Saint-Gobain, Worcester, Mass., offers the Master Jet Auto IV thermal flame spray gun, flame spray technology with a proprietary cooling system that can achieve low heat input that is crucial to avoid heat build-up and distortions in metalized film coatings.
Mingo Aerospace, Owasso, Okla., announced that it has successfully been granted 18-month merit for Nadcap accreditation for Coatings—Thermal Spray and Grinding, AC710/1 and AC7109/8.
In addition to tape masks, other masking techniques are used for holes and complex geometries.
Scientists from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have captured high-resolution images of a tiny aluminum single-crystal sample as it transitioned from elastic to plastic state. The images will allow scientists to predict how a material behaves as it undergoes plastic transformation within five trillionths of a second of the phenomena occurring.
Researchers led by a team from the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently announced a major theoretical and experimental breakthrough that allows scientists to predict, with an unprecedented precision, when a soft material will crack and fail.
