Radiation is famously damaging, both to living tissue and materials. But now, engineers at MIT have been surprised to discover that radiation may actually help certain alloys to self-heal, extending ...

Chromium-molybdenum (chrome-moly) pipe has become a standard in the power generation industry, not only because of its corrosion resistance and high-temperature strength, but also for its ...

In recent years, those supplying metal parts to the medical device industry have recorded outstanding gains in the quality of their performance. With the emergence of statistical process control, ISO ...

Fort Wayne Metals Research Products, LLC manufactures precision wire-based materials that our customers use in medical technologies around the world to improve people’s lives. FORT WAYNE, Ind., June ...

HRL Labs has made a breakthrough with a technique for successfully 3D printing high-strength aluminum alloys—including types Al7075 and Al6061—that opens the door to additive manufacturing of ...

Graphite/metal alloy bearings handle harsh environments that lubricated bearings can’t. For example, a grease-filled ball bearing was used on an oven-door latch—but in tests, the bearing seized and ...

Refractory metal alloys are known for their distinctive specifications and general properties. Among them is the niobium-based refractory metal alloy C-103, which has a variety of applications in ...

After 47 years in business, M.R. “Dick” Gillman on June 9 sold his specialty metals company, Alloy Metals International Inc., to Snappy Materials L.L.C., a subsidiary of Lawrence Holdings Inc., for ...