Month: December 2018

Triumph to manufacture fuselage frames for Gulfstream aircraft via stretch forming

Triumph Group, Inc., Berwyn, Pa., announces the selection of its Aerospace Structures business by Gulfstream to manufacture a new order of fuselage frames for the Gulfstream G500 and G600 aircraft via stretch forming

Massive precipitation of nanoscale AlTi particles strengthens multiple-metal alloy

City University of Hong Kong (CityU) researchers report that they have developed a novel strategy to design new high-strength alloys that are also ductile and flexible by causing massive precipitation of nanoscale particles.

GE Additive company to offer aluminum alloy F357 powder for aerospace and automotive

AP&C, a GE Additive company located in Saint-Eustache, Canada, announces that it will begin production of aluminum alloy F357 powder to meet increased demand from aerospace and automotive sectors in Q1 2019.

Spray Tips: Torch Manipulation Variables

Thermal spraying is a line-of-sight process; therefore, the substrate coating area should preferably be normal (at 90 degrees) to the spray stream.

PG Technologies relocates headquarters to Mississippi, adds employees

PG Technologies LLC, a Praxair Surface Technologies and GE Aviation joint venture, will soon exceed initial workforce projections in Ellisville, Mississippi, the city to which it recently moved its headquarters from Indianapolis.

Powder coating conveyor oven preheats and coats steel couplings for oil and gas equipment

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.

Oerlikon Balzers receives Airbus Qualified Supplier status for its Balinit WC/C coating

Oerlikon Balzers, Switzerland, announces that it has received Qualified Supplier status from Airbus for its two customer centers in Great Britain and France for copper-alloy substrate coatings using Balinit C, a tungsten carbide/carbon coating.

GKN Powder Metallurgy and EOS partner to advance metal additive manufacturing

GKN Powder Metallurgy, DuBois, Pa., has formed a strategic partnership with EOS GmbH, Germany, with the goal of designing a new, high-productivity process for laser-based metal additive manufacturing to reduce production time by 70% and overall cost by up to 50%.

Seco gas nitriding furnace enables production of high-performance steel surfaces

Seco Vacuum, Meadville, Pa., reports that a growing American manufacturer has recently ordered a new precision gas nitriding furnace with ZeroFlow.

Wisconsin Oven ships belt conveyor oven for preheating aluminum forging billets

Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, has shipped a forging company a natural gas-fired conveyor oven that will serve as a preheating oven for aluminum billets.