Lindberg MPH aluminum stack melting and holding furnace melts 4500 pounds per hour
November 12, 2019 Source: ASM International
Lindberg MPH, Riverside, Mich., has built a gas-fired stack-type central melting furnace that will be utilized to produce aluminum ingot and sows.
Continue readingThermo-Calc Software develops CALPHAD-based steel property model for martensite and pearlite
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Engineers from Thermo-Calc Software Inc. presented a discussion at Heat Treat 2019 about procedures for extending CALPHAD models to simulate solidification and heat treatment processes.
Continue readingAllied High Tech Products presents sample preparation method for TEM analysis
November 4, 2019 Source: ASM International
Engineer Pablo Mendoza of Allied High Tech Products Inc., Rancho Dominguez, Calif., presented a discussion of an effective method of sample preparation for transmission electron microscopy at MS&T 2019 in Portland.
Continue readingExOne to collaborate with Global Tungsten & Powders for tungsten metal 3D Printing
November 3, 2019 Source: ASM International
The ExOne Co., North Huntingdon, Pa., announces that it has entered into a collaboration with Global Tungsten & Powders (GTP) Corp., Towanda, Pa., to advance tungsten-based metal 3D printing using binder jetting.
Continue readingNovelis invests $36 million to expand closed-loop automotive aluminum scrap recycling
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Novelis Inc., Atlanta, has broken ground on a $36 million investment to expand and upgrade recycling capacity at its facility in Greensboro, Georgia.
Continue readingDanieli to supply equipment for Nucor’s thermo-mechanical rolled plate steel mill
Source: ASM International
Danieli, Italy, announces that it has been selected to supply equipment for Nucor Corporation and its new greenfield plate steel mill complex in Brandenburg, Kentucky.
Continue readingInductoheat advanced induction forging technologies improve quality, reduce downtime
October 30, 2019 Source: ASM International
Michael J. Zaharof, Inductoheat Inc., Madison Heights, Mich., discussed the latest technological advances available in the induction forging industry at Heat Treat 2019.
Continue readingSeco Vacuum integral quench furnace carburizes at higher temperatures for cleaner parts
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Seco Vacuum Technologies, a Seco Warwick Group company, Meadville, Pa., introduces the Super IQ furnace, an integral quench carburizing furnace with many built-in features.
Continue readingFluxtrol study shows soft magnetic composites can function reliably for welding
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Engineers from Fluxtrol Inc., Auburn Hill, Mich., reported on a study at Heat Treat 2019 in which they used computer models to show the various sources of magnetic flux in an inductive welding system.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Make bearings more fatigue-resistant
October 29, 2019 Source: ASM International
Two ways to make bearings more fatigue-resistant in the presence of contaminated lubricants are to increase surface hardness of the rolling contact surface to minimize damage by contamination; and to make the rolling contact surfaces more damage tolerant so that surface distress caused by contaminants is less likely to initiate and propagate fatigue cracks.
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