Consolidated Engineering Co., Kennesaw, Ga., announces that it has received a purchase order for a mobile gantry drop bottom heat treat furnace system from a leading provider of aluminum alloys for aerospace applications.
Continue readingPortable heat treating system reduces crack sensitivity in aluminum plate
The Navy Metalworking Center, Johnstown, Pa., reports that it has designed and fabricated a heat treating system for aluminum plate that reduces sensitivity to cracking in the aluminum superstructure of the U.S. Navy’s CG 47 class cruisers.
Continue readingDevelopers of Constellium Airware aluminum-lithium alloys receive award
Constellium N.V., Amsterdam, announces that three of its researchers were awarded the Medal of the Academy by the Air and Space Academy for their achievement in developing groundbreaking Airware aluminum-lithium alloys: ASM member Timothy Warner, Knowledge Director and Metallurgy Group Manager; Alireza Arbab, Project Manager; and Bruno Chenal, Strategic Innovation Director.
Continue readingMetalysis produces high-entropy metastable powder metals via solid state process
Metalysis Ltd., England, has produced niobium-containing high-entropy alloy powders for high-temperature applications by means of its patented solid-state electrolysis process.
Continue readingAerobraze to overhaul USAF F-16 jet fighter heat exchangers via furnace brazing
Wall Colmonoy’s Aerobraze Engineered Technologies, Oklahoma City, announces that it has won a multi-year, multi-million dollar United States Air Force contract for the overhaul of the F-16 Fighting Falcon jet fighter primary and secondary heat exchangers.
Continue readingElectric pit furnace features two-stage gas nitriding system for high hardness
Lindberg MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped an electrically heated gas nitriding pit furnace with an ammonia dissociator system for heat treating steel parts.
Continue readingAll-Metal Planes for Coast-to-Coast Transport
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Continue readingComputationally Optimized Heat Treatment Process wins R&D 100 Award
The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, announces that its Computationally Optimized Homogenization Heat Treatment Process has been named a winner of a 2016 R&D 100 Award.
Continue readingCustomized MetalMaster heat treating furnaces process a range of materials
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that in the past few weeks it has shipped five customized MetalMaster vacuum furnaces to companies in locations around the world: Washington, South Carolina, Mexico, and China.
Continue readingSiemens to acquire Mentor Graphics for its electronics IC and systems design
Siemens AG, Munich, and Mentor Graphics, Wilsonville, Ore., announce that they have entered into a merger agreement under which Siemens will acquire Mentor for its electronics IC and systems design, simulation, and manufacturing solutions.
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