Lindberg MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped an atmosphere box furnace to a leading supplier of the medical device industry for heat treating parts.
Compact atmosphere box furnace heat treats medical device components
Praxair and GE Aviation form joint venture to develop advanced aircraft engine coatings
Praxair Surface Technologies Inc., Danbury, Conn., and GE Aviation, Cincinnati, announce the formal creation of PG Technologies LLC, a joint venture that will focus on development, support, and application of specialized coatings tailored for GE Aviation’s and CFM International’s current and future engine models, including the GE9X and LEAP engines.
Zimmer Biomet launches Vanguard Individualized titanium knee replacement
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Warsaw, Ind., has launched Vanguard individualized design, a first-of-its-kind total knee arthroplasty construct designed to enable a personalized fit while simplifying soft tissue preservation and balance.
One Minute Mentor: Tempering Martensitic Stainless Steels
This graph shows AISI Type 410: Effect of tempering temperature on tensile properties. Heated to and held at 1800°F for 30 minutes; oil quenched; tempered 1 to 4 hours. Impact energy test used Izod specimens. Elongation was measured in 2 in.; yield at 0.2% offset.
Boston Scientific‘s platinum-chromium drug-eluting stent has bioabsorbable polymer
Boston Scientific announces that the Synergy platinum-chromium coronary stent system is the first and only stent with bioabsorbable polymer coating that is FDA-approved for the treatment of coronary artery disease.