Assa Abloy group brands Frameworks, Graham Wood Doors, and Maiman Wood Doors, New Haven, Conn., teamed up to launch Serenity, the first wood door and aluminum frame sound-rated door opening solution.
Centorr designs furnace for metal injection molding
Centorr Vacuum Industries, Nashua, N.H., has developed the MIM-Vac, a custom-engineered high temperature vacuum/ controlled-atmosphere furnace designed specifically for metal injection molding. Tight partial pressure control and even gas flow in conjunction with effective event-based programming and sound retort design allow the entire load to undergo the same series of conditions as a function of time.
A 3D printed dragon
7-year-old Sophie wrote a letter to research scientists at CSIRO, Melbourne, asking for a 3D printed dragon. Her letter, and CSIRO’s response, made an unexpected splash across the globe. Researchers then got to work creating, Toothless, a dragon 3D printed out of titanium, in Lab 22, an additive manufacturing facility in Melbourne. Scientists there have […]
NitiBrite Nitinol features one-step oxide removal
Johnson Matthey Medical Components, West Chester, Pa., has introduced NitiBrite Nitinol wire, which features an exclusive one-step oxide removal process that completely eliminates the toxic HF acid solutions that cause embrittlement. Unlike other methods used to create oxide-free Nitinol wire, the NitiBrite process does not involve acid etch or costly mechanical polishing.
High-precision microriveting joins complex medical devices
Admedes Schuessler, Germany, has developed a superflat micro-riveting process technology for clinical applications that may require complex combinations of engineering materials. It is designed for tantalum and gold markers, and provides superior process features, such as high precision with minimum crevice formation, and super-flat 3D contouring. The process is scalable and flexible, and can be used with all types of radiodense materials.