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Investment Casting Specialist Purchases Air Blast Room

In late-August 2008, Pacific Cast Technologies (PCT), an investment casting
foundry located in Albany, Ore., purchased an Air Blast room for their facility.
PCT (acquired by Ladish in 2000) offers precision shell cast technology, in
particular, for titanium investment castings. The company has the technology,
equipment and expertise to cast titanium parts in some of the largest sizes.

1 Apr 2009

Three Leaders and Innovators to be Inducted in Thermal Spray Hall of Fame

Three leaders and innovators who have shaped the past, present and future
of thermal spray technology will be inducted into the Thermal Spray Hall of
Fame this May.

From ASM International 1 Apr 2009

PPG Establishes First Waterborne Automotive Paint Training Center in China

PPG Industries recently established the first waterborne automotive paint training
center in a college in China at Shanghai Communications Polytechnic (SCP).

From PPG Industries Inc. 1 Apr 2009

Magnetism May be the Answer for Bioengineers Trying to Grow New Tissue

The power of magnetism may address a major problem facing bioengineers as

they try to create new tissue -- getting human cells to not only form structures,

but to stimulate the growth of blood vessels to nourish that growth.

31 Mar 2009

BASF Help Engineer Improvements for Tata Nano Car

BASF is supplying Tata Motors with products and engineering solutions for its new Nano automobile that reduce emissions, enhance fuel efficiency and improve the car’s overall aesthetic look. “We believe t...

From BASF Corporation 31 Mar 2009

Titanium Dioxide Hard Coating Kills Bacteria Making It Ideally Suited to Healthcare Applications

A new hard coating with antibacterial properties that has been tested by researchers at the UCL Eastman Dental Institute has been shown to kill 99.9% of Escherichia coli bacteria when a white hospital light was shone on ...

30 Mar 2009

Environmentally Friendly Coating that Protects Metals from Corrosion

A new, environmentally friendly coating that protects metals against corrosion in seawater has been developed by a team of researchers from Sheffield Hallam University. At the Society for General Microbiology meeting in ...

29 Mar 2009

New Market Report Covers Solution Proessing of Inorganic Materials

Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Solution Processing of Inorganic Materials" to their offering. The search for electronic materials that can be ch...

29 Mar 2009

Free White Paper to Tempt Conference Attendees to Aerospace Materials Conference

Reflecting the technical breadth and quality of the upcoming AeroMat Conference
and Exposition in Dayton, June 7-11, ASM International is offering a free
white paper on the "Forming of Titanium and Titanium Alloys", written
by a leading expert in the field.

From ASM International 29 Mar 2009

BNL Patents Corrosion Resistant Coating for Metals Based on Nanoparticles

Scientists at the U.S. Department
of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a method
for coating metal surfaces with an ultrathin film containing nanoparticles "particles measuring billionths of a meter" which renders the metal resistant
to corrosion and eliminates the use of toxic chromium for this purpose.

26 Mar 2009

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