Magna International Inc., Troy, Mich., in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy and partners FCA US and Grupo Antolin, announces that the team has developed an ultralight auto door that achieves the project objective of 42.5% mass savings over an average current production door.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Radio-Frequency Plasma
Glow-discharge plasma nitriding is carried out in nitrogen-hydrogen atmospheres at pressures in the range of 100 to 1000. At pressures below 10 Pa, the glow-discharge technique is not used, but plasma can still be generated by radio-frequency (RF) excitation, microwave energy, or electrons produced by a heated filament.
Continue readingNIST awards $12 million to MEP centers in 11 states to support manufacturers
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md., announces that its Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program has awarded a total of nearly $12 million in first-year funding to 11 organizations that will operate MEP centers in Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Carolina, and Wyoming.
Continue readingHeat treating conference/exhibition in England
The UK’s Contract Heat Treatment Association will again be partnering with the Surface Engineering Association and Wolfson Heat Treatment Centre in co-sponsoring the second “Surface Engineering & Heat Treatment Industry Conference/Exhibition” on October 13.
Continue readingSandvik announces new Additive Manufacturing business
Sandvik Group, Sweden, announces that a new Product Area called Additive Manufacturing will be formed within Sandvik Machining Solutions.
Continue readingQuestek to develop titanium, aluminum, steel alloys for military AM parts
Questek Innovations LLC, Evanston, Ill., was recently awarded six separate projects from the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army to develop technologies and design new alloys specifically tailored to the unique processing conditions and material-related challenges of additive manufacturing.
Continue readingDual chamber furnace designed for heat treating high-speed steels
Lucifer Furnaces Inc., Warrington, Pa., has delivered a dual chamber furnace built with 12-gauge sheet steel and reinforced throughout, designed for heat treating high-speed steels.
Continue readingMessage from the President: Welcome to 2017!
It’s hard to believe that the calendar has turned and we now find ourselves in 2017. I hope everyone had a wonderful and relaxing holiday season, and now off we go for another year of thermal spray!
Continue readingSpray Tips: Thermal Spray Coating Features
This diagram shows the important thermal spray coating features that combine to determine the properties of a coating.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Active Screen Plasma Nitriding
Recently, a process called active screen plasma (ASP) has been developed for the purpose of minimizing or avoiding some of the limitations of conventional plasma nitriding.
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