Carbodeon Ltd. Oy, Finland, announces that wear resistance of electroless nickel plating is improved by a factor of three by the controlled addition of nanodiamonds that are synthesized by a detonation process.
Continue readingBodycote agrees to provide aircraft thermal spray coating services to Messier-Bugatti-Dowty
Bodycote, U.K., announces the signing of an eight-year agreement with Messier-Bugatti-Dowty (Safran Group), a maker of aircraft landing and braking systems.
Continue readingHard, dense, smooth nanocomposite coating provides anti-icing properties
NEI Corp., Somerset, N.J., has introduced Nanomyte SuperAi, a nanocomposite coating that imparts anti-icing properties to the underlying substrate.
Continue readingDigital Metal 3D printers offer high productivity and accurate detail in stainless steel
Hogänäs AB, Sweden, announces that it has added two new Digital Metal 3D printers to its print fleet, which now consists of four precision printers.
Continue readingA heart of gold? Try platinum
A platinum-chromium alloy makes coronary stents stronger, more flexible and resistant to corrosion wins award from ASM International.
Continue readingComposite materials replace titanium on Orion space capsule
TenCate Advanced Composites North America, Fairfield, Ca., developed a heat resistant composite for the heat shield and backshell structure of the Lockheed Martin Orion multi-purpose crew vehicle.
Continue readingTungsten-chromium-iron PM alloy has hardness of 21 GPa
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, announces that researchers have developed a tungsten-chromium-iron powder metallurgy alloy that could replace depleted uranium in armor-piercing projectiles.
Continue reading3D printer builds first object in space
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., announces that an object has been additively manufactured in space for the first time.
Continue readingSeco Warwick supplies vacuum furnace to Wisconsin heat treating company
Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., announces that it has sold a standard Vector 2 bar vacuum furnace to Service Heat Treating, Milwaukee, a provider of case hardening and vacuum processing of medium to large production runs.
Continue readingCHTE project tests induction tempering versus furnace tempering
The Center for Heat Treating Excellence, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Mass., is working on a research project to test the benefits and limitations of induction tempering versus furnace tempering.
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