In this video a bronze cast hangonne, also known as a hand cannon, is examined destructively. A cut is made through the handgonne and the section is ground and polished. Prior to examination it is etched with an alcoholic ferric chloride solution to make the grain structure visible. The handgonne was cast experimentally and is […]
Advanced Materials & Processes, Volume 184, Issue 3, May 2026 (ASM International)
The May 2026 issue of Advanced Materials & Processes magazine has an editorial focus on Aerospace Materials and Testing.
Norman Noble adds engineering design services for medical implants
Norman Noble, Inc., Highland Heights, Ohio, announced in February 2026 the addition of engineering design services to its medical-implant manufacturing portfolio. The new offering supports customers developing implantable devices that require advanced laser machining of nitinol, cobalt-chromium, titanium, and other high-performance alloys, and lets device makers partner with Norman Noble at the earliest stages of […]
FDA approves JenaValve Trilogy transcatheter heart valve for aortic regurgitation
JenaValve Technology, Irvine, California, received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval on March 23, 2026 for the Trilogy Heart Valve System for the treatment of symptomatic severe aortic regurgitation in patients deemed at high or greater risk for surgical aortic valve replacement. Trilogy is the first and only transcatheter heart valve approved in the United […]
Gore gains FDA approval for first deep venous stent indicated for the IVC and iliofemoral veins
W. L. Gore & Associates, Newark, Delaware, announced on January 6, 2026 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the GORE VIABAHN FORTEGRA Venous Stent for the treatment of deep venous disease in the inferior vena cava (IVC), iliac, and iliofemoral veins. The device is the first stent approved in the United States […]