Air Liquide, Houston, Texas, has finalized its acquisition of Voltaix Inc., Branchburg, N.J., an electronics materials company. This acquisition complements the Air Liquide ALOHA product line of advanced precursors, and brings together synergies in molecule discovery and scale up, contributing to accelerate the introduction of a broader portfolio of new high-tech materials to semiconductor manufacturers.
Outokumpu develops ferritic and austenitic steel grades with improved corrosion resistance, strength, and formability
Outokumpu Oy, Finland, is expanding its product range with two new high-chromium stainless steel grades, ferritic grade EN 1.4622 and austenitic grade EN 1.4420. The ferritic grade Outokumpu 4622 is its first high-chromium ferritic grade, while the new austenitic Outokumpu 4420 grade is completely new in the market. Both grades are said to offer benefits in corrosion resistance, strength, and formability.
Air Products engineer discusses solutions to heat treating problems at HTS Expo
Air Products, Lehigh Valley, Pa., announces that Tom Philips, senior metallurgical engineer at Air Products, will present “Atmosphere Troubleshooting and Solutions to Common Heat Treating Problems” at the Heat Treating Solutions Center on Tuesday, September 17, at 11:00 a.m. This troubleshooting guide will review years of field experience with nitrogen- and hydrogen-based atmosphere systems.
XEI Scientific receives U.S. patent for oxidative cleaning method for electron microscopes
XEI Scientific Inc., Redwood City, Calif., manufacturer of the popular Evactron De-Contaminator Plasma Cleaning System for electron microscopes and other vacuum chambers, was awarded U.S. patent #US8507879B2 on August 13, 2013, for an improved method and instrumentation for the production of oxygen radicals to be used in the cleaning of high vacuum instruments such as electron microscopes.
3D big bugs reveal insect anatomy
Scientists have 3D printed giant titanium bugs in a first for additive manufacturing this week. Minute insects, from the Australian National Insect Collection, were super-sized by up to forty times using a novel 3D scanning system and printed using a state of the art 3D printer. The 3D bugs show new potential for entomologists studying the anatomy of miniscule creatures by enabling them to physically handle the insects and study their features up close.