NIST, Gaithersburg, Md., announces that a team of researchers including NIST scientists has found a way to improve the process of simulating the onset of failure in materials for airplane wings.
Liquidmetal acquires machines to mold amorphous metal parts three times larger
Liquidmetal Technologies Inc., Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., has received two hot-crucible amorphous metal molding machines from the company’s licensing partner, Eontec Ltd., a Chinese die casting company.
Boeing to buy structural parts 3D printed by Norsk Titanium’s rapid plasma deposition
Norsk Titanium AS, Oslo, announces that it has received a production purchase order for 3D printed structural titanium components from Boeing that are being produced by Norsk’s proprietary rapid plasma deposition (RPD) process.
Arconic Brings Advanced Stretcher Online
Located at Arconic’s facility in Davenport, Iowa, the Very Thick Plate Stretcher improves the performance of thick aluminum and aluminum-lithium plate in aerospace and industrial applications.
One Minute Mentor: Low-Temperature Surface Hardening of Stainless Steel
The graph shows a schematic time-temperature-transformation (TTT) diagram of austenite with a high nitrogen or carbon content. In order to prevent the development of chromium nitrides/carbides, a long-time low-temperature treatment could be applied.