Hoganas AB, Bruksgatan, Sweden, announces the implementation of a combined vacuum sintering and low pressure carburizing (LPC) furnace technology to provide more cost-efficient and higher quality PM component solutions. LPC also results in reduced distortions during the heat treatment process and consequently improves the overall dimensional quality and tolerances of PM components. Chromium-alloyed powders provide a cost-efficient way to manufacture high-performance applications.
Bruker AXS, Germany, launches the ECO series for X-ray fluorescence, X-ray diffraction, and chemical X-ray crystallography. The D8 Quest ECO X-ray chemical crystallography system features the new Photon 50 CMOS detector, which is two times larger than traditional CCD cameras. It is capable of high-speed data collection in shutterless operation mode, ensuring excellent quality of data and unprecedented data acquisition speed.
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Phoenix Thermal Measurement, Clearwater, Fla., has developed a new thermal barrier designed for use in brazing aluminum parts. It addresses the problems of protection from hydrofluoric acid produced from chemicals in the flux combining with moisture within the thermal barrier, and oxygen in the air leaking from the thermal barrier that can “pollute” the nitrogen atmosphere inside the furnace.
SUSS MicroTec, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Sematech announce that SUSS MicroTec’s photomask equipment division has partnered with Sematech to investigate and develop extreme ultraviolet lithography substrate and blank cleaning technologies that will accelerate process availability for extreme ultraviolet pilot line manufacturing.
