General Motors's Australian subsidiary, Holden, is recalling certain models of the JG Cruze 2.0L Diesel over a potential fretting corrosion issue with the Engine Control Module (ECM). The defect: a ...

Fretting wear in nuclear power plant components is a critical issue that impacts both safety and operational longevity. This wear mechanism, arising from small oscillatory motions between contacting ...

Junction boxes: The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) sent out a warning in February this year declaring certain installed module types as potentially flammable. Poor contacts in ...

In another hit to the safety of metal-on-metal hip replacements, Stryker announced Friday that it is voluntarily recalling two metal-on-metal hip products prompted by fears of corrosion. The company ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Although there are many benefits of head-neck modularity used in total hip arthroplasty, a speaker here highlighted the risk of mechanically assisted crevice corrosion at the head-neck ...

· The corroded electrical connector shown is part of an F-16 aircraft fuel shutoff valve. The corrosion resulted from the tin-plated steel connector pins being in contact with gold plated sockets in a ...

SuperCORR A corrosion protection spray was originally designed to prevent electrical and electronic aviation components from systems failures caused by corrosion.   SuperCORR A ...

· An artificial knee joint is a more challenging problem. The components move with respect to each other and the implant life should be as long as possible. · Corrosion of the metal structural ...