Researchers at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., used advanced atomic modeling to explore the ways environment can influence the growth of cracks in alloys such as aluminum and steel and found when it comes to the integrity of structural alloys, a little corrosion may sometimes be a good thing.
Due to an unexpected hydrogen gas supply shortage, an essential part in the production of metal powder, Höganäs is forced to close its production in Niagara Falls, N.Y., leading to the redundancy of 33 full-time employees.
Optomec, Albuquerque, N.M., announced the delivery of a multifunctional additive manufacturing machine to a leading supplier to the $37 billion worldwide aviation engine maintenance repair and overhaul market.
StandardAero, Scottsdale, Ariz., has signed an agreement with joint venture partners Pratt & Whitney, a division of Raytheon Technologies, Waltham, MA, and SIA Engineering Company Limited, Singapore, to purchase 100% ownership stake in Singapore-based component repair facility, Asian Surface Technologies Private Limited.
The Space-X Crew-3 headed to the International Space Station (ISS) has a connection to the International Metallography Society (IMS). German astronaut, Matthias Maurer, from the European Space Agency (ESA), was a former student of Prof. Frank Muecklich, FASM, at Saarland University in Saarbruecken. In addition, Muecklich’s team has been assisting from the ground with some important preparations for ISS experiments.
