An article by one of the leading authorities on titanium brazing – vetted and accepted for publication in the peer-reviewed ASM Handbook, Volume 6, Welding, Brazing, and Soldering – is now available online in digital form. “Brazing of Conventional Titanium Alloys,” a comprehensive, fact-filled survey by industry expert Alexander E. Shapiro, Ph.D., Titanium Brazing Inc., offers in-depth analysis and practical advice on how to braze commercially pure and alloyed titanium with itself as well as with other materials such as copper, stainless steel, carbon steel, ceramics, graphite, and titanium aluminide.
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It’s hard to believe that we are already well into the summer months of 2017! It’s been a very busy and exciting year for ASM and TSS.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres builds climate-controlled chamber for medical/aerospace heat treating
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA, Hermitage, has constructed a climate-controlled chamber for the daily operation of its new all-metal hot-zoned vacuum furnace.
Continue readingNASA grants $10M to cut supersonic aircraft sonic booms by shape-memory-alloy morphing
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, announces that it has granted $10 million to a CASMART industry-academic team that will lead research into designing commercially viable civil supersonic transport aircraft that can modify shape during flight under a range of conditions to meet noise and efficiency requirements for overland flight.
Continue readingMolten aluminum poured over 3D-printed steel lattice multiplies damage tolerance
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tenn., and Rice University, Houston, report that a new manufacturing method developed by Oak Ridge and Rice combines 3D printing with traditional casting to produce damage-tolerant components composed of multiple materials.
Continue readingSpirit invests $30 million in five-axis machining center for aluminum and titanium aircraft parts
Spirit AeroSystems, Wichita, Kan., announces a new center of excellence focusing on the fabrication of complex aluminum and titanium commercial and military aircraft parts by new five-axis machines.
Continue readingEck Industries licenses cerium-aluminum alloy that resists corrosion and high heat
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tenn., announces that Eck Industries, Manitowoc, Wis., has signed an exclusive license for the commercialization of a cerium-aluminum (Ce-Al) alloy that is easy to work with, lightweight, corrosion-resistant, and exceptionally stable at high temperatures.
Continue readingSiemens wins 3D Printing Industry Award for its printed gas turbine blades
Siemens Inc., Germany, announces that it has won an International 3D Printing Industry Award in the category “3D Printing Application of the Year” for the first successful worldwide test of gas turbine blades produced via additive manufacturing.
Continue readingCan-Eng to build 36-foot rotary hearth furnace for titanium aerospace forgings
Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario, has been contracted to commission a turnkey 36 ft. diameter “pancake” style rotary hearth furnace for a leading North American aerospace supplier.
Continue readingRetech Systems develops hybrid plasma arc melting system for titanium aluminides
Retech Systems LLC, Ukiah, Calif., reports that, after years of research and development between Retech and partner Ti-Solutions GmbH of Germany, Retech has been granted patents for a hybrid plasma-arc melting plus cold wall induction system for titanium aluminides.
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