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ZEISS partners with ASM International to supply microscopes and collaborate on training

Instruments to be used for training on high precision manufacturing and materials testing techniques

One Minute Mentor: Time-Temperature Sensitization Curves for Austenitic Stainless Steel

The graph shows a Time-Temperature-Sensitization diagram (TTS) for 304 austenitic stainless steel with various carbon contents.

Lucifer Red Devil box furnace heat treats small loads

Lucifer Furnaces, Warrington, Pa., recently delivered a bench style RD7 Red Devil box furnace for batch heat treating small loads of low-carbon steel.

Brembo builds $100 million cast iron foundry in Michigan

Brembo Brake Systems, Plymouth, Mich., announces that it has conducted the first pour at its new $100 million, 266,000 square-foot cast iron foundry, during which the furnaces were charged and molten iron was poured into molds for the first time.

Nucor and JFE Steel to build $270 million sheet steel plant in Mexico

Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., announces a 50-50 joint venture with JFE Steel Corp. of Japan to build and operate a plant that will produce 400,000 tons per year of galvanized sheet steel in central Mexico.

Walk-in batch oven designed for aging and annealing aluminum

Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, has shipped two industrial ovens to United Tool & Die Company in West Hartford, Conn., for aging and annealing aluminum parts in a restricted space.

Ipsen experts to teach one-day heat treating seminars in Los Angeles and Dallas

Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that its experts will be traveling to the Los Angeles (July 12) and Dallas (July 14) areas to teach a one-day seminar, “Taking Control: Maintenance and Aerospace Compliance Strategies for Heat Treatment.”

One Minute Mentor: Enlarging the Austenite Loop

The metallurgy of austenitic stainless steels is based on alloying that enlarges the austenite loop.

Women in engineering profile: Lesley D. Frame

This new profile series introduces leading materials scientists from around the world who happen to be females. Here we speak with Lesley D. Frame, Director of Product Development for Thermatool Corp.

Message from the President: Summer on Our Doorstep

Hard to believe, but we’re already halfway into 2016! Over the last six months, important activities were conducted by TSS to stimulate the growth of the science and technology of thermal spray. Here are a few examples of what we have accomplished.