Höganäs AB, Sweden, has signed an agreement to acquire German H.C. Starck Group’s Surface Technology & Ceramic Powders (STC) division for its broad product portfolio and strong trademarks.
Lambda Technologies, Cincinnati, Ohio, reports that it has developed a surface treatment for modular orthopedic implants that completely eliminates the chance of failure from fretting fatigue.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, announces that its researchers have developed a high-speed camera in which 16 separate charged-coupled device imaging chips can record images of thermal-spray particles moving at supersonic velocity in just three nanoseconds.
Siemens AG, Germany, announces that its additively manufactured gas turbine blade has received the “3D Printing Application of the Year” from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
CTS (Cincinnati Thermal Spray Inc.) and SST (Solution Spray Technologies LLC), Storrs, Conn., announce a non-exclusive license agreement that solidifies a long-term partnership with goals to further commercialize the solution precursor plasma spray process (SPPS).
