Innovnano, Lisbon, Portugal, has invested in a high-tech, brand new facility for production of its nanostructured powders, including 3 and 4 mol % yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ). The new site is based in a dedicated technology park in Coimbra, Portugal, and has been designed to allow high capacity expansion and industrial-scale nanotechnology, enabling the production of up to 1000 metric tons per annum.
Samsung mass-producing 4-gigabit DDR4 devices via 20 nm-class process technology
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Japan, is now mass-producing 4-gigabit (Gb) advanced DDR4 memory, for enterprise servers in next-generation data centers. Early market availability of the devices, which use 20 nm-class process technology, will facilitate demand for 16- and 32-gigabyte memory modules. This compares to conventional DRAM of which 8 gigabyte modules using a 30nm-class process technology are still commonplace.
Inspection system meets new ASTM standards
Due to the recent revisions to ASTM standards F136 and F138, Banner Medical, Carol Stream Ill., installed a multi-axis, computer controlled Ultrasonic Inspection System designed and built by Matec Inspection Companies Inc., Northborough, Mass., for precision ground bars.
Russian aerospace and turbine industries receive support from Ipsen
With over 140 million consumers, and almost unlimited infrastructure needs, Russia remains one of the most promising markets for U.S. exporters. Within the last few months, Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., has shipped eight TITAN furnaces to Russia for the civil aerospace and land-based turbine engine industries. These shipments were spread throughout Russia to cities including, but not limited to, Ufa, Perm, and Voronezh.
Solar Atmospheres heat treats thousand-pound stainless steel exhaust duct
Solar Atmospheres of Western Pennsylvania, Hermitage, Pa., recently thermally processed in vacuum a 410 stainless steel fabrication 90 in. high by 75 in. wide and weighing 1060 lb. The finish-machined weldment is an exhaust duct used exclusively for testing jet engines. This intricate piece was vacuum hardened and tempered per AMS 2759/5D, Type 4 Class A to HRC 25-33. In order to meet this stringent specification, the part was thermocoupled in both the thin and heavy sections of the weldment.