Fabrication of Single-Phase NiTi-Based SMA by Vapor Phase Calciothermic Reduction (VPCR) Process Mr. Frank Sczerzenie1 and Dr. Bernard Bertheville2, 1Special Metals Corporation, New Hartford, NY, 2Nickel Industrial Titanium Innovative Group, NITIG, Rue des érables 31, Sion, 1950, Switzerland |
Improvement of Mechanical Properties of Powder Metallurgical NiTi by Reduction of Impurity Phases Dr. Juliane Mentz, Dr. Martin Bram, Dr. Hans Peter Buchkremer and Prof. Detlev Stoever, Forschungszentrum Juelich, IWV-1, Juelich, 52425, Germany |
The Effect of Cold Work and Heat Treatment Parameters on the Austenite Finish Temperature of Nitinol Mr. Masao J. Drexel1, Dr. Guna S. Selvaduray1 and Dr. Alan R. Pelton2, 1Chemical & Materials Engineering, San Jose State University, One Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192, 2Nitinol Devices & Components, 47533 Westinghouse Drive, Fremont, CA 94539 |
The Effect of Processing on the Microstructure, Properties, and Shape Memory Behavior of a NiTi-20Pt Alloy Dr. Ronald Noebe1, Susan Draper1, Glen Bigelow1, Dr. Bradley Lerch1, Nicholas Penney1, Dr. Santo Padula II1 and Jeff Brown2, 1Materials & Structures Division, NASA Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd., M.S. 49-3, Cleveland, OH 44135, 2Dynalloy, Inc., 3194-A Airport Loop Dr., Costa Mesa, CA 92626 |
Refreshment Break and Poster Viewing for Sessions 6, 8 and 10 |
Superelastic and Shape Memory Single Crystal CuAlNi: Fabrication and Applications Dr. Valery Martynov1, Michael D. Bokaie1, Dr. A.David Johnson2 and Mr. George Robert Gray2, 1TiNi Aerospace, 2235 Polvorosa Avenue, San Leandro, CA 94577, 2TiNi Alloy Company, 13003 Neptune Drive, San Leandro, CA 94577 |
Effect of Melting Process Parameters on Martensitic NiTi Ingots Properties Dr. Alberto Coda1, Dr. Luca Toia1 and Gianni Santella2, 1SAES Getters S.p.A, Viale Italia 77, Lainate, I-20020, Italy, 2SAES Advanced Technologies S.p.A., Via Diesel, Avezzano, Italy |
Lost-Wax Process for Ti-Ni Shape Memory Alloys Dr. Kazuhiro Kitamura1, Mr. Toshio Kuchida2, Yutaka Sawada2, Tadashi Inaba2, Masataka Tokuda2 and Mr. Yukiharu Yoshimi3, 1Mechanical Engineering, Nagano National College of Technology, 716 Tokuma, Nagano, 381-8550, Japan, 2Mechanical Engineering, Mie University, 1577 Kurimamachiyachou, Tsu, 514-8507, Japan, 3Yoshimi inc., 1-43 kitasaki-cho, Obu, 474-0002, Japan |