Flir Systems, Wilsonville, Oregon, has developed X6000sc and X8000sc series thermal imaging cameras with Lock-In, Transient, and Pulse capabilities that can resolve temperature differences as low as 1 mK for advanced inspections.
Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, announces the next phase in the restructuring of its Flat Rolled Products (FRP) operations with the reduction of approximately one third of FRP’s salaried workforce through the elimination of over 250 positions.
In an effort to promote the evaluation and comparison of actuation forms, the CASMART Design Working Group initiated a student design challenge in 2015. The challenge focused on developing and using SMA actuator design tools to facilitate solutions to three proposed problems: a deployable solar array, an automotive vent, and jet engine thermal management.
The DOE Ames Laboratory at Iowa State University announces that ASM Fellow Iver Anderson, Senior Metallurgist, has been inducted into the National Academy of Inventors for demonstrating a “highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating and facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society.”
Euroflex, Germany, announces that its parent company, G. Rau Group, has acquired the remaining shares of Admedes Schuessler GmbH from the co-founder Dr. Andreas Schüssler, making the G. Rau Group the sole owner.
