Oerlikon Metco’s ISO certified Houston coating service facility reports that its precision laser cladding deposit technology results in surfaces with improved resistance to wear and abrasion for downhole applications.
Continue readingParticles melted in laser beam form metallurgical bond with cast iron brake disks
Engineers from Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT and RWTH Aachen University, both of Germany, report that they have developed a laser deposition technology known as Extreme High-Speed Laser Material Deposition (EHLA), which can provide brake disks with improved protection against wear and corrosion.
Continue readingSalt template made by 3D printing enables magnesium bioresorbable bone implants
ETH Zurich researchers announce that they have succeeded in producing magnesium scaffolds with structured porosity that are suitable for bioresorbable bone implants, with the help of a 3D printed salt template
Continue readingNovelis and Georgia Institute of Technology establish aluminum innovation Hub
Novelis Inc., Atlanta, announces a new collaboration with the Georgia Institute of Technology in which it will invest $2.5 million to establish a Novelis Innovation Hub to promote aluminum basic and translational research, innovative business models, and related educational endeavors.
Continue readingSeco Vacuum to discuss triple chamber vacuum furnace systems at Heat Treat 19
Seco Vacuum Technologies, Meadville, Pa., announces that its technical director will present a discussion of triple chamber vacuum furnace systems at the Heat Treat 2019 conference in Detroit in October.
Continue readingHigh-Hardenability Steels in the 52100 Family
To overcome the limitations on product cross-sectional thickness and the risk of slack quenches, alloy modifications have been introduced over the years to the base 52100 chemical composition. The modifications constitute a group of high hardenability 52100 steels.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: High-Hardenability Steels in the 52100 Family
To overcome the limitations on product cross-sectional thickness and the risk of slack quenches, alloy modifications have been introduced over the years to the base 52100 chemical composition. The modifications constitute a group of high hardenability 52100 steels.
Continue readingALD Vacuum’s velocity gauge enables gas flow measurement during quenching
ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH, a division of AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V., Germany, reports that its newly developed velocity gauge enables the gas flow in the batch chamber to be checked during gas quenching, helping to ensure the quality of gas-quenched components.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres donates Mentor vacuum heat treating furnace to Lehigh University
Solar Atmospheres, Souderton, Pa., in conjunction with the William and Myrtle Jones Foundation, has donated and installed a Mentor laboratory furnace for Lehigh University’s Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science.
Continue readingShimadzu Vickers micro-hardness testers feature high data reliability and expandability
Shimadzu, Japan, has released the HMV-G30 / HMV-G31 series Vickers micro hardness testers, which are equipped with new functions to improve data reliability, to accommodate ISO standards, and to provide high expandability.
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