Aerospace and Defense Archives - Page 27 of 30

Questek Ferrium M54 qualifies for Navy T-45 hook shank production

Questek Innovations LLC, Evanston, Ill., announces that its Ferrium M54 steel has qualified for Navy T-45 aircraft hook shank production.

Advanced solutions for titanium powder

Puris LLC, Hazeltown, W.Va., announced its market launch with the goal of establishing a new standard for purity in titanium and alloy powder production and near-net shape manufacturing.

Vac Aero ships vacuum furnace to aerospace manufacturer in Mexico

Vac Aero, Burlington, Ontario, has shipped a VAH 6660 HV-2 horizontal vacuum furnace to an international company’s plant in Mexico to process aerospace parts.

SSAB merges with Rautaruukki to form a global steel company

SSAB, Stockholm, Sweden, announces that Rautaruukki became part of SSAB on July 29, 2014.

SSAB incorporates Rautaruukki to create a global steel company

SSAB, Stockholm, Sweden, announces that Rautaruukki became part of SSAB on July 29, 2014.

Flame Spray Technologies and Impact Innovations to cooperate in sales/marketing of cold gas equipment

Flame Spray Technologies, Netherlands, and Impact Innovations GmbH, Germany, have agreed to an in depth cooperation in the Sales and Marketing of the Cold Gas Equipment and Technology.

Mechanical carbon materials for aircraft applications

Modern mechanical carbon materials are being used in a wide variety of applications, including aircraft gear boxes, air turbine motor starters, and main shaft seals for both aircraft turbine engines and aircraft auxiliary power units (APUs).

GE Aviation to mass-produce fuel nozzle via additive manufacturing at Alabama facility

GE Aviation, Cincinnati, Ohio, has announced plans to bring high-volume additive manufacturing to its facility in Auburn, Alabama.

TimkenSteel to invest $40 million in continuous heat-treating facility

TimkenSteel Corp., Canton, Ohio, announces plans to invest $40 million to build an additional continuous heat-treating facility in the United States.

Phased-array wheel probe designed for ultrasonic inspection without immersion

Olympus America, Center Valley, Pa., introduces the RollerForm, a new phased-array wheel probe designed for ultrasonic inspection of composites and other smooth-surfaced materials.

Sciaky’s electron beam additive manufacturing systems now available for purchase

Sciaky Inc., a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries, Chicago, will now offer its electron beam additive manufacturing (EBAM) systems for purchase, with accelerated delivery opportunities available as early as Sept. 1.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe invests $121 million to modernize Duisburg continuous caster

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe, Germany, is investing $121 million to modernize continuous caster 1 in Duisburg-Beeckerwerth to improve slab quality and widen the product range.

Stratasys acquires Solid Concepts for its 3D printing of medical and aerospace parts

Stratasys, Minneapolis, announces the acquisitions of Solid Concepts and Harvest Technologies, which will be combined with RedEye, its existing digital manufacturing service business, to establish one additive manufacturing services business unit.

Alcoa forged aluminum fan blade to fly on P&W jet engine

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, announced at the Farnborough Air Show that it has signed a ten-year, $1.1 billion agreement with Pratt & Whitney for state-of-the-art jet-engine components.

Admedes Schuessler invests $80 million for Nitinol production and R&D center

Admedes Schuessler GmbH, Germany, has strategically invested $80 million in its operations in Pforzheim, Germany, to expand Nitinol manufacturing and to develop new technologies to support the medical device industry’s rapid pace of innovation.

Alcoa to acquire Firth Rixson for its aerospace forging capabilities

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Firth Rixson, a global leader in aerospace jet engine components, from Oak Hill Capital Partners, for $2.85 billion in cash and stock.

CMI Industry to provide furnace to develop new heat treatments for aerospace alloys

CMI Industry Groupe, Belgium, parent company of CMI Industry Americas, Salem, Ohio, announces that it will provide a heat treatment furnace at the Advanced Forming Research Center in Glasgow, Scotland, to carry out a range of combustion tests to develop new metal processing techniques for aerospace alloys.

Optomec awarded $4.0 million to implement 3D printing for aircraft repair

Optomec, Albuquerque, N.M., announces that the company has been awarded $4 million from AmericaMakes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute.

Vac Aero announces two HVOF systems based on carbide jets installed in Poland

Vac Aero, Quebec, announces that fully integrated high velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF) systems based on a new generation Carbide Jet System have been installed in two of its plants in Poland.

The aeroacoustics of jets

Simulations helps scientists understand and control turbulence in humans and machines illustration showing air pushed through vocal folds causing them to vibrate.

25th AeroMat Conference Features Tuskegee Airman

The 25th AeroMat Conference and Exposition, held June 16-19 in Orlando, Fla., featured a theme of “the latest word in aerospace materials.”

Alcoa to expand investment casting of superalloy jet engine blades

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, announces that it is investing $25 million at its Alcoa Power and Propulsion facility in Hampton, Virginia, to scale up its enhanced equiax investment casting technology.

Vac Aero vacuum furnace with six-bar argon-nitrogen quench system shipped to aerospace manufacturer

Vac Aero International Inc., Burlington, Ontario, announces that it has shipped a VAV 7260 HV-6 vertical bottom loading vacuum furnace with a work chamber 72 in. diameter by 60 in. high to an aerospace manufacturer.

Seco-Warwick presents “Low-Pressure Carburizing of Pyrowear Alloy 53” at AeroMat 25

Engineers from Seco-Warwick, Poland, discussed a low-pressure-carburizing simulator dedicated to Pyrowear Alloy 53 at AeroMat 25.

Timken announces date for spinoff of its steel business as independent company

The Timken Co., Canton, Ohio, announces record and distribution dates for the spinoff of its steel business, which will be effected through the distribution of 100% of the common shares of TimkenSteel Corp. to holders of Timken Company common shares.

ATI acquires Hanard Machine for its precision machining of aerospace alloys

Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., has acquired Hanard Machine Inc., Salem, Ore., which specializes in precision machining of parts and components made of titanium, nickel-base alloys, superalloys, aluminum, and specialty steels.

RTI International Metals acquires Dynamet Technology

RTI International Metals Inc., Pittsburgh, acquired Dynamet Technology Inc., an industry innovator in titanium powder metallurgy and a supplier of near-net shape titanium and titanium alloy preforms and components to commercial aerospace, defense, biomedical and industrial customers.

Ipsen loading system for large furnaces eliminates need to disconnect heating elements

Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., has been awarded a patent for a new vacuum heat-treating furnace-loading system that eliminates the need to disconnect the heating elements each time the system is used.

Army Research Laboratory project to develop U.S. supply chain for rare-earth elements

A team led by Technology Metals Research LLC, Carpentersville, Ill., has been awarded $1.2M in funding from the U.S .Army Research Laboratory, to help develop the key components for a domestic rare-earth supply chain for heavy and other critical rare-earth elements.