Month: July 2020

Instron edge-detection technology measures sheet metal strain faster and more accurately

Instron, Norwood, Mass., introduces AverEdge32, its latest innovation for measuring transverse sheet metal strain with high accuracy.

Optomec advancement enables additive manufacturing of complex aluminum alloy parts

Optomec, Albuquerque, N.M., announces an advancement in capability for the company’s LENS directed energy deposition systems relative to additive manufacturing and repair of aluminum alloys.

Fourth Stratasys F900 3D printer to support BAE Systems Factory of the Future initiative

Stratasys, Eden Prairie, Minn., announces that BAE Systems has added a fourth Stratasys F900 3D printer to its manufacturing site in Samlesbury, England, in a continued effort to reduce costs and improve production agility.

High temperature actuator alloy NiTi20Hf forged and hot-rolled to thin strips

Researchers from Fort Wayne Metals, Indiana; and NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, will report on the results of a study in which a large-scale plasma-arc-melted NiTi20Hf ingot was subjected to a hot forging and rolling process, during the ASM International IMAT 2020 conference to be held in Cleveland in September.

Standard methods under development for fatigue evaluation of SMA tubes and bars

Researchers from the Boeing Company and Texas A&M University will discuss two new standard test methods for fatigue in shape memory alloys at the ASM International IMAT 2020 conference in Cleveland in September.

Ipsen announces continuing service and maintenance support for furnace customers

Ipsen USA, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that its Service Team is committed to supporting customers during the COVID-19 pandemic with both on-site and remote assistance to keep critical heat-treating equipment operational.

Solar Manufacturing to design and build furnace for magnetic heat treatment process

Solar Manufacturing, Sellersville, Pa., announces that it has been commissioned by Magnetic Shields Ltd. of Kent, England, to design and build one of the largest horizontal vacuum furnaces in the United Kingdom.

Can-Eng to design and commission large mesh belt atmosphere furnace for Metex

Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario, has recently been contracted to design and commission a 6600 pounds-per-hour continuous mesh belt atmosphere furnace system for Metex Heat Treating of Brampton, Ontario.

Wisconsin Oven supplies Internet Of Things predictive maintenance for its ovens

Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, announces a new IoT (Internet of things) predictive maintenance technology available on its industrial ovens.

BMW Group opens Additive Manufacturing Campus for R&D, prototyping, and production

The BMW Group, Munich, has officially opened its new Additive Manufacturing Campus, which brings together production of prototype and series parts under one roof, along with research into new 3D printing technologies, and associate training for the global rollout of tool-less production.