The University of California San Diego announces that a team of engineers has developed and tested SAM2X5-630, a type of amorphous steel with a record-breaking ability to withstand impact without deforming permanently.
Continue readingH.C. Starck joins WPI Center for Heat Treating Excellence
H.C. Starck, Newton, Mass., announces that it has joined the team at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Center for Heat Treating Excellence, an alliance between the industrial sector and university researchers that addresses short- and long-term needs in the heat treating and thermal processing industry.
Continue readingSelective separation sintering enables 3D printed parts to be made of Martian materials
The University of Southern California, Los Angeles, announces that a novel 3D-printing process called selective separation sintering has won the NASA competition for a technology that could enable space travelers to build structures of crushed basalt rock and regolith found on Mars.
Continue reading3D-printed metal aircraft parts
Alcoa, Pittsburgh, entered into an agreement with Airbus, France, to supply 3D-printed metal parts for commercial aircraft.
Continue readingSolar Manufacturing partners with Refrac Systems for GFQVHP system
Refrac Systems, Chandler, Ariz., has contracted with Solar Manufacturing, Souderton, Pa., and Beckwood Press & Machinery/Triform, Saint Louis, to help design and build a large 100-ton-load gas fan quench vacuum hot press (GFQVHP) system for its aerospace diffusion bonding operation.
Continue readingComposite foams of steel spheres embedded in aluminum insulate against heat
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, reports that novel lightweight composite metal foams made of materials such as steel spheres embedded in aluminum are more effective at insulating against heat than solid conventional metals such as steel.
Continue readingIpsen ships heat treating furnaces for aerospace, automotive, and power applications
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., recently shipped seven furnaces around the globe for applications in aerospace, automotive, and power-generation.
Continue readingIBC to supply Beralcast components to semiconductor manufacturer
IBC Advanced Alloys Corp., Vancouver, has signed an agreement with a leading global manufacturer of semiconductor and electronics assembly equipment to be its exclusive supplier of Beralcast beryllium-aluminum cast components.
Continue readingPaulo Products Kansas City Division becomes AS9100 certified
Paulo Products Co., St. Louis, Mo., announces that its Kansas City Division is now AS9100 certified, and joins the Cleveland Division in being both AS9100 certified and Nadcap accredited.
Continue readingSolar partners with Refrac to build system for superplastic forming/diffusion bonding
Solar Manufacturing, Souderton, Pa., announces that it has contracted with Refrac Systems, Chandler, Ariz., to help design and build a large 100-ton-load gas fan quench vacuum hot press (GFQVHP) system for its aerospace structures diffusion bonding operation.
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