NEW PM NANOCRYSTALLINE ALUMINUM COMPOSITES

Working with the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and Case Western Reserve University, Powdermet, Inc., Euclid, Ohio, has developed a non-cryomilling process for making PM aluminum composites with stable nanocrystalline grain structures. The PM materials offer lower weight, higher strength, and increased hardness compared to currently used aluminum alloys, without relying on rare-earth or other costly foreign-sourced alloying elements, the company says.

SCREENING COMPANY ADDS NEW REPS

Elcan Industries, Mamaroneck, N.Y., has appointed new sales representatives to market the Virto/Elcan and Minox/Elcan screening machines. Allied Bulk will cover eastern Kansas, Illinois, and Missouri; Johnson Engineering & Sales Co. will cover Michigan; M.C. Schroeder will cover North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia; and Webb Process Equipment Co. will cover Northern Ohio.    

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