With the aim of imagining and designing new generations of aluminum alloys, Constellium, France, and the CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research), in association with the University of Grenoble Alpes, are strengthening their collaboration of over 40 years with the creation of a joint laboratory.
Spray Tips – Coating buildup and part geometry
The History of Composite Materials, from Brick to Bakelite to Biomimetic
Video description From prehistoric materials to today’s high-tech innovations, composites have always been on the cutting edge, allowing ancient Egyptians to build shelters out of air-dried bricks and astronauts to explore space from the safety of Kevlar-infused shuttles. The rise of composites in some ways mirrors the rise of human civilization. Watch the video […]
One Minute Mentor: Heat Treatment Applied to Tool Steels
After hot forming, tool steel usually is submitted to heat treatment processes that may be split into two major steps. These are shown here in a graphical form illustrating the typical processing and heat treatment sequences, splitting them into the steps done before hardening and those done for hardening, as a function of time, temperature, and phase transformation.





