Quench System Controls Distortion in Steel Parts
By Victoria Birk Hill May 7, 2020
MPI’s heat treating center, CHTE, is featured in the May issue of Industrial Heating for it’s research on a quench system that controls distortion and residual stress. The article outlines how steel parts that are used in the automotive, aerospace and heavy-equipment industry rely on heat treatment, especially the rapid cooling process of quenching, to […]
MPI Releases Video on Heat Treat Industry
By Victoria Birk Hill April 7, 2020
A recently published video demonstrates how researchers at the Center for Heat Treating Excellence, one of MPI’s research centers, work together with the heat treat industry to address heat treating and thermal engineering challenges. Research that members select focuses on topics such as: optimizing carburization and quenching processes; better understanding induction and furnace tempering; defining […]
Inaugural World Forum for Materials Science and Engineering
By Victoria Birk Hill October 17, 2019
We are excited to announce that the first ever world forum on Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) met last week in Wuhan, China to focus on sustainable development. There is no question that the field of MSE is going through unprecedented changes. With the advent of nine enabling technologies and Industry 4.0, we are facing […]
Adopting Lean Manufacturing Practices Makes Economic Sense
By Victoria Birk Hill September 20, 2018
In this International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) video, Brajendra Mishra, Kenneth G. Merriam Professor of Mechanical Engineering at WPI and director of the Center for Resource Recovery & Recycling and the Metal Processing Institute, explains why lean manufacturing makes sound economic sense. Lean manufacturing, which is the concept of using less labor, energy, materials and […]