Shane Aaron Catledge, Ph.D., associate professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Physics, was awarded a three-year Division of Materials grant from the National Science Foundation for his project “New frontiers in synthesis of high-entropy transition metal borides enabled by microwave-induced plasma.”
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Austenitizing
Austenitizing is the most critical of all heating operations performed on tool steels. Along with quenching it will usually be referred to as the hardening step in tool steel heat treatment and, associated with tempering, will be responsible for the final properties.
Continue readingAddUp Partners with the ECM Group to Offer Post Additive Manufacturing Heat Treatment Solutions
ECM Technologies, France, has signed a partnership to develop high value-added solutions for the thermal treatment of 3D printed metal parts with AddUp, a major player in the field of metal additive manufacturing.
Continue readingSeco/Warwick to produce specialized dies for motorcycle parts
Seco/Warwick, Poland, will supply a Vector vacuum furnace to Atlas Autos Ltd, the largest manufacturer of motorcycle parts in Pakistan. The solution is intended for hardening and tempering processes, and its design will allow for gas cooling elements and dies for parts used in automotive production.
Continue readingStudents from Lehigh University tour Solar Atmospheres
Solar Atmospheres, Souderton, Pa., hosted over 40 high school students enrolled in the Summer Engineering Institute (SEI) at Lehigh University. The SEI program, under the guidance of Laura Moyer, is a two-week residential program, running two sessions back to back.
Continue readingConstellium and Morf3D enter a joint additive manufacturing development program
Constellium, Paris, is entering into an agreement to provide Aheadd CP1, one of its proprietary additive manufacturing (AM) powder solutions, to Morf3D Inc., a subsidiary of Nikon Corp., specializing in AM optimization and engineering for the aviation, space, and defense industries.
Continue readingIpsen USA provides Turbo2Treater for Italian commercial heat treater
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., installed a second Turbo2Treater vacuum furnace at Temprasud, a commercial heat treater in Fresagrandinaria, Italy. The new furnace will help them continue to grow business in the automotive market, with anticipated expansion into aerospace.
Continue readingA new nitriding furnace for Qalex
Nitrex, Quebec, has delivered a second nitriding system to Qatar Aluminium Extrusion Co. (Qalex).
Continue readingHeat treating niobium for better particle accelerators
Virgina Tech, Va., scientists have developed a new theoretical model for preparing particle accelerator structures made of niobium metal. The model predicts the rate of oxygen diffusion into niobium on heat treatment.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Induction Hardening
Spur gears, bevel gears, splined hubs, and cams are ideal components for production using powder metallurgy. Induction hardening is a method to make these parts locally hard and wear-resistant with a tougher ductile matrix.
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