Steel Dynamics Inc., Fort Wayne, Ind. , has completed the acquisition of Vulcan Threaded Products Inc., America’s largest manufacturer and supplier of threaded rod products, and also a producer of cold-drawn and heat-treated bar.
Buehler upgrades Wilson DiaMet hardness testing software
Buehler, Lake Bluff, Ill., announces that it has extensively upgraded its Wilson DiaMet hardness testing software with features designed to facilitate and accelerate specific applications, such as the documentation of the hardness distribution in welds, or the depth of hardening in induction-hardened workpieces or in objects hardened by conventional processes.
Solar Atmospheres of California is awarded Nadcap 24-month Merit status
Solar Atmospheres of California, Fontana, announces that it has been awarded Nadcap 24-month Merit status for Heat Treating, which means that instead of having its next Nadcap audit in eighteen months, it has been granted an accreditation that lasts until July 31, 2018.
Synthetic material found in nature
One of the hottest new materials is a class of porous solids known as metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs. Scientists around the world are working on ways to use the synthetic materials for things like hydrogen storage, carbon sequestration, or photovoltaics.
Stainless steel rebar reinforces spill basin
Stainless steel rebar produced by Outokumpu, Finland, is being used to reinforce a spill basin at the new liquefied natural gas (LNG) Gate Terminal on Rotterdam’s North Sea coast.