Oerlikon Metco opens new Laser Center of Competence

Oerlikon Metco, Wohlen, Switzerland, has built a unique laser center of competence that gives customers access to laser cladding. Laser cladding results in high-quality deposits with a metallurgical bond to the substrate.

Metlab provides heat treated propellers for hydroplane racing team

Metlab, Wyndmoor, Pa., has provided heat-treated propeller blades for a hydroplane racing team located in Cinnaminson, N.J. The treatment was subject to the H-900 condition (900°F/ hours at heat) and was age hardened in a vacuum furnace to ensure that the parts were free of scale.

One Minute Mentor: Metal Injection Molding

Metal injection molding (MIM) is a metalworking process in which finely powdered metal is mixed with binder material to create a feedstock that is then shaped and solidified using injection molding. It is similar to the conventional PM process but different in some important areas.

NUST MISIS scientists create unique alloy for air, rail transports

National University of Science and Technology, Russia, has developed a technology for producing a unique heat-resistant aluminum alloy with improved durability in cooperation with their colleagues from the Siberian Federal University and the Research and Production Centre of Magnetic Hydrodynamics (Krasnoyarsk).