Metal injection molding (MIM) is a metalworking process in which finely powdered metal is mixed with binder material to create a feedstock that is then shaped and solidified using injection molding. It is similar to the conventional PM process but different in some important areas.
Continue readingNUST MISIS scientists create unique alloy for air, rail transports
National University of Science and Technology, Russia, has developed a technology for producing a unique heat-resistant aluminum alloy with improved durability in cooperation with their colleagues from the Siberian Federal University and the Research and Production Centre of Magnetic Hydrodynamics (Krasnoyarsk).
Continue readingCAN-ENG furnaces awarded two contracts for specialty automotive fasteners
CAN-ENG Furnaces International Ltd, Canada, has recently been awarded two contracts from one of the world’s largest producers of high volume, specialty automotive fasteners. The two systems being supplied represent CAN-ENG’s high-capacity line of Mesh Belt Fastener Heat Treatment Systems.
Continue readingTiangong International expands power metallurgy with Quintus Technologies
Tiangong International, China, has acquired Quintus Technologies Hot Isostatic Press (HIP) marking the culmination of its powder metallurgy (PM) manufacturing program launched three years ago. The second-largest producer of tool and die steel in the world, Tiangong is expanding capacity and boosting productivity with the QIH 232 M URC press.
Continue readingConstellium to sponsor skilled trades scholarships
Constellium, Paris will sponsor ten new skilled trades scholarships at West Virginia University, Parkersburg. Now in its second year, the program provides financial assistance to selected high school graduates to help them earn an associate degree in Multi-Craft Technology or Reliability and Maintenance Technology.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Sintering of power particles
During sintering, metallurgical bonds form between powder particles. Strength, ductility, toughness, and electrical and thermal conductivities increase with increasing density. If different materials were blended together, interdiffusion could promote the formation of alloys and intermetallic phases. As a consequence of the density increases, size decreases.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres awarded Aerojet Rocketdyne approval
Solar Atmospheres, Greenville, S.C., has been awarded Aerojet Rocketdyne approval, their second aerospace prime approval of 2021.
Continue readingLindberg/MPH ships electrically heated spray washer to the defense industry
Lindberg/MPH, Mich., announced the shipment of an electrically heated spray washer to the defense industry. This spray washer is designed as a companion to a heat-treating process, washing the parts prior to and/or after heat treating.
Continue readingSeco/Warwick introduces Zeroflow
Seco/Warwick, Poland, has introduced a new gas nitriding technology called ZeroFlow to the global industry in cooperation with scientists from the Poznan University of Technology. ZeroFlow reduces process costs while providing more ecologically friendly performance.
Continue readingNanoAL brings Addalloy to Mitsubishi
NanoAL LLC, Boston, has signed a commercial license agreement with Mitsubishi Corp. RtM Japan Ltd. to bring its Addalloy family of advanced aluminum alloy powders to the metal additive manufacturing market in Asia.
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