Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, reports that is has shipped a natural-gas-fired indexing conveyor oven to an automotive parts manufacturer in Canada to preheat aluminum billets prior to forging into automotive suspension components under high pressure.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Time-Temperature-Transformation Diagram
Traditionally, carburization is carried out at high temperature to maximize the solubility and the rate of interstitial solute diffusion.
Continue readingATM hardness tester with overview camera enables high-quality optical measurement
ATM Advanced Materialography, Germany, announces that the high-quality optical measuring system of its automatic hardness tester Carat 950 has been enhanced by overview optics integrated into the revolver.
Continue readingSuperheat’s heat-treating software and advanced equipment cut labor costs by 40%
Superheat, Chicago, introduces Superheat Smartway, its heat treatment solution that is said to reduce costs, save time, minimize risk, and improve quality.
Continue readingTimken Endurance SBQ steels offer ultrahigh strength and toughness for longer gear life
Timken Steel, Canton, Ohio, introduces Endurance steels, a new family of special bar quality steels comprised of both Timken Steel’s existing high-strength and/or high-toughness grades, and three new ultra-high-strength, high-toughness steels.
Continue readingSandvik to supply 155 miles of stainless steel umbilical tubing for offshore platform
Sandvik Materials Technology, Sweden, has signed a contract for the supply of stainless steel tubing required for 155 miles of umbilicals linking a subsea development to an existing offshore platform.
Continue readingNanoMechanics Lab enables nanoscale AFM of soft hydrogels, metals, and ceramics
Bruker Corp., Santa Barbara, Calif., has released the NanoMechanics Lab, a suite of force-mapping modes that enable Dimension FastScan and Icon AFM systems for quantitative nanoscale characterization, extending from soft hydrogels and polymers to hard metals and ceramics.
Continue reading3D printing system said to build complex metal parts 100 times faster
Desktop Metal, Burlington, Mass., announces that its 3D printing system known as Production System builds complex metal parts up to 100 times faster than laser systems.
Continue readingIpsen Titan H6 enables company to expand production capacity, meet increased demand
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that Rockford Heat Treaters, the original beta tester for the Ipsen Titan vacuum furnace, recently purchased a Titan H6 to expand production capacity and to meet increased demand.
Continue readingGF Linamar wins $300 million contract for magnesium cross-car beams for pickup trucks
GF Linamar, Mills River, N.C., a joint venture between GF Automotive and Linamar, has been awarded a $300 million contract over a period of five years to produce lightweight magnesium automotive components for a U.S. manufacturer.
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