Category: Aerospace and Defense

SSAB to increase capacity to make quenched and tempered steels in its Alabama plant

Swedish steelmaker SSAB says it plans to invest about $110 million in its steel plant in Mobile, Ala., to increase capacity to make quenched-and-tempered (Q&T) steels and other products.

Carpenter acquires U.K. powder manufacturer for its additive manufacturing capability

Carpenter Technology Corp., Philadelphia, has acquired LPW Technology Ltd. for its advanced metal powders and lifecycle management solutions for metal additive manufacturing.

Lake City Heat Treating acquires modular HIP system for aerospace components

Lake City Heat Treating Corp., Warsaw, Ind., announces that it has purchased a newly designed modular hot isostatic press system from Quintus Technologies in Vasteras, Sweden, the third such press for Lake City.

Magellan Aerospace receives license to manufacture Aeromet A20X aluminum castings

Magellan Aerospace, Toronto, and Aeromet Intl. Ltd., U.K., announce that Magellan’s plant in Haley, Ontario, has joined a global network of foundries licensed to cast the advanced A20X aluminum alloy, said to be the world’s strongest aluminum casting alloy.

Constellium Alplan specialty rolled aluminum plate features up to 15 times better flatness

Constellium N.V., The Netherlands, introduces its new Alplan Beyond Precision aluminum product line, which consists of specialty rolled plates with up to 15 times better flatness compared to industry standards, up to 40 percent less material needs, and up to 90 percent reduction in part rework compared to a mill finish plate.

Lucifer Furnaces supplies convection oven for heat treating stainless steel medical parts

Lucifer Furnaces, Warrington, Pa., has supplied a forced air recirculating oven to a manufacturer of medical and aerospace parts.

Norsk Titanium’s Rapid Plasma Deposition 3D printing process wins ITA award

Norsk Titanium, Norway, announces that it has been named the recipient of the International Titanium Association’s 2018 Titanium Application Development Award.

AIST names flash bainite, nanotexturing, and steel foam as T.C. Graham Prize finalists

The Association for Iron & Steel Technology, Warrendale, Pa., has disclosed the three finalists for the third annual T.C. Graham Prize, which was established in 2014 through an endowment from one of the steel industry’s most successful and innovative executives, Tom C. Graham Sr.

Japanese scientists develop molybdenum-base high-temperature high-strength alloy

Tohoku University, Japan, reports that its researchers have developed a titanium carbide-reinforced, molybdenum-silicon-boron (Mo-Si-B)-based alloy, or MoSiBTiC, whose high-temperature strength was identified under constant forces in the temperature ranges of 2550 to 2900°F.

Mipar software enables precise and repeatable quantification of nickel alloy precipitates

Mipar Software, Worthington, Ohio, announces that it has developed a software program called Mipar that enables engineers to quantify the size distribution and volume fraction of gamma-prime Ni3Al precipitates in nickel-base superalloys.