Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Wash., in partnership with General Motors, Alcoa, and the Tailor Welded Blank (TWB) Co., have developed a friction stir welding technique that is said to be ten times faster than current FSW techniques.
Researchers from Deep Springs Technology, Toledo, Ohio, and New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering have reportedly demonstrated a magnesium syntactic foam metal matrix composite with density so low that it can float on water.
The University of Cincinnati reports that its researchers and Airbus engineers have developed a laser shock peening technology in which several lasers simultaneously focus beams of infrared light on sections of aluminum, titanium, or nickel-base superalloy components.
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., recently shipped a horizontal TurboTreater vacuum furnace with two-bar gas quenching to a metal-casting company in Texas.
Researchers report a new material that could change shape or texture when touched.
