Lake City Heat Treating, Warsaw, Ind., introduces new literature featuring its hot isostatic pressing and vacuum heat treating services. The company specializes in vacuum heat treating of stainless steels, cobalt and nickel alloys, and vacuum heat treatable steels. Cryogenic, hot isostatic pressing, and tempering services also offered. The literature includes photos of the company’s equipment and descriptions of its capabilities and services, as well as contact information.
Indium Corp., Clinton, N.Y., announces a new technology platform based on its SACM (Sn-Ag-Cu-Mn) solder alloy that provides stable, microstructural improvements to the intermetallic compound layer of the solder-to-pad interface. These include a fine grain size with a thin, stable IMC layer, which translates into an 800% improvement in drop-shock performance and a 50% extension in thermal cycling. The platform consists of Indium8.
Using ultra-fast laser pulses, a team of researchers led by University of Arizona (UA), Tucson, assistant professor Vanessa Huxter made the first detailed observation of how energy travels through diamonds containing nitrogen-vacancy centers-promising candidates for a variety of technological advances such as quantum computing.
Alfe Heat Treating, Fort Wayne, Ind., sponsor of the University of Texas Austin’s Solar Power Team, helped design and build the TexSun, a vehicle with an aluminum sub-frame and chassis. The 35-pound design is much lighter than the previous model’s 80-pound steel sub-frame and chassis. “The aluminum chassis was great because it is so much lighter,” said Alfe Vice President Dan Andersen.
Edwards Vacuum, Sanborn, N.Y., offers the GXS dry screw industrial vacuum pump with advanced temperature control, low maintenance, and long service intervals. The compact and highly intelligent GXS is Edwards’ most robust and economical vacuum pump for industrial applications, with pumping speeds from 160 to 3450 m3/hr. The GXS vacuum pump uses patented screw technology to deliver high vacuum performance and increased capacity from a smaller sized pump.
