Acxys Technologies, France, has introduced its UL-Coat (ULC) module, which injects a precursor into plasma generated by its ULS plasma spot module, thus enabling deposition of thin films of SiOx in open air.
Leco Corp., St. Joseph, Mich., has established a new European Application and Technology Center in Berlin, with close to 25 Leco analytical instruments available for hands-on customer demonstrations and application work.
Oerlikon, Switzerland, has signed an agreement to acquire the business of Laser Cladding Services, Houston, Texas, which specializes in laser cladding applications for the energy industry.
Excellent results are obtained by austenitizing water-hardening tool steels in a slightly oxidizing atmosphere, as indicated by the data in the graph, obtained in tests on type W2.
In a global collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency, a team of more than a thousand scientists and engineers are building the largest telescope ever sent into space—the James Webb Space Telescope.
