Bridges are a main component of the transportation infrastructure as we know it today. There are no less than 575,000 highway bridges nationwide, and more than $5 billion are allocated yearly from the federal budget for bridge repairs. Over the past couple of decades, increasing seismic activity around the world has been identified as an impending threat to the strength and well-being of our bridges. Earthquakes have caused bridge collapses in the U.S.
Solar Atmospheres hires ASM member Michael Paponetti as sales manager
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA (SAWPA), Hermitage, announces that Michael Paponetti has accepted the position of Regional Sales Manager. Michael will be utilizing his 18 years of heat treating / brazing technical knowledge to maintain and promote sales throughout the country. Prior to accepting this position he served as President of Expert Brazing and Heat Treating which is located in Massillon, Ohio.
Making a mini Mona Lisa
Nanotechnique creates image 30 µm in width The world’s most famous painting has now been created on the world’s smallest canvas. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Altanta, “painted” the Mona Lisa on a substrate surface approximately 30 µm in width-one-third the width of a human hair.
GKN Sinter Metals plans $10 million expansion of Ohio plant
GKN Sinter Metals, Auburn Hills, Mich., plans a $10 million expansion of its Gallipolis production facility in southeastern Ohio’s Gallia County. The expansion will include the installation of a new 750-metric-ton, powder-compaction press along with other capital equipment to launch production of differential-gear components developed at the plant. The project is expected to add 50 full-time jobs and generate up to $20 million in additional sales for the company over the next two to three years.
The chemistry inside innovation showcased at K 2013
Celanese Corp., Dallas, will showcase the full scope of its highly-diversified products designed to help drive innovation in mobility, water, energy and infrastructure, healthcare, and consumer products at the K Trade Fair in October in Dusseldorf, Germany. The company will highlight its material solutions under the theme “Celanese – The chemistry inside innovation.