Materion Brush Beryllium & Composites, a Materion Corporation business, Mayfield Heights, Ohio, announces investment cast AlBeCast aluminum beryllium products for the aerospace, defense, and precision industrial equipment markets. AlBeCastR 910 is a ternary Be-Al-Ni alloy with a high specific modulus, good ductility, and reasonably good strength. AlBeCastR 920 is an aluminum beryllium alloy containing Ag, Co, and Ge.
The Metal Treating Institute, Jacksonville Beach, Fla., reports that June 2013 year-to-date sales for the metal treating industry were $459.1 million, a decrease of 6.6% from 2012, when sales for January-June equaled $491.6 million. Sales for June 2013 totaled $75.2 million, a decrease from 2012 when sales for June equaled $80.6 million. One out of the nine MTI districts reported higher sales in June 2013 compared to the previous year.
EV Group (EVG), Austria; and Dynaloy LLC, Indianapolis, Ind., a wholly owned subsidiary of Eastman Chemical Co., introduces CoatsClean, a single-wafer photoresist and residue removal technology. It is designed to address thick films and difficult-to-remove material layers for the 3D-ICs/through-silicon vias advanced packaging, microelectromechanical systems, and compound semiconductor markets.
Carl Zeiss Microscopy LLC, Thornwood, N.Y., introduced a new hardware auto focus and cleanroom kit for its Axio Imager Vario microscope system, well suited to surface inspections on reflective, low-contrast samples. In transmitted and reflected light, the focus system ensures precision to 0.3 of the depth of field of the objective lens. The sensor registers changes to the focus position and automatically compensates any deviations via direct access to the Z drive of the microscope.
Lumenous Device Technologies, Sunnyvale, Calif., offers research, development, and design expertise for medical devices. Alloys include 300-series stainless steels, Nitinol (NiTi), and cobalt-chrome alloys. Typical material thickness ranges from 25 to 500 microns, and devices are cut with laser beams. Testing (analytical labs), finite element analysis, fatigue testing, and biocompatibility analysis are also offered. Kerf width varies with alloy, thickness, and speed of process.
