Oerlikon, Switzerland, has opened a $55 million Innovation Hub & Advanced Component Production facility in Huntersville, North Carolina, as part of its ongoing U.S. growth strategy.
Continue readingRussian scientists dope aluminum with nickel and lanthanum to raise strength and ductility
Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology (MISIS), Russia, report that they have found a simple and efficient way of strengthening aluminum-based composite materials.
Continue readingATI to sell titanium investment castings business to Consolidated Precision Products
Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, announces that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its Cast Products business to Consolidated Precision Products Corp. (CPP) of Cleveland, which operates 16 global facilities manufacturing products primarily for the aerospace, defense, and industrial industries.
Continue readingComposite steel foam stops 50-caliber rounds as well as solid steel at half the weight
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, announces that its researchers have demonstrated that a steel composite metal foam can stop armor-piercing 50-caliber rounds as well as conventional steel armor, even though it weighs less than half as much.
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