Month: August 2019

Cleveland-Cliffs invests $100 million in DR iron plant, $830 million in HB iron plant

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., Cleveland, announces that has started up its new production equipment, including supporting infrastructure, to support large-scale commercial production of DR-grade iron pellets at its Northshore Mining facility in Babbitt, Minnesota.

Aeromet aluminum A20X additive manufacturing alloy exceeds 500 MPa ultimate strength

Aeromet International Ltd., United Kingdom, announces that A20X, the aluminum alloy developed and patented by Aeromet, has cemented its status one of the strongest aluminum additive manufacturing powders commercially available after surpassing the key 500 MPa UTS mark.

One Minute Mentor: Cooling time and transformation diagram for a 52100 Jominy test bar

Figure 8 shows a cooling time and transformation (CTT) diagram for a 52100 Jominy test-bar sample austenitized at 845°C (1550°F).

Lindberg hot stamping furnace features one low-heat and three high-heat stacked chambers

Lindberg MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped an electrically heated four chamber hot-stamping furnace to the Gestamp Research and Development facility located in Auburn Hills, Mich.

Exactatherm awarded Nadcap Merit accreditation for heat treatment from PRI

Exactatherm, Mississauga, Ontario, announces that it has been awarded Nadcap Merit status for heat treatment, which means that, instead of having its next Nadcap audit in twelve months, it has been granted an accreditation that lasts until April 30th, 2021.

Solar Manufacturing provides heat treating furnace to Georgia Southern University

Solar Manufacturing, Souderton, Pa., recently shipped a horizontal front-loading vacuum furnace to Georgia Southern University in Statesboro.

Seco Vacuum provides high-volume nitrocarburizing furnaces for auto supplier

Seco Vacuum, Meadville, Pa., announces an order for a high-volume nitrocarburizing line of furnaces serving a major carmaker through a tier-one supplier.

Quaker Chemical and Houghton International combine to form new industrial fluids company

Quaker Chemical Corp., Conshohocken, Pa., and Houghton International, Valley Forge, Pa., have combined to create Quaker Houghton, a global leader in industrial process fluids to the primary metals and metalworking markets.

Hybrid additive manufacturing facility speeds application development and time to market

Engineers from Polycontrols, Canada, and the National Research Council Canada, presented “Cold Spray Technology Into Industry: A New Hybrid Additive Manufacturing Centre to Address Production and Industrialization Challenges” at the ASM International ITSC 2019 conference in May.

Tecnar diagnostic tool enables monitoring particles during suspension plasma spray

Engineers from Tecnar Automation and Concordia University, both of Quebec, presented “Accuraspray 4.0 to Characterize In-flight Particles in the SPS Process.”