Circular economy thinking in heat treatment of nonferrous metals
September 3, 2021 Source: ASM International
BlueTechnology takes into account the importance of sustainability for production lines and raises awareness of ethical and ecological metal production. Within the confines of thermodynamics, mass and heat transfer, as well as economics.
Continue readingAir Products selected to 100 best corporate citizens list for 10th consecutive year
Source: ASM International
Air Products, Allentown, Pa., has been named to the 100 Best Corporate Citizens List for the tenth consecutive year. The list, published by 3BL Media, recognizes outstanding environmental, social and governance (ESG) transparency and performance among the 1000 largest public companies in the United States.
Continue readingCentorr Vacuum announces order for six high-temp, high-vacuum furnaces
Source: ASM International
Centorr Vacuum, Nashua, N.H., has received orders for six furnaces in the Workhorse product line for various applications in the precision processing of metals in heat treating, brazing, and annealing applications.
Continue readingNew technology for evaporating metals at low temperatures
August 23, 2021 Source: ASM International
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, researchers have invented a cheaper, safer, and simpler technology that will allow a group of metals and metal oxides to evaporate at temperatures lower than 200 C, much lower than current working temperatures.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Effect of copper content on powder metallurgy hardenability
August 20, 2021 Source: ASM International
The most important function of alloying elements in heat treatable steels is to increase hardenability, whether for quench and tempering or sinter hardening. Adding copper increases both hardness and tensile strength in the sintered condition.
Continue readingSeco/Vacuum sells two Vector furnaces to Australian Defense
Source: ASM International
Seco/Vacuum, Meadville, Pa., has sold two new Vector single chamber high-pressure quench vacuum to the Australian defense industry through HTA. These will go to the Melbourne and Sydney commercial heat treatment facilities to provide expanded processing capabilities.
Continue readingExtremely high thermal conductivity interfacial material for large electronics packages
Source: ASM International
Amkor Technology, Incheon, Korea, has demonstrated three new types of thermal interfacial materials (TIM) with high thermal conductivity (> 20W/mK). Workability and reliability test results for metal sheet TIM (60W/mK), graphite sheet TIM (24W/mK), and silver (Ag) sintered TIM (50W/mK) have been presented in a new paper.
Continue readingAccurate Brazing receives Nadcap merit accreditation
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Accurate Brazing, Greenville, S.C., has received the Nadcap merit accreditation for heat treating at its Pelham Road facility. The accreditation is for demonstrating an ongoing commitment to quality by satisfying customer requirements and industry specifications.
Continue readingSurface Combustion awarded contract for horizontal ion nitriding system
Source: ASM International
Surface Combustion Inc, Maumee, Ohio, has shipped a new ion nitriding thermal processing furnace system for Watervliet Arsenal. This allows them to add control to the product supply chain.
Continue readingDevelopment of a Residual Stress Standard
August 19, 2021 Source: ASM International
In the past ten to fifteen years, significant progress toward the understanding and management of residual stresses in metallic structure has been made under the auspices of numerous Metals Affordability Initiative (MAI) projects, Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) projects, USAF program funded projects, and many others. In January 2020, the ASM International Technical Committee on Residual Stress formed a subcommittee on residual stress standards development, whose goal is to promote the development of standards and specifications for the measurement, modeling, understanding and management of residual stress
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