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Space telescope boasts a dozen flight mirrors

One dozen flight mirrors are now installed on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, out of the eighteen mirror segments that make up the primary mirror.

One Minute Mentor: Effect of Cooling Rate on Toughness of Mold Steels

This graph shows the effect of different cooling rates on the toughness properties (un-notched samples) of AISI 420 and the nitrogen alloyed M333 (AISI 420 Mod).

Rick Sisson Wins Trustees Research & Creative Scholarship Award

ASM Fellow Richard D. Sisson has received Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s 2016 Board of Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Scholarship.

Instron HDT and Vicat materials testing systems boost efficiency

Instron, Norwood, Mass., announces a new generation of HDT and Vicat Testing Systems designed to significantly reduce workload and increase efficiency in the testing lab.

Nanosteel delivers first advanced high-strength steel sheet to General Motors

Nanosteel, Providence, has delivered its first advanced high strength steel (AHSS) sheet to General Motors for initial evaluation of its role in vehicle lightweighting to meet rising global fuel-economy regulations.

Solar Atmospheres to heat treat Ferrium C61 drive train for Venus robot

Solar Atmospheres, Souderton, Pa., announces that it has been selected by Honeybee Robotics to provide heat treating for the robotic Venus explorer on drive train components comprised of a specialized alloy, Ferrium C61.

Lindberg/MPH pit furnace designed for steam heat treating tool steel

Lindberg/MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped a pit furnace to a leading manufacturer of mechanical components for steam treating tool steels.

Dual-beam laser spike anneal system enables process flexibility in chip production

Ultratech Inc., San Jose, Calif., announces a follow-on order from a major foundry for its LSA101 laser spike anneal system equipped with the dual-beam option, which provides a second low-power laser that adds flexibility to chip production.

One Minute Mentor: Carburizing Tool Steels

P20 mold steel is seldom carburized for molds used in compression molding, particularly for molding the more abrasive plastics.

SSAB introduces five steel product families for specific applications

SSAB, Stockholm, introduces five steel product families tailored for production processes and maximized end-product performance: SSAB Domex, SSAB Boron, SSAB Form, SSAB Laser Plus, and SSAB Weathering.