Renault Samsung Motors, Korea, announces that its engineers have succeeded in developing magnesium-base sheet metal for vehicles together with POSCO, and will be the first car company in the world to use it in mass-produced automobiles.
Multi-element high-entropy metal alloys crystallize as a single phase
The Department of Energy’ s Lawrence Berkeley and Oak Ridge National Laboratories announce that a new concept in metallic alloy design – called “high?entropy alloys” – has yielded a multiple-element material that is strong at cryogenic temperatures.
Ipsen builds small-footprint heat treating system for Mercedes-Benz
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., developed and delivered a special atmosphere three-row pusher heat treating system that required comparatively little floor space and power consumption for a Mercedes-Benz facility.
Flexible grid and segmented silver fingers cut cost and weight in solar panels
GT Advanced Technologies Inc., Merrimack, N.J., announces that solar modules incorporating its new Merlin metallization and interconnect technology have met the requirements of several important PV industry certification standards.
Additive manufacturing machine to build parts on International Space Station
Made In Space Inc., Mountain View, Calif., has partnered with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center to launch the first 3D printer into space.