Category: Aerospace and Defense

Seco Warwick Super IQ hybrid heat treating system installed at Rex Heat Treat

Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., announces that its Super IQ hybrid heat treating system, which combines a conventional and vacuum system, has achieved its first commercial deployment.

Heat treatment parameters optimized for reduced crack susceptibility in AM Hastelloy X

Engineers from the Edison Welding Institute, Columbus, Ohio, presented a discussion at the ASM International MS&T 2019 conference, of a study in which they reduced crack susceptibility in additively manufactured parts made of Hastelloy X.

ExOne Company certifies its Inconel 718 powder ready for binder jet additive manufacturing

The ExOne Company, North Huntingdon, Pa., announces that the nickel-based alloy Inconel 718 has been certified as Third-Party Qualified, the company’s highest designation of material readiness for its metal 3D printers.

Nitrex to add fourth building to Chicago heat treat facility for low-pressure carburizing system

Nitrex Heat Treating Services, Saint-Laurent, Quebec, announces a new plant investment aimed at expanding its commercial heat treat facility located in Aurora, just west of Chicago.

Ipsen Group establishes atmosphere and vacuum technologies Excellence Centers

Ipsen USA, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that it is establishing an Atmosphere Technology Excellence Center in Kleve, Germany, and a Vacuum Technology Excellence Center near Rockford, Illinois, in response to customer demand for expanded technical services, identical metallurgical outcomes worldwide, and solutions for processing newly developed materials.

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.

Velo 3D receives $20 million order for metal AM printers from aerospace manufacturer

Velo 3D, Campbell, Calif., announces that it has received a $20M order for its metal additive manufacturing printers, the largest order since its commercial launch in 2018, from a current aerospace customer.