Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, Mich., has manufactured a natural-gas-fired enhanced-duty walk-in oven for a transportation technology company that heat treats baskets of aluminum parts.
U.S. Steel to restart second blast furnace to support increasing demand
United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, announces that it will restart the second of two blast furnaces (‘A’ blast furnace) at its Granite City Works, an integrated steelmaking plant in Granite City, Ill.
USAF-96 Steel demonstrates high strength and toughness with no tungsten or cobalt
Defense TechLink, Bozeman, Montana, reports that the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory at Eglin AFB in Florida has developed USAF-96 Steel, a low-alloy steel that has demonstrated strength and toughness at −40°C even in sections up to four inches thick.
Penn State receives U.S. Navy grant for super-finishing of 3D-printed metal parts
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, announces that its researchers have received more than $535,000 to install a state-of-the-art “super-finishing lab” for 3D-printed metal parts.
Dr. Patrice Turchi Selected as the 2019 Recipient of the J. Willard Gibbs Phase Equilibria Award
ASM is pleased to announce that Dr. Patrice Turchi, Senior Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, is the 2019 J. Willard Gibbs Phase Equilibria Award recipient. His citation reads: “For outstanding and pioneering contributions in the application of first-principles, quantum-mechanical calculations to the modeling of phase equilibria and thermodynamic behavior of alloys.” The Gibbs Award […]