NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., announces that an object has been additively manufactured in space for the first time.
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Alcoa acquires Firth Rixson for its isothermal forging and ring production
Alcoa, Pittsburgh, announces that it has completed the acquisition of Firth Rixson, a global leader in aerospace jet engine components.
Continue readingWisconsin Oven builds horizontal quench furnace for heat treating facility
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, announces the shipment of a horizontal quench system for solution heat treating of forged aluminum gun parts.
Continue readingForget Spiderman, meet Geckoman
Gecko-inspired adhesives can help humans climb and may provide a better grip for robotic arms in factories and in space.
Continue readingProtecting soldiers with ceramics
Researchers at Georgia Tech School, Atlanta, are investigating novel methods for making body armor strike faces for use by the military and others.
Continue readingAerojet Rocketdyne partners with NASA to advance copper 3D printing
NASA, Washington, and Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp company, Sacramento, Calif., successfully completed a series of hot-fire tests on an advanced rocket engine Thrust Chamber Assembly (TCA) using copper alloy additive manufacturing technology.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres extends contract to inspect Boeing 787 titanium seat tracks
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA, Hermitage, announces that it has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with RTI Claro, a business unit of RTI International Metals Inc., to extend its contract for the vacuum stress-relieving and fluorescent liquid penetrant inspection of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner titanium seat track system until December 2021.
Continue readingUnited Technologies Research Center wins R&D 100 Awards
United Technologies Research Center (UTRC), East Hartford, Conn., has been recognized by R&D Magazine as a recipient of R&D 100 Awards for two breakthrough eco-friendly technologies: Ecotuff corrosion inhibitor for high-strength aluminum alloys, and a portable aluminum deposition system for field repair of large structures.
Continue readingOptomec announces record orders for 3D printers
Optomec, Albuquerque, N.M., announces that its order bookings have more than doubled through the first three quarters of 2014.
Continue readingCanadian consortium to promote development of additive manufacturing
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters, Ottawa, Canada’s largest trade and industry association, has announced the launch of Canada Makes, a national network created to promote additive manufacturing.
Continue readingSaint-Gobain acquires U.S.-based Phoenix Coating Resources
Saint-Gobain, Niagara Falls, Ontario, has finalized the acquisition of Phoenix Coating Resources Inc., Mulberry, Fla.
Continue readingIpsen ships furnaces worldwide for aerospace, automotive, energy, and more
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., reports that in recent months it has shipped more than 30 furnaces around the globe for a variety of applications and industries.
Continue readingOvercoming magnesium barriers in aircraft interiors
For decades, magnesium has been banned for use on aircraft interiors due to the perceived threat of intense fire producing high heat and bright light.
Continue readingSSAB launches Laser Plus steel with guaranteed flatness after laser cutting
SSAB Stockholm, Sweden, has introduced Laser Plus, a totally new generation of steels, for laser cutting that comes with unique guarantees: maximum flatness deviation of 3 mm/m after laser cutting and bending radius of 0 -1.5 x the material thickness.
Continue readingNovaria Group acquires assets of Weatherford Aerospace
Novaria Group, Fort Worth, Texas, announces the acquisition of substantially all the assets of Weatherford Aerospace Inc., Weatherford, Texas.
Continue readingSpinning molten metals on ESA’s centrifuge
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Large Diameter Centrifuge provides research teams with easy access to hypergravity. Based at ESA’s technical center in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
Continue readingAlcoa’s one-piece forged aluminum hull doubles blast protection for combat vehicles
Alcoa, Pittsburgh, has produced the world’s largest single-piece forged aluminum hull for combat vehicles to improve troop protection as part of a joint Alcoa-U.S. Army initiative launched last year.
Continue readingAleris introduces aluminum alloy 7017 for commercial plate and defense
Aleris, Cleveland, Ohio, announces that it now offers a new 7017 aluminum alloy in North America for commercial plate and defense applications.
Continue readingAlcoa to produce third-generation aluminum-lithium alloys in Lafayette plant
Alcoa, Pittsburgh, is opening the world’s largest aluminum-lithium plant in Lafayette, Indiana, where it produces advanced, third-generation aluminum-lithium alloys for the aerospace industry.
Continue readingCarbon brushes lower maintenance costs for wind turbines
Morgan Advanced Materials Electrical Carbon, UK, offers a range of carbon brushes ideal for wind turbine applications, with new designs and materials that are resulting in longer brush life and increased generator uptime.
Continue readingReducing machining time for aerospace aluminum parts
A new 5-axis, 5-spindle XP aerospace profiler delivers “X-treme Productivity” in machining of structural aluminum parts.
Continue readingWearing a robot on your sleeve
Researchers at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., are developing a robotic fabric that moves and contracts and is embedded with sensors, an approach that could bring “active clothing” and a new class of “soft” robots.
Continue readingRTI to supply titanium aluminide to Snecma for LEAP engine turbine blades
RTI International Metals Inc., Pittsburgh, and Snecma (Safran) announce that they have signed a long-term agreement under which RTI will provide titanium aluminide intermetallic material for the new CFM International LEAP engine.
Continue readingNASA’s welding tool for spacecraft is the largest in the world
NASA, Washington, introduces the largest spacecraft welding tool in the world, the Vertical Assembly Center at its Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.
Continue readingMetallurgy Europe initiates a 180-company, billion-euro effort to develop advanced metals
The European Space Agency, Paris, has joined forces with other leading research institutions and more than 180 European companies in a billion-euro effort to develop new types of metals and manufacturing techniques.
Continue readingEurope’s new age of metals
The European Space Agency has joined forces with other leading research institutions and more than 180 European companies in a billion-euro effort developing new types of metals and manufacturing techniques for this century.
Continue readingVac Aero to commission horizontal vacuum furnace in Mexico
Vac Aero, Burlington, Ontario, announces that it will soon complete installation and commissioning of a large 2-bar external gas quench horizontal vacuum furnace at an aerospace manufacturing facility in Mexico.
Continue readingSpray-on sensors let airplanes feel damage
A system that allows airplanes to “feel” damage in a way similar to human skin is in development by British defense contractor BAE Systems.
Continue readingAdditive manufacturing machine to build parts on International Space Station
Made In Space Inc., Mountain View, Calif., has partnered with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center to launch the first 3D printer into space.
Continue readingInternational Molybdenum Association reports on global molybdenum market
The International Molybdenum Association, London, reports that global use of molybdenum in the first quarter of 2014 decreased to 136.1 million pounds, down 2% from 138.2 million pounds in the previous quarter, but 7% higher than the same quarter in 2013.
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