Rolled Alloys develops best practices for welding heat-resistant stainless steel/nickel alloys
January 28, 2020 Source: ASM International
Marc Glasser of Rolled Alloys, Temperance, Mich., presented a discussion of techniques for welding stainless steels and nickel-base alloys at the ASM International Heat Treat 2019 conference in Detroit.
Continue readingWisconsin Oven designs gas-fired conveyor oven for stress relieving automotive parts
January 27, 2020 Source: ASM International
Wisconsin Oven, East Troy, announces the shipment of a natural-gas direct-fired continuous duty conveyor oven to an American manufacturer for stress relieving steel snap rings used in automotive parts.
Continue readingLindberg/MPH ships electrically heated homocarb pit furnace to power industry
Source: ASM International
Lindberg/MPH, Riverside, Mich., announces that it has shipped an electrically heated homocarb pit furnace designed to work with a protective carbonaceous atmosphere to a manufacturer in the power industry.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Transformation rates in quenching
Source: ASM International
Transformation rates in quenching are of general importance to heat treating, and continuous cooling diagrams are valuable guides.
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 readingOne Minute Mentor: Surface Induction Hardening
January 22, 2020 Source: ASM International
Induction heating is used for through hardening, for secondary hardening of carburized parts, for tempering, for preparation of surface material to modify outcomes of subsequent heat treatment, and for other purposes.
Continue readingGrupo Mess becomes exclusive Buehler distributor for metallographic and hardness equipment in Mexico
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.
Continue readingWomen In Engineering Profile: Janet Gbur
January 21, 2020 Source: ASM International
This profile series introduces leading materials scientists from around the world who happen to be females. Here we speak with Janet Gbur, research associate at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, investigator at the Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, Cleveland, and adjunct faculty at Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio.
Continue readingArconic Inc. to separate into Howmet Aerospace and Arconic Corporation in second quarter
January 20, 2020 Source: ASM International
Arconic Inc., Pittsburgh, announces that Arconic Rolled Products Corporation (to be renamed Arconic Corporation upon separation) has publicly filed a preliminary Registration Statement on Form 10 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with Arconic Inc.’s pending separation into two standalone, publicly-traded companies.
Continue readingU. S. Steel to idle some plants and focus on Mon Valley Works, Gary Works, Big River Steel
Source: ASM International
United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, announces additional actions to advance the company’s “best of both” strategy by combining leading integrated and mini-mill steel technologies, and by aligning the company around three core assets within its North American Flat-Rolled operating segment.
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