Epner Technology, Brooklyn, N.Y., was chosen to use its Laser Gold technology to electroplate gold onto the cast bronze Oscar statuettes this year.
Laser gold plating technology coats Oscar statuettes
One Minute Mentor: Hardness Gradients in Nitrided High-Speed Tool Steel
The graph shows the effect of bath conditions and immersion time on hardness gradients in Type T1 high-speed tool steel.
NIST ultrasound method detects cracks in capacitors
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md., and collaborators have demonstrated a nondestructive acoustic method for detecting cracks in ceramic capacitors before they go bad.
3D-printed titanium hip implant features fully porous acetabular cup
Smith & Nephew, Andover, Mass., introduces its first 3D-printed titanium hip implant, the new Redapt revision acetabular fully porous cup with Conceloc technology.
Bonnell Aluminum to invest $18 million in extrusion line for auto structures
Bonnell Aluminum, Newnan, Ga., announces it will invest approximately $18 million over the next year to fund an expansion project that will include the purchase of a new state-of-the-art aluminum extrusion line at its Aacoa facility in Niles, Michigan.