Alcoa, Pittsburgh, announces that it will separate into two companies: the Upstream Company, which will consist of the Bauxite, Alumina, Aluminum, Casting, and Energy businesses; and the Value-Add Company, which will include the current Global Rolled Products, Engineered Products and Solutions, and Transportation and Construction Solutions.
One Minute Mentor: Sinter Hardening
Sinter hardening refers to a process in which the cooling rate in the cooling zone of the sintering furnace is fast enough to transform a significant portion of the powder metal steel matrix into martensite.
Advancing development of thermal manufacturing technologies
Cross-industry Consortium Leads the Way to Advanced Thermal Manufacturing
Ford and Alcoa collaborate to make stronger, more formable Micromill aluminum alloys
Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich., and Alcoa Inc., Pittsburgh, are collaborating to produce next-generation Micromill automotive aluminum alloys that are 40% more formable and 30% stronger.
Atomic structure model enables prediction of metal combinations that can form metallic glasses
Australia’s University of New South Wales announces that a research team has developed a method for predicting the combinations of metals that will produce metallic glass alloys.