Month: June 2020

Centorr Workhorse furnace partial-pressure control system enables copper brazing stainless

Centorr Vacuum Industries, Nashua, N.H., reports that its engineers worked closely with a customer on an application involving the use of copper brazing to join stainless steel parts.

Constellium launches new aluminum powders for aerospace additive manufacturing

Constellium SE, Paris, announces the expansion of its portfolio of advanced aluminum solutions with the launch of Aheadd, high-performance aluminum powders that exceed industry standards for additive manufacturing productivity and component properties.

Solar Atmospheres rapid-quench ten-bar furnace needs no helium to process heavy loads

Solar Atmospheres of Western Pennsylvania, Hermitage, is currently installing a new rapid quenching vacuum furnace that will ultimately eliminate the need for costly helium while increasing production throughput.

QuesTek introduces stainless steel powder for 3D printing of high-strength parts

QuesTek Innovations LLC, Evanston, Ill., introduces QT 17-4 powder, a stainless steel composition for powder bed fusion additive manufacturing parts for service in either the as-printed condition or applications requiring only a single low-temperature heat treatment.

Valley Forge & Bolt welcomes HTS member Rick Bailey as new Chief Metallurgist

Valley Forge & Bolt Mfg. Co., Phoenix, Ariz., manufacturer of hot-forged industrial fasteners, is proud to welcome Rick Bailey, a member of the ASM International Heat Treating Society, to the company as chief metallurgist.

Cleveland-Cliffs to restart Michigan iron ore mine, resume construction of Ohio HBI plant

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. announces that it is resuming construction of its hot briquetted iron (HBI) plant in Ohio and moving up plans to restart an idled iron ore mine in Michigan.

NIST develops new software package for analysis of instrumented Charpy tests

The National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md., announces a new software package that allows analysis of instrumented Charpy tests, or Charpy tests augmented with strain gauges, in compliance with standards from ASTM and ISO.

Suspension plasma spray of hydroxylapatite improves adhesion of printed titanium implants

University West in Sweden announces that in the future, damaged bones can be rebuilt with 3D-printed implants that have thermally sprayed surface layers to make them more readily accepted by the human body.

Tinius Olsen precision optical extensometers measure axial strain with high accuracy

Tinius Olsen, Horsham, Pa., offers the Epsilon One high-precision optical non-contact extensometers that perform high-accuracy, high-resolution, non-contacting axial strain and displacement measurements.

Sintavia achieves Nadcap approval for additive manufacturing and heat treatment

Sintavia, Hollywood, Fla., announces that it has achieved National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (Nadcap) approvals for laser additive manufacturing, electron beam additive manufacturing, and in-house heat treatment, the only company in the world to have done so.