ALD Vacuum Technologies, Germany, recently developed a heat treatment cell called ALD-SyncroTherm, which provides synchronized heat treatment by small batch processing.
Nitrex Metal Inc., Montreal, Quebec, reported at the AeroMat 25 conference on its Nano-S nitriding technology designed primarily for surface hardening of stainless steels to improve wear and galling resistance.
The National Institute for Materials Science, Japan, reports that engineers have developed room-temperature-printed electronics, by which electronic devices can be manufactured at room temperature under ambient atmospheric conditions.
Cadence Design Systems Inc., San Jose, Calif., and Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Calif., announce that they are collaborating to support Intel’s 14nm Tri-Gate process technology for customers of Intel Custom Foundry.