Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, Wis., has shipped two direct gas-fired batch ovens with load capacity of 6000 pounds each to a leading automotive supplier for tempering tire molds to produce longer mold life.
Terrier is a compact, 35-ton armored combat platform designed by BAE Systems for the British army.
Tempering characteristics for P20 mold steels carburized at two different temperatures are shown in the graphs.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, reports its researchers have found that, at least in some nuclear reactors, adding less than 2% carbon nanotubes to aluminum can dramatically slow the breakdown process that causes it to become porous and brittle.
Brunel University, London, reports that a research team has found a patented niobium-base master alloy that not only fills the missing gap in grain refiners for magnesium alloys, but also offers significant advantages over titanium in aluminum-silicon alloys.
