Category: Aerospace and Defense

Solar Atmospheres thermally treats first FAA-certified titanium AM aviation structural parts

Solar Atmospheres, Hermitage, Pa., has successfully processed the first FAA-Certified structural additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V parts.

Arconic to invest $137 million in new horizontal furnace to heat treat large aluminum plate

Arconic Inc., New York, plans to invest $137 million to install a new horizontal heat treat furnace at its Davenport Works facility in Iowa to heat treat longer and thicker plate than ever before.

SupremEX aluminum composite specification approved for aerospace applications

Materion Corp., Mayfield Heights, Ohio, announces that the Society of Automotive Engineers – Aerospace Material specification Nonferrous Alloys Committee (SAE-AMS) has approved specification of AMS4368 for Materion’s SupremEX 640XA aluminum composite.

Timken Endurance SBQ steels offer ultrahigh strength and toughness for longer gear life

Timken Steel, Canton, Ohio, introduces Endurance steels, a new family of special bar quality steels comprised of both Timken Steel’s existing high-strength and/or high-toughness grades, and three new ultra-high-strength, high-toughness steels.

Wallwork Heat Treating awarded Innovate UK funding to harden titanium for implants

Wallwork Cambridge, England, has been awarded funding from Innovate UK, the government-backed sponsor of breakthrough technologies, to research the medical applications of its aircraft titanium bearing hardening technology for human implants.

Northrop Grumman to acquire Orbital ATK to expand capabilities and accelerate innovation

Northrop Grumman Corp., Falls Church, Va., a leading global security company; and Orbital ATK Inc., Dulles, Va., a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, announce that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Northrop Grumman will acquire Orbital ATK for approximately $7.8 billion in cash, plus the assumption of $1.4 billion in net debt.

Outokumpu U.S. stainless steel bar operations receive LCS approval for aerospace

Outokumpu Oy, Finland, has received Pratt & Whitney’s LCS (laboratory control at source) approval for its stainless steel bar products manufactured at its Richburg mill in South Carolina.

Ames Lab hot-shot pour tube produces titanium powder ten times more efficiently

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, Iowa, announces that one of its research teams has won an award for the development of a “hot-shot pour tube” technology that can produce titanium powder approximately ten times more efficiently than traditional methods.

ATI to supply isothermal forgings and nickel-base powder alloys to Pratt & Whitney

Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, announces that it has signed a new Long-Term Purchase Agreement (LTPA) with Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies company, to supply isothermal forgings and nickel-base powder alloys for next-generation jet engines.

Ipsen USA ships 15 atmosphere and vacuum heat treating furnaces around the world

Ipsen USA, Cherry Valley, Ill., reports that it shipped 15 atmosphere and vacuum furnaces last quarter, all in support of the aerospace, commercial heat treating, and MIM industries around the world.