Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario, has been awarded a contract to design and build a 1500 lb/hr mesh belt furnace system for the austenitizing and molten salt quenching of unique components for world-class drivetrain systems.
Continue readingWomen in Engineering Profile: Ursula Kattner
This profile series introduces leading materials scientists from around the world who happen to be females. Here we speak with Ursula Kattner, physical scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and recipient of the 2016 J. Willard Gibbs Phase Equilibria Award.
Continue readingWomen in engineering profile: Margaret Flury
This profile series introduces leading materials scientists from around the world who happen to be females. Here we speak with Margaret Flury, principal materials engineer at Medtronic.
Continue readingHigh-strength magnesium sheet with high formability features low-cost alloying metals
Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science and Nagaoka University of Technology announce development of a high-strength magnesium sheet alloy that has excellent formability comparable to that of the aluminum sheet currently used in body panels of some automobiles.
Continue readingIpsen invests $1 million in heat-treat industry by offering $50,000 credits for Titan furnaces
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that it will offer a $50,000 credit toward the purchase of a new Titan vacuum furnace (applies to the 2017 list price of any Titan model) to any company that trades in its old furnace.
Continue readingOne MInute Mentor: X-Ray Diffraction Patterns in AISI 316
The graph shows X-ray diffraction patterns of nitrided (and carburized) stainless steel AISI 316.
Continue readingBodycote combines AM with powder metallurgy processes to produce complex parts
Bodycote, England, introduces Bodycote Powdermet technologies, a group of additive manufacturing processes for the production of complex components via powder metallurgy.
Continue readingUnited Process Controls upgrades heat treating systems controls for axle manufacturer
United Process Controls Inc., Bethlehem, Pa., is nearing the completion of a large, multi-year control systems upgrade project for a manufacturer of automotive axles.
Continue readingAlcoa to restart three potlines in Indiana to supply Warrick aluminum rolling mill
Alcoa Corp., Pittsburgh, announces plans to restart three of five potlines at its Warrick Operations aluminum smelter near Evansville, Indiana, an action that will further improve the competitiveness of the on-site rolling mill.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres builds climate-controlled chamber for medical/aerospace heat treating
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA, Hermitage, has constructed a climate-controlled chamber for the daily operation of its new all-metal hot-zoned vacuum furnace.
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