The Alliance for the Development of Additive Processing Technologies (ADAPT) at Colorado School of Mines announces that its scientists are part of an international research team that developed a new nickel-titanium elastocaloric cooling alloy that is highly efficient, eco-friendly, and easily scaled up.
Continue readingTenaris NKK Tubes develops corrosion-resistant grades of 13% Cr steel with 110 ksi strength
Shuji Hashizume of Tenaris NKK Tubes, Japan, discussed high-strength, low-carbon, 13% chromium martensitic stainless steels at MS&T 2019 in Portland, Oregon.
Continue readingFriction stir welding technique joins magnesium with carbon-fiber reinforced polymers
Engineers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, Wash., discussed a friction stir welding technique known as Friction Stir Interlocking in a presentation at MS&T 2019 in Portland, Oregon.
Continue readingATI to supply isothermal and hot-die forgings for GE Aviation commercial jet engines
Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, announces that it has reached agreement on multiple new long-term contracts with GE Aviation to supply isothermal and hot-die forgings used in the manufacture of commercial jet engines.
Continue readingSamuel Associated Tube Group to invest $29 million to build new facility in Alabama
Samuel Associated Tube Group, Birmingham, Ala., announces plans to build a new 284,000 square foot facility in Jefferson County to consolidate existing facilities and provide capacity for future growth.
Continue readingGasbarre to manufacture all thermal processing systems in Pennsylvania by 2020
Gasbarre Products Inc., DuBois, Pa., announces that by the end of 2019, all thermal processing systems will be manufactured in its 50,000 sq. ft. facility located in St. Mary’s, Pennsylvania.
Continue readingSolar designs furnace to process magnetic shielding materials for electronic devices
Solar Manufacturing Inc., Sellersville, Pa., announces that the MuShield Co. of Londonderry, New Hampshire, has commissioned Solar Manufacturing to design its first-ever vacuum furnace.
Continue readingIpsen supplies four vacuum furnaces for aerospace additive manufacturing production
Ipsen USA, Cherry Valley, Ill., was recently awarded an order to supply a West Coast aerospace customer with four Titan H6 two-bar vacuum furnaces for heat treating additively manufactured parts in full-scale production.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Nitriding zones
Nitrogen diffused into the component during nitriding forms two zones: a compound layer and a diffusion zone.
Continue readingGKN Powder Metallurgy acquires Forecast 3D to expand markets and technologies
GKN Powder Metallurgy, London, the world’s largest producer of metal powder and parts, has acquired Forecast 3D, Carlsbad, Calif., a leading U.S. specialist in plastic additive manufacturing offering a full range of services from concept to series production.
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