The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), Washington, announces the release of its 2019 Annual Statistical Report, which provides comprehensive data on the U.S. steel industry and select data on the North American steel industry as a whole.
Continue readingHeat treatment parameters optimized for reduced crack susceptibility in AM Hastelloy X
Engineers from the Edison Welding Institute, Columbus, Ohio, presented a discussion at the ASM International MS&T 2019 conference, of a study in which they reduced crack susceptibility in additively manufactured parts made of Hastelloy X.
Continue readingHeat treatment developed for Zr-Cu-Al bulk metallic glass to improve ductility
A team at Tohoku University, Japan, announces a new heat treatment technique in which rapid heating and asymmetrical cooling improve ductility in metallic glass.
Continue readingFlash Steelworks designs rapid thermal cycling to strengthen steel sheet, plate, tube
Gary Cola, Flash Steelworks, Washington, Mich., presented a discussion of flash processing of steel at the ASM International MS&T19 conference in Portland, Oregon.
Continue readingNanoSteel third-generation advanced high-strength steel shows improved ductility
Engineers from the Nanosteel Company Inc., Providence, reported on the extensive development of advanced high strength steel (AHSS) at the ASM International MS&T19 conference in Portland, Oregon.
Continue readingJeol compact Field Emission SEM offers ultrahigh resolution, analytical versatility
Jeol, Peabody, Mass., introduces a compact, versatile Field Emission SEM that offers ultrahigh resolution and versatile analytical capabilities at a great value.
Continue readingExOne Company certifies its Inconel 718 powder ready for binder jet additive manufacturing
The ExOne Company, North Huntingdon, Pa., announces that the nickel-based alloy Inconel 718 has been certified as Third-Party Qualified, the company’s highest designation of material readiness for its metal 3D printers.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Effect of vanadium on the strength of DHT steels
Basic direct heat treated (DHT) steel has a microstructure consisting of ferrite and pearlite, and the fatigue strength of such steels is not sufficiently high to meet the specifications for most highly stressed automotive parts.
Continue readingNitrex to add fourth building to Chicago heat treat facility for low-pressure carburizing system
Nitrex Heat Treating Services, Saint-Laurent, Quebec, announces a new plant investment aimed at expanding its commercial heat treat facility located in Aurora, just west of Chicago.
Continue readingQuesTek Innovations wins AFRL challenge to model AM process-structure-performance
The Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), Dayton, Ohio, and America Makes, Youngstown, Ohio, announce that QuesTek Innovations has won the Additive Manufacturing Modeling Challenge, “Macro-scale Structure-to-Properties Predictions,” to improve the understanding and modeling capability of the complex linkage of process-structure-performance of AM-built components.
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