Buehler, Lake Bluff, Ill., introduces the SimpliMet 4000, a compression mounting system that eliminates bottlenecks at the mounting stage, rapidly transforming cut samples to specimens ready for grinding and polishing.
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., recently shipped an Atlas batch atmosphere furnace and ancillary equipment – temper, washer, loader, endo generator, and load table – to Metal Treaters Inc., St. Paul, Minn.
Flir Systems, Wilsonville, Oregon, has developed X6000sc and X8000sc series thermal imaging cameras with Lock-In, Transient, and Pulse capabilities that can resolve temperature differences as low as 1 mK for advanced inspections.
Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, announces the next phase in the restructuring of its Flat Rolled Products (FRP) operations with the reduction of approximately one third of FRP’s salaried workforce through the elimination of over 250 positions.
In an effort to promote the evaluation and comparison of actuation forms, the CASMART Design Working Group initiated a student design challenge in 2015. The challenge focused on developing and using SMA actuator design tools to facilitate solutions to three proposed problems: a deployable solar array, an automotive vent, and jet engine thermal management.
