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Website Revisions Made for Customer Ease of Use
As our company has grown over the last 20 years, we’ve noticed that the majority of our customers come from the following industries: Aerospace Electronics Defense Energy Steel We’ve recently added five new pages to our site so that customers can easily find the information pertinent to their market of interest. Within each […]
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Research on Steel Alloys Looks at Reducing Impurities
Ryan Hunt from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory contributed this post: Reduced Activation Steel Development There is significant activity underway around the world to develop the process of fusion to the point where it produces net energy – with applications in power production, national security and basic science. The ITER project in France and the National […]
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Learn How Custom X-ray Standards Can Save Your Company Time and Money
You may ask why your company would need custom x-ray standards. Well, say your company is going to add a new line of steel. With several types of steel sitting in your warehouse, you would need the ability to quickly identify all of your materials. You wouldn’t want to have to cut a sample and […]
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Research Being Done on Custom Alloys to Improve Safety of Nuclear Reactors
When an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan in 2011, causing the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to experience full meltdowns at three reactors, the first concern, of course, was the health and safety of those impacted by the disaster. Now, companies like Sophisticated Alloys are helping to improve materials used in nuclear reactors. This should […]
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Who Do You Call When You Need a Custom Alloy: A University, a Mill or a Specialty Alloys Company?
It can be difficult to decide which type of organization to call when you need a specialty alloy, especially when you are not talking about huge quantities of alloy. Usually, your options are to contact a university, a mill or a specialty alloys company. All three might have the capability to make your alloy, but […]
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Our Formula for a “No Surprise” Custom Alloys Quote
In the specialty alloys business, as with other businesses, a potential customer will always ask: “How much will it cost?” and “When can I have it?” We understand the constraints of working within a budget and meeting production deadlines, so we know why these two questions are so important. But unlike some other businesses, everything […]
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Science Fiction Movies Come To Life, Thanks to Custom Alloys
I’ll never forget the day I got a phone call from a man introducing himself as a special effects guy for the X-Men movie. At first, I was rather skeptical. But as Colin Chilvers and I talked, I realized he was legitimate. As the special effects coordinator for the movie he needed to have one […]
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