Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, is now home to a field emission scanning electron microscope, a powerful materials characterization tool that will aid in the research and development of a wide range of materials systems, including thin films and nanomaterials.
Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions, Germany, released the fastest single machine in the world for inspecting tires thanks to the use of an innovative sensor technology that includes ten high-resolution probes working simultaneously.
Spur gears, bevel gears, splined hubs, and cams are ideal components for production using powder metallurgy. Induction hardening is a method to make these parts locally hard and wear-resistant with a tougher ductile matrix.
Scientists from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland worked with Man Energy Solutions, Germany, and TRD Surfaces in Denmark to develop a new laser-texturing process for friction discs on two-stroke engines on two ships sailing from Europe to Asia.
The United States Air Force has awarded Wall Colmonoy Aerobraze Engineered Technologies Oklahoma City a five-year contract for the remanufacture of F-15 fighter aircraft fin and plate heat exchangers at the Mountain Home Air Force Base.
