Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., reports that a Midwest commercial heat treater recently purchased an Atlas atmosphere furnace for several processes, including carburizing, neutral hardening, and carbonitriding, as well as to help the company further increase its capabilities and product offerings.
High-energy X-rays provide affordable way to optimize cast iron
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Ill., reports that its engineers have learned that the structure of graphite, its spatial arrangement in cast iron, and its phase connectivity are key factors that determine the properties of cast iron.
One Minute Mentor: Tempering F Tool Steels
Because of their tungsten content, F-steels form hard tungsten carbides.
New alloy developed for precision and industrial bearings
Puris LLC, Bruceton Mills, W. Va., recently signed a limited (partially) exclusive, term license agreement with NASA’s Glenn Research Center, Cleveland to produce a high-performance alloy enhanced with hafnium 60NiTi(Hf) that will be marketed under the brand name SM-103TM.
Enhancing energy-efficiency with novel coating technology
A research effort led by the University of Colorado Boulder to develop an inexpensive, “do-it-yourself” coating to retrofit energy-inefficient windows in residential and commercial buildings has been given a $4 million boost over three years by the U.S. Department of Energy.