Alcoa, Pittsburgh, has invested $13 million to double production at its wheels manufacturing plant in Hungary.
Continue readingEvolution D6 two-chamber furnace enables 30% cost reduction
Seco Warwick Corp., Meadville, Pa., announces that ZAP Mechanika, a Polish heat treating company, reduced its heat treatment costs by 30% with the installation of a CaseMaster Evolution D6 two-chamber furnace for vacuum carburizing and oil quenching.
Continue readingBetter understanding of steel fracturing
Researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Spain, visualized step-by-step and on a microscopic level how certain steels fracture when extreme loads are applied to them.
Continue readingEuropean Space Agency sponsors cold spray project at Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College Dublin announces that a team of its engineers is to lead a four-year, $565,000 European Space Agency project to fine-tune cold spray technology for both coatings and additive manufacturing for space science missions.
Continue readingAFC-Holcroft receives order for rebuild/retrofit of pusher furnace line
AFC-Holcroft, Wixom, Mich., reports that a leading global automotive supplier has placed an order for a rebuild/retrofit of an existing pusher furnace line, along with contract additions for companion ancillary equipment, as part of a multi-phase project.
Continue readingNovelis commissions $48 million aluminum recycling center in Oswego
Novelis Inc., Atlanta, announces completion of a $48 million investment in its automotive scrap aluminum recycling facility in Oswego, N.Y.
Continue readingConstellium supplies high-strength aluminum structural parts to Ford F-150
Constellium N.V., Amsterdam, provides Ford Motor Co. with aluminum structural parts for the Ford F-150 pickup truck in which high-strength, military-grade aluminum alloys are the primary build materials.
Continue readingWall Colmonoy announces Modern Furnace Brazing School sessions
Wall Colmonoy, Madison Heights, Mich., offers a spring session of Modern Furnace Brazing School on May 5-7 at the Aerobraze Engineered Technologies Brazing Engineering Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Continue readingAuto show features 3D-printed muscle car
With a 3D printed twist on an automotive icon, the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tenn., showcased additive manufacturing research at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
Continue readingEFD Induction offers four-cylinder crankshaft hardening machine
EFD Induction India will be displaying a crankshaft hardening machine model at the IMTEX show to be held January 22-28 in Bangalore.
Continue readingJ.L. Becker installs car bottom furnace with duplicate combustion and control systems
J.L. Becker, a Gasbarre Furnace Group Company, Plymouth, Mich., has installed two similar furnace systems for a domestic alloy manufacturer.
Continue readingAjax Tocco temper ovens heat treat automotive constant-velocity joints
Ajax Tocco Magnethermic Corp., Warren, Ohio, has supplied three temper ovens to a major automotive parts manufacturer in Mexico for the tempering of constant-velocity joints.
Continue readingLucifer Furnaces offers furnace with separate hardening and tempering chambers
Lucifer Furnaces, Warrington, Pa., offers Red Devil Model RD8-KHE24, a space saving dual chamber unit with working dimensions of 12 x 14 x 24 inches in both upper and lower chambers.
Continue readingH.C. Starck and Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing partner to develop 3D products
H.C. Starck, Newton, Mass., and Rapid Prototype and Manufacturing (RP+M), Avon Lake, Ohio, announce an agreement to develop advanced, innovative products using the latest 3D printing and technology metal manufacturing.
Continue readingCoatings with air-filled aluminum oxide microspheres protect turbines
Researchers at Fraunhofer ICT, Germany, have developed a coating in which air-filled aluminum oxide microspheres protect against heat and oxidation.
Continue readingAlcoa cuts production time for auto alloys from 20 days to 20 minutes
Alcoa, Pittsburgh, Pa., has developed a technology called Micromill, that is said to reduce production time for automotive aluminum alloys from 20 days to 20 minutes.
Continue readingHard, dense, smooth nanocomposite coating provides anti-icing properties
NEI Corp., Somerset, N.J., has introduced Nanomyte SuperAi, a nanocomposite coating that imparts anti-icing properties to the underlying substrate.
Continue readingEngineering plastics proven safe for railways
Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products (EPP), Germany, recently introduced a range of high performance plastics materials for the railway industry.
Continue readingTom-auto: Car-ketchup collaboration enables plant-based plastic
Dried tomato skins could become vehicle wiring brackets or the storage bin a driver uses to hold coins and other small objects.
Continue readingU.S. Steel announces new Pittsburgh headquarters location
United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, announces that the company will relocate its corporate headquarters to the former Civic Arena site in Pittsburgh’s lower Hill District.
Continue readingEFD Induction automatic brazing machine installed at Thermo King
EFD Induction, Norway, announces that Thermo King recently installed an automatic brazing machine from EFD Induction.
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 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 readingStratasys announces triple-jetting technology for faster additive manufacturing
Stratasys, Minneapolis, announces that triple-jetting technology is now available cross-platform, providing up to 20% faster fused-deposition-modeling production.
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 readingHarper partners with University of Colorado to process magnesium for auto parts
Harper International, Buffalo, N.Y., has finalized a contract for a research-scale high-temperature reactor to support University of Colorado Boulder’s development of magnesium for lightweight vehicle parts.
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 readingNovelis invests $100 million in its Chinese aluminum plant
Novelis, Atlanta, has opened China’s first plant dedicated to the production of heat-treated aluminum automotive sheet.
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 readingEFD Induction lands major order for thread annealing of CV joints
EFD Induction, Madison Heights, Mich., announces that a global leader in advanced steering and driveline systems has selected its HardLine system to anneal the thread area of constant-velocity (CV) joints.
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