In an ASM International interview with George Conrad, the founder and president of GeoCorp shares what his company featured at the Heat Treat/IMAT 2023 show in Detroit and discusses current trends impacting the industry today. For more information about GeoCorp, visit their website here. To learn more about ASM International events, visit here.
Spray Tips: Material categories for thermally sprayed coatings: classification by process
This section provides an understanding for choosing particular feedstock materials. The initial chemistry and form of the feedstock material is of utmost importance with regard to the engineering application. Powder processing and powder quality can be considered from many viewpoints.
Testing the limits of an ancient artform to increase aircraft range
As part of a prestigious 2023 summer internship with the U.S. Department of Defense, John Migliore, a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill departments of applied physical sciences and chemistry, conducted tests on whether high-performance polymers would change the mechanical and structural properties of ceramic materials.
Rapid Sustainment Office Advanced Manufacturing Program Office tool goes live in Air Force Cloud One
The Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office Advanced Manufacturing Program Office’s Part Assessment and Cost Tool officially went live on Air Force Cloud One, the first Advanced Manufacturing application to do so.
Drones protect wind turbines from ice
For the first time, a team at Fraunhofer, Germany, has succeeded in using drones to protect rotor blades against ice.