Carpenter Enhances Technical Information Database

Specialty alloy supplier Carpenter Technology Corp. has announced enhancements to its complementary online technical information database, which allows design engineers and other users to research alloys, compare data, perform searches and access other information on hundreds of specialty alloys. Available on the company’s website, the database is used by more than 50,000 registrants. The online technical information database, launched in November 2000, is described by the firm as the only database of its kind that is available free of charge.

According to Carpenter Technology, some of the most important updates to the database are the following:

• Material property searches feature improved interactivity. There are added sliding numeric ranges for all 11 alloy properties and real-time results as the sliders are moved. This lets users to see how their search affects other properties.

• Users can request information from the company. By clicking within the results table or any datasheet, users can request a quote or metallurgical support via e-mail through a form that matches the fields on the website.

• Datasheet results tables have been made more robust. Users are nowable to e-mail five datasheets directly from the results table via  checkboxes. Also, a hover box over each alloy name allows the user to e-mail that datasheet or complete the Request More Information form.

Other additions include a blog of frequently asked questions answered by the company’s regional metallurgists, e-newsletters with content geared toward engineers and component designers, a mill tour video, additional Materials 101 glossary content and conversion tables that include temperature and Rockwell hardness scales and steel bar and strip weight calculators.

The database also has a new Technical Solutions section that includes more than 50 technical articles and PowerPoint presentations developed by the firm’s technical staff, sorted by category.

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