Metals Learning Center - Page 14

From traditional metals, such as titanium and copper to more modern alloys like Nitinol, the metals industry continues to meet the needs for advancing the medical device industry.Around the world, people are living longer with more active lifestyles thanks to continuing advancements in medical techn... Continue Reading

The Fourth Industrial Revolution, or Industry 4.0, is upon us. Today we are going to discuss how our Lean journey is related, and how it has prepared us to integrate emerging technology into our work and our lives as manufacturers. Industry 4.0 brings with it a fascinating series of tools and techn... Continue Reading

It is very common for alloying elements to be added to certain metals in order to achieve specific characteristics required for an application. The inclusion of particular substances can change many properties ranging from strength to color to thermal conductivity. Doing this can make the fabricatio... Continue Reading

Density is a material characteristic we all know well. It hides itself within materials though, so we end up not thinking about it very often. We even have jokes about it because of this unintentional veil. “Which weighs more: a ton of feathers or a ton of bricks?” The goal of the “joke” is to trick... Continue Reading

Cold rolling is a work hardening process used to change the structure of metals and is often used to process stainless steel. Cold rolled stainless steel as a raw material has a wide variety of applications in medical, aerospace and automotive engineering. Read on to learn more about what cold rolle... Continue Reading