Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., installed a second Turbo2Treater vacuum furnace at Temprasud, a commercial heat treater in Fresagrandinaria, Italy. The new furnace will help them continue to grow business in the automotive market, with anticipated expansion into aerospace.
Nitrex, Quebec, has delivered a second nitriding system to Qatar Aluminium Extrusion Co. (Qalex).
Virgina Tech, Va., scientists have developed a new theoretical model for preparing particle accelerator structures made of niobium metal. The model predicts the rate of oxygen diffusion into niobium on heat treatment.
On the micrometer scale, deformation properties of metals change profoundly due to the complex intermittent redistribution of lattice dislocations caused by external loading. This results in the formation of the uneven step-like surface upon deformation. To study this phenomenon, research groups of the Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest, Charles University of Prague and École des Mines de Saint-Étienne have developed a highly sensitive micromechanical platform, where weak elastic waves emitted by the specimen can be detected during the deformation of micron-scale pillars.
Instron, Norwood, Mass., announces the release of TrendTracker, a module in Bluehill Central designed to accelerate the data analysis workflow for single or multi-location materials testing laboratories. An intuitive interface allows the user to quickly search, display, and analyze results over time and across multiple samples and test systems.
