Researchers from the University of Houston report that they have developed a durable silicone polymer coating capable of repelling ice from any surface.
Continue readingIpsen International Holding announces leadership changes in global operations
Ipsen International Holding GmbH, Kleve, Germany, announces that effective February 1, Ipsen Group CEO Thorsten Krüger has moved to the Advisory Board of the company, and has handed over global operational responsibilities to Mr. Geoffrey Somary, who is now CEO of Ipsen Group worldwide.
Continue readingSpray Tips: Cold spray equipment and process parameters
The schematic shows a typical cold-gas spray system: The process gas is introduced through a gas control module to a manifold system containing a gas heater and powder-metering device.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Normalizing Ductile Iron
Normalizing (air cooling following austenitizing) can result in a considerable improvement in tensile strength and may be used in the production of ductile iron of ASTM grade 100-70-03, which is shown in the figure.
Continue readingCan-Eng Furnaces commissions continuous mesh belt heat treat system for auto fasteners
Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario, recently commissioned a state-of-the-art continuous mesh belt heat treat system for the production of high quality automotive fasteners in the Piedmont Region of Italy.
Continue readingSeco Warwick vacuum heat treating/brazing system includes high-pressure gas quench
Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., announces that is has provided a vacuum heat treatment and brazing system equipped with high-pressure gas quench to Grupo TTT for its facility in Bergara, Spain.
Continue readingLindberg’s Treet-All box furnace is modular, stackable, with 2050°F maximum temperature
Lindberg MPH, Riverside, Mich., reports that its Treet-All light industrial box furnace is suited for multiple applications, including annealing, ashing, austempering, brazing, preheating, and solution treating.
Continue readingBodycote plans to build new facility in Illinois for advanced heat treating technologies
Bodycote, U.K., the world’s largest provider of heat treatment and specialist thermal processing services, announces plans to open a new heat treating facility by late 2019 in Elgin, Illinois.
Continue readingDepartment of Energy to award $38 million for projects to advance coal-fired power plants
The U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, announces up to $38 million in federal funding for cost-shared R&D projects enhancing technologies that improve the overall performance, reliability, and flexibility of the nation’s existing coal-fired power plant fleet.
Continue readingSupersonic Spray repairs 1937 vintage aluminum oil pan with its cold spray technology
Supersonic Spray Technologies, a division of Centerline, Windsor, Ontario, announces that its engineers have restored an aluminum casting oil pan on a 1937 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Touring Berlinetta with its cold spray technology.
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