One Minute Mentor: Equipment for Forging
March 9, 2021
Source: ASM International
The forge quenching process requires that quenching equipment be placed as closely as possible to the equipment used in the forging stage. Since the early 1960s, various direct-forge and quench equipment has been installed in this manner, thus enabling the use of carbon steels, which have good hardenability from grain growth and high dislocation density from the thermomechanical deformation performed during hot forging.
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Nitrex installs a 5-in-1-turnkey nitriding system in Turkey
Source: ASM International
Nitrex, Quebec, has installed of a nitriding system that combines five Nitreg technologies with application know-how for processing a variety of components for electromechanical systems and actuating mechanisms used in aviation, land, and sea vehicles.
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Harper International selected for thermal purification of natural graphite
Source: ASM International
Harper International, Buffalo, has beem chosen by Westwater Resources, Inc. to conduct engineering scaleup and front-end engineering design for production scale thermal purification as part of the Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) on the Coosa Graphite Project located in Alabama.
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Constellium developing aluminum-lithium alloys for NASA
Source: ASM International
Constellium, Paris, is developing an aluminum-lithium alloy solution, Airware®, that will be used for NASA’s Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, for missions that will ultimately send humans farther into deep space than ever before. Airware’s inherent low density, high-specific stiffness, strength and excellent mechanical properties provide the high-performance characteristics required during the demanding launch and landing phases.
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Lindberg ships two gas-fired furnaces to the manufacturing Industry
Source: ASM International
Lindberg, Michigan, announced the shipment of two gas-fired hardening and tempering furnaces to the manufacturing industry. These large-capacity box furnaces will be used for the normalizing, austenitizing, and tempering of forged components.
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One Minute Mentor: Typical applications of micro alloyed steels for automotive components
February 9, 2021
Source: ASM International
Micro alloyed steels are machined and hardened to provide necessary machinability, strength, fatigue, and wear properties after forging and direct heat treatment. The selection of an appropriate steel grade is very important in the fabrication of crankshafts.
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Ipsen’s new PdMetrics feature offers additional diagnostics
Source: ASM International
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Illinois launched new features on its PdMetrics dashboard that monitors incoming three-phase utilities, voltage, and frequency on Ipsen’s Titan 2.0 vacuum furnaces. This addition offers further diagnostics for the diffusion pump heater assembly.
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Accurate Brazing to add second hot isostatic press unit
December 8, 2020
Source: ASM International
Accurate Brazing, New Hampshire, a provider of specialized heat-treating solutions will add a second hot isostatic press unit in 2021 to its Greenville, SC facility. The model QIH 122 M URC press is equipped with the Quintus proprietary uniform rapid cooling (URC) feature, which combines HIP and heat treatment in a single process.
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Tinius Olsen precision optical extensometers measure axial strain with high accuracy
June 3, 2020
Source: ASM International
Tinius Olsen, Horsham, Pa., offers the Epsilon One high-precision optical non-contact extensometers that perform high-accuracy, high-resolution, non-contacting axial strain and displacement measurements.
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Connect with ASM colleagues to share resources, post events, discuss ideas and issues
March 27, 2020
Source: ASM International
ASM CONNECT launched for all ASM members on January 15; since then, over 100 posts/replies have been discussed.
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