The U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, announces up to $38 million in federal funding for cost-shared R&D projects enhancing technologies that improve the overall performance, reliability, and flexibility of the nation’s existing coal-fired power plant fleet.

Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, Wis., has delivered a natural-gas-fired conveyor oven to a supplier of the oil and gas industry for the preheating and powder coating of steel couplings.

Tenaris, Luxembourg, announces that it has re-activated its steel line pipe and OCTG plant in Conroe, Texas, following a three year suspension of operations.

The U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, reports that an interagency federal research ship recently sailed along the Mid-Atlantic margin to characterize methane hydrate deposits.

Researchers from LiquidMetal Group Holdings, Lake Forest, Calif., reported on the effectiveness of amorphous metal coatings for drill tubing in their presentation, Low Friction Amorphous Thermal Sprayed Coatings for Tubing Applications, at the ITSC 2018 conference in May.

The graph shows a comparison of AerMet alloys and maraging steels in terms of (a) ductility vs. specific strength and (b) Charpy V-notch impact toughness vs. specific strength.

Solar Atmospheres Inc., Souderton, Pa., recently installed a state-of-the-art Solar Manufacturing horizontal internal quench vacuum furnace that is 74 inches in diameter by 72 inches deep at its Clearview Road facility.

Siemens AG, Germany, announces that its additively manufactured gas turbine blade has received the “3D Printing Application of the Year” from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.