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Olympus launches industrial ultrasonics R&D program at engineering school in Quebec

Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas (OSSA), Montreal, one of three divisions at Olympus,
announces the launch of the Olympus Industrial Research Chair on Ultrasonic Nondestructive Testing with the Quebec engineering school, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS

Australian scientists develop molten metal catalyst to change carbon dioxide into coal

RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, announces that its researchers have developed a molten metal catalyst technique that can efficiently convert carbon dioxide from a gas into solid particles of carbon.

Linde Group signs contract with U.S. Praxair to supply a hydrogen plant in Louisiana

The Engineering Division of the Linde Group, Bridgewater, N.J., announces that it has signed a contract to design and supply hydrogen production equipment for the core components of Praxair Inc.’s hydrogen plant in Louisiana.

Harper develops on-line cleaning system for hot carbon-fiber production furnaces

Harper International, Buffalo, N.Y., has developed an on-line furnace cleaning system that is located in the entrance section, which enables cleaning while the furnace is hot.

Luxfer acquires Neo Performance Materials for its rare-earth-based functional materials

Luxfer Holdings, England, and Neo Performance Materials Inc., Toronto, announce a definitive agreement under which Luxfer would acquire Neo Performance Materials for its rare-earth-metals-based functional materials.

EU-developed hybrid additive-subtractive machine ready to build large demo parts

The Large Additive-Subtractive Integrated Modular Machine (LASIMM) project of the European Union has announced that the hybrid machine, which offers both metal additive manufacturing and subtractive manufacturing capabilities, is now ready to build demonstrator parts.

Norsk Titanium, SAE International develop first directed energy deposition specifications

Norsk Titanium, Plattsburgh, N.Y., and SAE International announce the release of the first specifications for direct energy deposition additive manufacturing.

One Minute Mentor: Austempered Ductile Iron

ADI is a unique cast iron material with tensile properties attributable to ?H with a fine dispersion of ferrite.

Lucifer Furnaces receives order for a series of heat treat recirculating ovens

Lucifer Furnaces, Warrington, Pa., has supplied several convection ovens to a manufacturer of small medical parts in the southern United States.

Lindberg MPH ships single-zone tube furnace to company in the nuclear power industry

Lindberg MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped a single-zone tube furnace to an engineering company in the nuclear power industry for annealing, ashing, carbon firing, ceramic firing, drying, hardening, sintering, solution treating, stress relieving, and normalizing.