AK Steel Corp., ATI Flat Rolled Products, North American Stainless, and Outokumpu Stainless USA, the four principal U.S. producers of stainless steel sheet and strip, have filed antidumping and countervailing duty petitions charging that unfairly traded imports of stainless steel sheet and strip from the People’s Republic of China are causing material injury to the domestic industry.
Light industrial heat treating furnaces designed for testing facilities and labs
Lindberg/MPH, Riverside, Mich., offers a light industrial furnace line that is ideal for smaller-scale operations such as testing facilities, laboratories, and small industrial plants.
UltraGlow ion nitriding based on glow discharge technology
Advanced Heat Treat Corp., Waterloo, Iowa, offers UltraGlow ion nitriding, a case-hardening treatment in which glow discharge technology introduces nitrogen ions to the surface of a metal for diffusion into the part.
Magnesium alloy designed for down-hole oil and gas fracking tools dissolves after use
Magnesium Elektron, England, introduces SoluMag, a proprietary high-strength, soluble magnesium alloy developed specifically for making down-hole oil and gas industry fracking tools that quickly and safely dissolve after use.
King Tester to sell Ernst hardness testers in North America
King Tester, King of Prussia, Pa., is expanding its product line to include the full range of Ernst hardness testers previously sold by Newage Testing Instruments under trade names such as Versitron and AutoBrinell.