Editing Stellite (section)

==History==
Stellite was invented by [[Elwood Haynes]]<ref>[http://www.wpi.edu/News/Conf/Roundtable/Barcelona/alumni.html "The WPI International Corporate Leaders Roundtable: The Impact of Evolving Technologies on the Future of Business: Notable Achievements of Alumni of Worcester Polytechnic Institute"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312092746/http://www.wpi.edu/News/Conf/Roundtable/Barcelona/alumni.html |date=2009-03-12 }}. Elwood Haynes, Class of 1881.</ref> in the early 1900s, initially as a material for making [[cutlery]] that would not stain or require constant cleaning. He was granted a patent for two specific alloys in 1907, and for two related ones in 1912; once he had these four patents he went into the business of producing his metal alloys. In the early 1920s, after considerable success during World War I in sales of cutting tools and high-speed machine tools made from Stellite, Haynes's company was bought by [[Union Carbide]], becoming its "Stellite division", and continued to develop other alloys as well. The company was sold again in 1970 to Cabot Corporation, and in 1985 Cabot sold off the Stellite portion of the business.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.haynesintl.com/company-information/our-heritage/our-company-history |title=Haynes International - Our Company History |access-date=2017-03-19 |archive-date=2023-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201101326/https://www.haynesintl.com/company-information/our-heritage/our-company-history |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Stellite trademark was acquired by [[Kennametal]] in 2012.