Engineers from Höganäs AB, Sweden, reported at the ITSC conference last May that laser cladding has been practiced for about 40 years, but did not reach a level of general acceptance in the industry until recently because other coating processes, such as PTA, thermal spray, and GMAW are well known and have a lower investment cost than lasers.
Continue readingCarpenter Technology invests $40 million to build Alabama additive manufacturing facility
Carpenter Technology, Philadelphia, announces the grand opening of its Emerging Technology Center (ETC), a 500,000-square-foot additive manufacturing facility containing true end-to-end capabilities in Athens, Alabama.
Continue readingSpray Tips: Rapid Tooling Repair
An important development in the area of rapid tooling involves the use of massive thermal spray deposits of steel over ceramic molds to form tooling used in sheet-metal forming.
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Sandvik AB, Sweden, has inaugurated its highly automated titanium powder plant in Sandviken, an important step in meeting the increasing market demands for titanium powder for additive manufacturing.
Continue readingCleveland-Cliffs, AK Steel join to form vertically integrated producer of iron and steel
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. and AK Steel Holding Corp. announce that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement in which Cliffs, North America’s largest producer of iron ore pellets, will join with AK Steel, a leading producer of innovative flat-rolled carbon, stainless, and electrical steel products.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres of Western PA constructs aluminum brazing and assembly room
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA, Hermitage, has completed construction of a new brazing and assembly room.
Continue readingEFD Sinac stationary induction heating system enables preheating in less than a second
EFD Induction Group, Norway, announces that a world-leading automotive supplier has bought a Sinac induction heating system for steel pump housing production.
Continue readingNitrex Metal supplies nitriding pit furnace to Voestalpine for hardening stainless steel
Nitrex Metal Inc., Quebec, announces that the High Performance Metals Division of Voestalpine AG in the Czech Republic has expanded its heat treatment capabilities with the addition of a Nitrex system for nitriding and surface hardening stainless steel for various applications.
Continue readingWisconsin Oven ships heat treating batch oven to technology industry
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, has shipped an indirect gas fired heavy duty walk-in oven for heat treating materials used in the production of vehicle batteries.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Carburizing and Nitriding Practices for Specialty Steels
An alternative to case-carburizing and through-hardening aerospace alloys is 32CrMoV13, a nitriding steel that can be used in certain applications.
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