Category: Aerospace and Defense

Braidy Industries to invest $1.3 billion to build aluminum rolling mill in Kentucky

Braidy Industries Inc., Ashland, Kentucky, announces that it will spend $1.3 billion to build an auto body sheet and aerospace plate aluminum rolling mill, the nation’s first greenfield aluminum rolling mill in over three decades.

ALD SyncroTherm compact heat treating system supports manufacture of aerospace parts

ALD Vacuum Systems Inc., Wixom, Mich., has received a purchase order from a North American based aerospace manufacturer for a SyncroTherm brand, fully integrated vacuum heat treating system.

QuesTek CEO & ASM Fellow Aziz Asphahani elected to National Academy of Engineering

QuesTek Innovations LLC, Evanston, Ill., announces that Dr. Aziz Asphahani, Questek President & Chief Executive Officer and a Fellow of ASM International, has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering.

Arconic Very Thick Plate Stretcher enables larger aluminum and Al-Li wing ribs and frames

Arconic, New York, announces that the installation of the Very Thick Plate Stretcher has been completed at the company’s facility in Davenport, Iowa.

Praxair to apply Tribomet protective coatings to Rolls-Royce jet engine parts

Praxair Inc., Danbury, Conn., announces that its subsidiary Praxair Surface Technologies, Indianapolis, has been awarded a ten-year contract by Rolls-Royce to apply its Tribomet abrasive coatings to rotating components in jet engines for wide-body aircraft.

Seco Warwick enables constant control of temperature in multi-chamber heat-treat furnaces

Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., announces that its engineering team has designed an innovative technology for continuous control over the heating and cooling of the entire cycle in multi-chamber furnaces.

Dynacast to acquire Signicast, the world’s largest investment casting manufacturer

Dynacast International, Charlotte, N.C., has signed a definitive share purchase agreement to acquire Signicast LLC, a highly automated and vertically integrated manufacturer of precision investment cast parts.

Meridian, Birmingham City U. partner to cut cost of diecast magnesium parts

Birmingham City University, England, has signed an exclusive partnership with Meridian Lightweight Technologies, Plymouth, Mich., to showcase magnesium diecast components as viable alternatives for luxury car makers and the aerospace industry.

3D printing enables 50% less mass in titanium and graphite satellite structures

Space Systems Loral (SSL), Palo Alto, Calif., announces that it has successfully introduced additive manufacturing techniques for titanium and graphite structural components into its geostationary satellite platform.

SSI vacuum controller enables complete process traceability for Spectrum furnace

Spectrum Thermal Processing, Cranston, R.I., recently retrofitted a Super Systems (SSI) Series 9220 Vacuum Controller onto a CI Hayes vacuum oil quench furnace.