Aerospace and Defense Archives - Page 19 of 30

Composite foams of steel spheres embedded in aluminum insulate against heat

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, reports that novel lightweight composite metal foams made of materials such as steel spheres embedded in aluminum are more effective at insulating against heat than solid conventional metals such as steel.

Ipsen ships heat treating furnaces for aerospace, automotive, and power applications

Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., recently shipped seven furnaces around the globe for applications in aerospace, automotive, and power-generation.

First 3D printed part flies on U.S. Navy Trident missile

Lockheed Martin, Sunnyvale, Calif., announces that the U.S. Navy’s first 3-D-printed missile component, a part called a connector backshell, made its debut on three Trident II D5 Fleet ballistic missiles.

IBC to supply Beralcast components to semiconductor manufacturer

IBC Advanced Alloys Corp., Vancouver, has signed an agreement with a leading global manufacturer of semiconductor and electronics assembly equipment to be its exclusive supplier of Beralcast beryllium-aluminum cast components.

Paulo Products Kansas City Division becomes AS9100 certified

Paulo Products Co., St. Louis, Mo., announces that its Kansas City Division is now AS9100 certified, and joins the Cleveland Division in being both AS9100 certified and Nadcap accredited.

Solar partners with Refrac to build system for superplastic forming/diffusion bonding

Solar Manufacturing, Souderton, Pa., announces that it has contracted with Refrac Systems, Chandler, Ariz., to help design and build a large 100-ton-load gas fan quench vacuum hot press (GFQVHP) system for its aerospace structures diffusion bonding operation.

Ames Laboratory scientists join consortium to research lightweight materials

Ames Laboratory, Ames, Iowa, announces that it will play a key role in the Lightweight Materials National Lab Consortium, which is dedicated to developing cleaner, cheaper, smarter, stronger, lighter, and more corrosion-resistant materials for industry.

Alcoa chooses the name Arconic for its future value-add company

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, announces that the name for its future company dedicated to value-added products will be Arconic, where “A” represents Alcoa, “arc” represents the arc of progress, and “-conic” speaks to the company’s history of creating iconic products.

Alcoa chooses the name Arconic for its future value-add company

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, announces that the name for its future company dedicated to value-added products will be Arconic, in which “A” represents Alcoa, “arc” represents the arc of progress, and “-conic” speaks to the company’s history of creating iconic products.

Alcoa chooses the name Arconic for its future value-add company

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, announces that the name for its future company dedicated to value-added products will be Arconic, in which “A” represents Alcoa, “arc” represents the arc of progress, and “-conic” speaks to the company’s history of creating iconic products.

Alcoa awarded U.S. Army contract to reduce weight of combat vehicles

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, announces that it has been awarded a five-year contract from the U.S. Army worth up to $50 million for R&D projects focused on developing innovative lightweighting solutions for ground combat vehicles such as tanks.

Northrop Grumman selected to build B-21 stealth bomber

Northrop Grumman, Falls Church, Va., has released this artist’s rendering of its B-21 stealth bomber, selected last year by the United States Air Force as the Long Range Strike Bomber of the 21st century.

European collaboration to build high-energy ball mill plant for nanopowders

The United Kingdom’s Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) and nine other European partners are collaborating in the design, scale-up, and build of a high energy ball-mill (HEBM) pilot plant for the production and validation of innovative nanostructured powders.

Arcam expands titanium powder production to 500 tons per year

Arcam AB, Sweden, has announced that its metal powder manufacturing subsidiary AP&C is significantly expanding its titanium powder production capacity with the commissioning of three new plasma atomizers.

Laser gold plating technology coats Oscar statuettes

Epner Technology, Brooklyn, N.Y., was chosen to use its Laser Gold technology to electroplate gold onto the cast bronze Oscar statuettes this year.

Solar Atmospheres partners with Pressure Technology for aircraft parts

Solar Atmospheres, Hermitage, Pa., announces that it now partners with Pressure Technology Inc. (PTI), Concord, Ohio, to provide heat treating of aircraft parts after they have been hot isostatically pressed to high density at the PTI facility.

UTC Aerospace Systems opens $8 million advanced materials laboratory in Connecticut

UTC Aerospace Systems, Windsor Locks, Conn., has opened an $8 million, 20,000 ft2 state-of-the-art Materials and Process Engineering laboratory to support research, engineering, and production of advanced materials for aerospace applications.

Alcoa to supply aluminum, aluminum-lithium, and titanium parts to Boeing

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, announces a long-term supply agreement with Boeing for multi-material aerospace parts for the 777X, Boeing’s newest commercial airplane; the 737 MAX, scheduled for first delivery in 2017; and the 787 Dreamliner.

MetalMaster furnace processes catalytic converter parts for a variety of industries

Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., recently shipped a horizontal-loading MetalMaster vacuum furnace with two-bar gas quenching to a company in the Southwest United States for processing catalytic converter products, which are then used by such industries as aerospace, automotive and power generation.

Bodycote breaks ground for aluminum solution treatment furnace in California

Bodycote, England, held a ground breaking ceremony in February for a new aluminum solution treatment capability at its location in Westminster, California.

Registration opens for aerospace materials show

ASM International, Materials Park, Ohio, announces that early bird registration is open for the 27th AeroMat Conference and Exposition May 23-25 in Bellevue, Washington.

U.S. stainless steel sheet and strip producers file antidumping petitions against China

AK Steel Corp., ATI Flat Rolled Products, North American Stainless, and Outokumpu Stainless USA, the four principal U.S. producers of stainless steel sheet and strip, have filed antidumping and countervailing duty petitions charging that unfairly traded imports of stainless steel sheet and strip from the People’s Republic of China are causing material injury to the domestic industry.

Light industrial heat treating furnaces designed for testing facilities and labs

Lindberg/MPH, Riverside, Mich., offers a light industrial furnace line that is ideal for smaller-scale operations such as testing facilities, laboratories, and small industrial plants.

UltraGlow ion nitriding based on glow discharge technology

Advanced Heat Treat Corp., Waterloo, Iowa, offers UltraGlow ion nitriding, a case-hardening treatment in which glow discharge technology introduces nitrogen ions to the surface of a metal for diffusion into the part.

Carpenter to relocate corporate headquarters to Philadelphia

Carpenter Technology Corp., Wyomissing, Pa., plans to relocate its corporate headquarters to Philadelphia, to provides better access to transportation, customer markets, world-class universities, and increased visibility with broader talent pools. The move positions Carpenter’s head office in a major metropolitan market without incurring any material increased expenses.