Medical company brings vacuum in-house
February 9, 2021 Source: ASM International
Nitrex, Quebec, Canada, delivered a horizontal front-loading vacuum furnace with 6 bar quench capability to a medical device company in the USA for vacuum heat treating of dies as well as critical medical parts.
Continue readingHigh temperature actuator alloy NiTi20Hf forged and hot-rolled to thin strips
July 12, 2020 Source: ASM International
Researchers from Fort Wayne Metals, Indiana; and NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, will report on the results of a study in which a large-scale plasma-arc-melted NiTi20Hf ingot was subjected to a hot forging and rolling process, during the ASM International IMAT 2020 conference to be held in Cleveland in September.
Continue readingStandard methods under development for fatigue evaluation of SMA tubes and bars
Source: ASM International
Researchers from the Boeing Company and Texas A&M University will discuss two new standard test methods for fatigue in shape memory alloys at the ASM International IMAT 2020 conference in Cleveland in September.
Continue readingSolar Manufacturing to design and build furnace for magnetic heat treatment process
July 6, 2020 Source: ASM International
Solar Manufacturing, Sellersville, Pa., announces that it has been commissioned by Magnetic Shields Ltd. of Kent, England, to design and build one of the largest horizontal vacuum furnaces in the United Kingdom.
Continue readingSuspension plasma spray of hydroxylapatite improves adhesion of printed titanium implants
June 7, 2020 Source: ASM International
University West in Sweden announces that in the future, damaged bones can be rebuilt with 3D-printed implants that have thermally sprayed surface layers to make them more readily accepted by the human body.
Continue readingThermo Fisher Scientific diagnostic test for COVID-19 receives emergency approval
April 3, 2020 Source: ASM International
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Waltham, Mass., announces that on March 13 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for its diagnostic test that can be used immediately by CLIA high-complexity laboratories in the United States to detect nucleic acid from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and not for any other viruses or pathogens.
Continue readingSolar Manufacturing builds furnaces with all-metal hot zones for 3D printing and medical
March 4, 2020 Source: ASM International
Solar Manufacturing, Sellersville, Pa., recently built and shipped two furnaces to Tennessee, for service to the medical and additive manufacturing industries.
Continue readingRetech Systems EB melting and vacuum arc remelting furnaces installed at titanium supplier
February 16, 2020 Source: ASM International
Retech Systems LLC, a Seco Warwick company, Ukiah, Calif., announces that its titanium melting equipment has been installed at the Pennsylvania facility of the Perryman Company, a leading global supplier of titanium to the aerospace, medical, consumer, and other industries.
Continue readingKymera to acquire Reading Alloys for its aerospace, defense, and medical materials
January 25, 2020 Source: ASM International
Kymera International, a specialty materials company headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, has entered into a definitive agreement with Ametek Inc., Berwyn, Pennsylvania, to acquire its Reading Alloys business.
Continue readingGrupo Mess becomes exclusive Buehler distributor for metallographic and hardness equipment in Mexico
January 22, 2020 Source: ASM International
Buehler, an ITW Company, Lake Bluff, Ill., announces a partnership with Grupo Mess, Queretaro City, Mexico, a leading Mexico supplier of scientific equipment and services specializing in metrology. The partnership provides local support to Buehler customers and other manufacturers for all their metallographic product and service needs.
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