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Simulation for Annealing Process to Soften Steel Tubing

Sandia National Laboratories researchers Lisa Deibler and Arthur Brown had a ready-made problem for their computer modeling work when they partnered with the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Kansas City Plant to improve stainless steel tubing that was too hard to meet nuclear weapon requirements.

From Sandia National Laboratories 18 Apr 2013

Cyclists Employ EOS Direct Metal Laser Sintering for Innovative Bike-Hub/Drive Assembly

To American inventors, the “home garage” has always been a symbol of possibility—a place for tinkerers to create and innovate. More than a century ago, the Wright brothers founded a cycle sales and repair business from a modest storefront and soon after invented a bike hub that was self-oiling. Everyone knows what they did next in the field of aviation.

18 Apr 2013

Outokumpu to Supply Lean Duplex and Stainless Quarto Plates for Tonopah Crescent Dunes Solar Plant Project

Outokumpu has won another contract for a pioneering Crescent Dunes solar plant project in Tonopah, Nevada, USA. In addition to 650 tonnes of stainless quarto plate, Outokumpu will also supply more than 60 tonnes of lean duplex LDX2101®.

18 Apr 2013

Collaborative Program Resource Team for Pittcon 2014

Pittcon's Special Projects Committee announces the formation of a Program Resource Team (PRT) for 2014. The purpose of this team is to collaborate with the Pittcon Program Committee to further develop the technical p...

From Pittcon 17 Apr 2013

30th Anniversary Of Systech Instruments

May 2013 marks Systech Instruments’ 30th year as one of the leading experts and manufacturers in gas and moisture measurement. Systech’s application and technology knowledge provides efficient and specialist ...

From Industrial Physics Product Integrity Limited 17 Apr 2013

New Way To Extract Platinum Metal Provided By Mass Spectrometry

The natural occurrence of platinum group metals, ruthenium, rhodium, and palladium as well as osmium, iridium and platinum, is very rare; making them extremely valuable. Even a tiny difference in the already very-low pla...

From SPECTRO Analytical Instruments GmbH 17 Apr 2013

IDEA 2013: Freudenberg Nonwovens to Exhibit Latest Eco-Friendly Products

Freudenberg Nonwovens, the world's leading nonwovens producer, will be exhibiting its wide range of products and technologies at IDEA 2013. This International Engineered Fabrics Conference & Expo will be held April 22 – 25, in Miami Beach, Florida.

17 Apr 2013

New Report on Construction Chemicals Market in India 2012-2016

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Construction Chemicals Market in India 2012-2016" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 17 Apr 2013

Hefei City Government Affiliate Acquires Interest in LDK Solar High-Tech

LDK Solar Co., Ltd. ("LDK Solar"), a leading vertically integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic products, today announced Anhui LDK New Energy Co., Ltd. signed an agreement to sell and transfer all its equity interest in its wholly owned subsidiary, LDK Solar High-Tech (Hefei) Co., Ltd., located in Hefei City of Anhui Province in China, to an affiliate of the Hefei City government, Hefei High Tech Industrial Development Social Service Corporation, for approximately RMB 120 million.

17 Apr 2013

Fry Offers Ascent Solar’s Consumer Solar-Integrated Electronic Products

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer of consumer and off-grid products integrated with flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules (CIGS), announced today the company’s new retail relationship with Fry’s Electronics Inc., a premier California-based retailer.

17 Apr 2013

New Wafer Level Reliability Test Platform Launched by Aetrium

Aetrium Incorporated today introduced a new Wafer Level Reliability (WLR) test platform to its portfolio of reliability test products, which are used by semiconductor manufacturers and wafer foundries to ensure their products exceed acceptable performance and quality standards.

17 Apr 2013

DILAS Introduces High-Brightness and High-Efficiency Tailored Bar-Based Fiber-Coupled Module

DILAS, the diode laser company, offers a 120 Watt, high-brightness and high-efficiency device from a tailored bar (T-Bar) based, 976nm, 100-micron, 0.22NA fiber-coupled module.

17 Apr 2013

VITRONIC Presents Camera-Based Quality Inspection Systems to the Chinese PV Industry

The demand for high quality solar cells is increasing worldwide. This imposes pressure upon cell producers to sort cells reliably and fully automatically. Camera-based quality inspection and cell clas-sification can be integrated into existing cell testers/sorters. At SNEC 2013 VITRONIC presents to the Chinese PV industry its VINSPECsolar VCOFLC1 camera system that enables exact and reliable front print and color inspection, better than human eyes can do.

From VITRONIC 17 Apr 2013

SASAM Calls for New Inputs on Additional Industries in Standardization Initiative

In the event it arose the urgent need for standardization concerning applications in aviation industries and the role of ASTM in this matter, which accounts for 5 working groups to set industry standards related to testing methods, design, materials & processes, ISO Tag & terminology.

17 Apr 2013

SCHUNK Introduces Magnetic Gripper EGM

The Magnetic Gripper EGM from SCHUNK maintains high holding forces even in confined work spaces. It is light-weight, yet powerful enough to handle difficult applications even in situations which may require an emergency stop. It also promotes energy efficiency because electricity is only needed for magnetization and demagnetization of the unit.

From SCHUNK, Inc. 17 Apr 2013