion’s SupremEX 640XA aluminum composite.
Continue readingNovelis Advanz automotive aluminum is heat-treatable, formable, and strong
Novelis, Atlanta, announces that its Advanz 6HF – e/s200 heat-treatable aluminum alloy provides automakers greater design flexibility due to its superior formability, strength, and weight savings for automotive outer and inner applications.
Continue readingCold-rolling enables high formability of unalloyed magnesium at room temperature
Monash University, Australia, announces that its researchers have developed a cold-rolling technology in which unalloyed magnesium “becomes super-formable at room temperature.”
Continue readingImproving the Nitriding Process Using ZeroFlow® Gas Nitriding Technology
Gas nitriding has been performed for almost a century with many variations over the years. The benefits of nitriding are well documented and nitriding has gained amazing industrial acceptance. However, the equipment and control of the nitrided layer has continued to be challenging, and as such, nitriding is still slowly being adopted by industry, but the rate of change is improving.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Fatigue Testing of 316 Stainless Steel Round Bar
The graph shows the results of fatigue testing of standard round bar 316 stainless steel specimens, in tension-compression cycling (R = –1) The symbols represent different sets of specimens, with nontreated specimens identified by triangles, treated specimens by squares.
Continue readingIpsen expands calibration, testing services of heat treating systems for Nadcap rules
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., has expanded its services to include calibration and survey services that adhere to strict Nadcap requirements.
Continue readingBiography Highlights Inspirational Life of Scientist and Educator Y. Austin Chang
Emigrating from China to the US in 1950, Y. Austin Chang obtained a PhD in metallurgy and became a world-renowned expert in thermodynamics and metal alloys. In addition to his scientific accomplishments, his role as a beloved educator, mentor, and devoted family man is told in this warm biography.
Continue readingIpsen expands calibration and survey services for Nadcap requirements
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., has expanded its services to include calibration and survey services that adhere to strict Nadcap requirements.
Continue readingTimkenSteel expands quench and temper heat treating capacity by 50,000 tons
TimkenSteel, Canton, Ohio, announces that it has brought a new $40 million heat treating facility online in Canton.
Continue readingWisconsin Oven four-chain conveyor oven preheats aluminum to 900°F before forging
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, reports that is has shipped a natural-gas-fired indexing conveyor oven to an automotive parts manufacturer in Canada to preheat aluminum billets prior to forging into automotive suspension components under high pressure.
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