AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V, Amsterdam, announces that AMG Titanium Alloys and Coatings (AMG TAC) has been selected by MTU Aero Engines to provide titanium aluminides for the production of the Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1100G-JM engine.
The Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm announces that its researchers have developed a quality assurance method for welds in high-strength steel in which a laser profile scanner assesses the welded surface and measures the quality of the weld.
Solar Manufacturing, Souderton, Pa., announces that it has been cooperating for the past year with Graphite Machining Inc., Topton, Pa., on the development and testing of a new graphite board material and its application in vacuum furnace hot zones.
Buehler, Lake Bluff, Ill., announces that it has extensively upgraded its Wilson DiaMet hardness testing software with features designed to facilitate and accelerate specific applications, such as the documentation of the hardness distribution in welds, or the depth of hardening in induction-hardened workpieces or in objects hardened with conventional processes.
Buehler, Lake Bluff, Ill., introduces two universal hardness testers: the Wilson VH1102 and VH1202, both equipped with the extensively upgraded version of its DiaMet software.
