Automobiles and Ground Transportation Archives - Page 13 of 21

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.

Direct gas-fired ovens temper tire molds for auto industry supplier

Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, Wis., has shipped two direct gas-fired batch ovens with load capacity of 6000 pounds each to a leading automotive supplier for tempering tire molds to produce longer mold life.

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.

Bonnell Aluminum to invest $18 million in extrusion line for auto structures

Bonnell Aluminum, Newnan, Ga., announces it will invest approximately $18 million over the next year to fund an expansion project that will include the purchase of a new state-of-the-art aluminum extrusion line at its Aacoa facility in Niles, Michigan.

Aluminum alloy with high recycled content integrated into automotive structures

Novelis, Atlanta, announces that its RC5754 alloy, a new automotive product designed to contain up to 75% recycled aluminum content, has been successfully integrated into the structural components of high-volume production passenger vehicles.

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.

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.

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.

Compact noncontact surface profiler integrates three functions into sensor head

Sensofar Metrology, Spain, introduces the S Lynx, a compact high-resolution noncontact 3D surface profiler that is said to integrate confocal, interferometry, and focus-variation functions into the same sensor head.

Precision Coating offers carbide coatings to resist wear and abrasion

Precision Coating Co. Inc., Boston, offers a range of carbide coatings, including tungsten carbide/cobalt, tungsten carbide/nickel-chromium, chromium carbide/nickel-chromium, and tungsten carbide/cobalt/chromium.

Accuride steel wheel coating technology enables six times longer life

Accuride Corp., Evansville, Ind., announces the launch of its proprietary EverSteel wheel technology, which has demonstrated six times longer life than its North American and offshore competitors, and double the operational life of Accuride’s Steel Armor steel wheels.

Lasers enable secure joining of metal and plastic

The Technical University of Munich reports that its engineers are optimizing processes to securely fuse metals and thermoplastics by first texturing the metal surface with a laser beam, producing tiny hollows, then applying heat.

CEC supplies chain conveyor solution furnace for heat treating aluminum die castings

Consolidated Engineering Co. (CEC), Kennesaw, Ga., announces that it has received a purchase order for a four-zone natural gas-fired chain conveyor solution furnace for the T4 treatment of aluminum high-pressure die castings.

Ipsen vacuum furnaces deployed for aerospace, automotive, and additive manufacturing

Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that over the past month, the company has shipped four furnaces and one upgrade for a variety of applications and industries.

Tribogenics XRF analyzer is based on a cartridge system instead of glass X-ray tube

Tribogenics, Los Angeles, Calif., introduces the Watson XRF analyzer, in which the company says conventional glass X-ray tubes are replaced with an X-Change cartridge system that makes changing cartridges “as easy as changing the ink in an inkjet printer.”

Amkor Technology announces acquisition of remaining shares of J-Devices

Amkor Technology Inc., Tempe, Ariz., has increased its ownership interest in J-Devices Corp., Japan, from 65.7% to 100% through the exercise of previously disclosed options.

Cornell research team works to reduce GaN power diode defects and improve reliability

Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind., and the semiconductor company IQE, Cardiff, Wales, put together an engineering team that has created gallium nitride (GaN) power diodes capable of serving as building blocks for future GaN power switches.

Qualcomm and TDK to jointly develop RFFE modules and RF filters into integrated systems

Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, Calif., and TDK Corp., Japan, have agreed to form a joint venture under the name RF360 Holdings Singapore PTE. Ltd. develop RF front-end (RFFE) modules and RF filters into fully integrated systems.

Tresa Pollock named Principal Editor for Metallurgical and Materials Transactions

ASM International, Materials Park, Ohio, announces that the new principal editor of the Metallurgical and Materials Transactions (Met Trans) family of journals will be Dr. Tresa M. Pollock, an internationally recognized leader in the science and technology of advanced structural alloys.

J.L. Becker Co. delivers temper furnace to auto parts supplier in Mexico

J.L. Becker, a Gasbarre Furnace Group Company, Plymouth, Mich., has delivered a 36 x 72 x 36-inch gas-fired box temper furnace to a major Tier 1 automotive components supplier in Mexico.

New international location for ASM heat treating show

ASM International, Materials Park, Ohio, announces that organizers for Heat Treat Mexico are currently seeking abstract submissions on heat treating topics for the upcoming new event in Queretaro, Mexico, to be held later this year in September.

CrMnFeCoNi alloy becomes tougher and stronger at low temperatures

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif., has reportedly developed an alloy composed of chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, and nickel that becomes stronger and tougher at low temperatures.

Solar Atmospheres’ Greenville facility offers a range of vacuum processing capabilities

Solar Atmospheres, Greenville, S.C., reports that its newest facility now has a wide range of vacuum processing capacity available, from furnaces suited for small lots and development cycles, to a 24-foot long vacuum chamber capable of processing up to 50,000 pounds at 2650°F.