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Well-suited for indoor applications such as checking walk-in drying ovens, spray booths or ambient-air drying rooms, the BYK a200 thermo-anemometer from Paul N. Gardner measures air temperature, air velocity and relative humidity. It also can be used outdoors. The meter calculates dew point to help determine the right painting conditions. The lightweight meter features an …

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Grieve’s No. 1045 is a 1,250°F (677°C) horizontal-airflow cabinet oven currently used for heat treating. Workspace dimensions are 38″ × 38″ × 38″, and 350,000 Btu/hr. are installed in a modulating natural gas burner, while a 2,000-cfm, 2-hp recirculating blower provides horizontal airflow to the workload. This oven features 12″ insulated walls comprised of 2″ …

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Grieve’s No. 946 is a 1,000°F electrically heated vertical airflow walk-in oven currently used for curing coatings on titanium screens. Workspace dimensions are 72″ × 156″ × 96″, and 360 kW installed in Incoloy-sheathed tubular heating elements provide the power, while a 24,500-cfm, 20-hp recirculating blower provides vertical downward airflow to the workload. This oven …

1,000°F Electric Walk-in Oven Cures Coatings on Titanium Read More »

Henkel offers a variety of process solutions for the metal coil industry, specially formulated for high-speed and continuous operation of manufacturing lines, as well as greater cost-efficiency and sustainability. The Bonderite portfolio includes pickling inhibitors, added to hydrochloric or sulfuric acid to avoid over-pickling and provide a uniform surface for the next process step; cold-rolling …

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Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science has expanded the capabilities of its X-Strata 920 X-ray fluorescence coatings analyzer to include a new high-resolution detector and a sample stage configuration. The device is designed to ensure that coatings meet required specifications, and to minimize waste from excess coating or scrapping of under-plated material. The instrument can be customized …

Expanded XRF Analyzer Features High-Resolution Detector Read More »

America Makes and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) have published version 2.0 of its Standardization Roadmap for Additive Manufacturing. The roadmap is a product of the America Makes & ANSI Additive Manufacturing Standardization Collaborative (AMSC), a group formed to help develop industry-wide additive manufacturing (AM) standards and specifications. The new roadmap describes the current …

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The MPIF has honored Tessa Stillman, senior manager, standards and technical services, MPIF, with its Distinguished Service to Powder Metallurgy (PM) Award. The award recognizes individuals who have actively served the North American PM industry for at least 25 years and deserve special recognition. Stillman has held various management positions at the association and has …

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Elsevier has released the 2017 CiteScore values, the latest assessment of thousands of serial scholarly publications, freely available to view and review via Scopus. More than 23,350 source titles covering 330 disciplines are ranked across eight indicators which are part of CiteScore Metrics. The primary CiteScore metric is calculated by dividing the number of citations received …

Applied Materials Today achieves CiteScore of 9.9 Read More »

The finishing industry has seen steady growth in non-woven technology, with the results filling some important gaps in the needs of finishers. “The ability to put a structured finish on the surface of a component is just the tip of the advantage that non-woven technology offers,” says Mike Shappell, an applications engineer with Norton | …

Proprietary Grains Remove Metal and Produce Consistent Finishes Read More »

3D Systems says that it plans to collaborate with Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division to qualify metal additive manufacturing (AM) technologies to build naval warships. Newport News Shipbuilding is the sole designer, builder and refueler of US Navy aircraft carriers and one of two providers of US Navy submarines. They will move portions of …

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