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Materials & Coatings
Ultra-Thin Titanium Strip for Medical Enclosures
Ametek Specialty Metal Products, Wallingford, CT, announces the availability of Ti 6/4 ELI (extra low interstitials) Grade 23 titanium strip as thin as 0.004 in. The ultra- thin strip offers improved ductility and formability compared to conventional alloys, making it ideal for
medical applications
such as pacemakers
and neurostimulator
enclosures.
Ametek’s propri-
etary technology, the
company says, utilizes
a cold-rolling and Conventional hot-rolled Ti 6/4 Cold-rolled annealed Ti 6/4
annealing process that yields titanium strip with outstanding microstructure char- acteristics and improved tensile strength and formability properties. Cold rolling elim- inates the need to grind away as much as 50 percent of the starting material to achieve ultra-thin strip. It also eliminates the chance for embedding grinding material on the surface of the finished strip. Also, the annealing process minimizes hydrogen con- tent and removes residual stresses.
Ti 6/4 ELI titanium alloy strip is available in sheets to 6 in. wide, up to 0.015 in. thick.
Ametek Specialty Metal Products: 203/265-6731; www.ametekmetals.com
Non-Oil Stamping Lube Earns Nissan Approval
Chemetall Metalworking Group, New Providence, NJ, announced that its Gar- dolube VP 10300/2 fully synthetic stamp- ing lubricant has earned approval for use by Nissan North America stamping facilities and affiliates. The lubricant, approved for use on all automotive components processed through paint and E-coat lines, is formulated to work on ferrous and nonferrous mate- rials, as-is or diluted with water. Chemetall: 800/526-4473; www.chemetallamericas.com
An Introduction to Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS)
The Automotive Applications Council of the Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI) has published AHSS 101: Evolv- ing Use of Advanced High-Strength Steels for Automotive Applications. The paper, which explains the various AHSS grades and the benefits of each, is available for download at www.autosteel.org.
Poised for Growth— Stainless Sales Adds Warehouse
Stainless-steel service center Stain- less Sales Corp. has expanded its space under roof by taking over a 40,000-sq.- ft. warehouse in Chicago, just a few miles from its headquarters facility. The new facility has four overhead cranes and two overhead doors that allow trucks to pull into the building for deliveries. All mill deliveries will route to the new loca- tion, and trucks will transport master coils to the original facility for slitting. The firm provides stainless steel slit from coil from 0.015 to 0.025 in. thick.
Stainless Sales Corp.: 773/247-9060; www.stainlesssales.com
Stripco Installs
Red Bud EPS Coil Line
Steel-service center Stripco, Inc., Mishawaka, IN, has installed an EPS coil line provided by Red Bud Indus- tries, Red Bud, IL. The EPS environ- mentally friendly acid-free pickling process
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