Category: Aerospace and Defense

Solar Atmospheres receives Gulfstream approval for heat treating PH stainless steels

Solar Atmospheres of Western Pennsylvania, Hermitage, Pa., announces its recent Gulfstream approval for material process specifications GAMPS 5101 and 5102.

Ipsen Titan vacuum furnace heat treats aerospace components at Stack Metallurgical

Ipsen USA, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that it has installed a Titan vacuum furnace at Stack Metallurgical Group’s location in Spokane Valley, Washington, to process critical aerospace components.

Sandvik acquires U.S. companies Thermaltek Inc. and Melin Tool in January

Sandvik AB, Sweden, announces that in January it acquired privately owned Thermaltek Inc., a manufacturer of high temperature furnace systems and metallic heating elements headquartered in North Carolina; and Melin Tool Company, a manufacturer of solid carbide tools in Cleveland.

NASA Glenn and Boeing partner to test shape memory alloys in airplane winglets

Researchers at NASA Glenn Research Laboratory, Cleveland, have partnered with Boeing to test how shape-memory alloys can be used in deployable vortex generators (VGs), the tiny fins on airplane wings that help control airflow during flight.

ATI to supply isothermal and hot-die forgings for GE Aviation commercial jet engines

Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, announces that it has reached agreement on multiple new long-term contracts with GE Aviation to supply isothermal and hot-die forgings used in the manufacture of commercial jet engines.

Ipsen supplies four vacuum furnaces for aerospace additive manufacturing production

Ipsen USA, Cherry Valley, Ill., was recently awarded an order to supply a West Coast aerospace customer with four Titan H6 two-bar vacuum furnaces for heat treating additively manufactured parts in full-scale production.

Carpenter Technology invests $40 million to build Alabama additive manufacturing facility

Carpenter Technology, Philadelphia, announces the grand opening of its Emerging Technology Center (ETC), a 500,000-square-foot additive manufacturing facility containing true end-to-end capabilities in Athens, Alabama.

Sandvik opens highly automated titanium powder plant for additive manufacturing

Sandvik AB, Sweden, has inaugurated its highly automated titanium powder plant in Sandviken, an important step in meeting the increasing market demands for titanium powder for additive manufacturing.

ATI signs agreement to supply materials for manufacture of nuclear reactor components

Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, announces that it has signed a new long-term agreement with BWX Technologies Inc., Lynchburg, Va., to supply materials used in the manufacture of naval nuclear reactor components.

Steel composite foam infused with epoxy resin outperforms aluminum in aircraft wings

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, announces that its researchers have developed a combination of steel composite foam (CMF) and epoxy resin that meet requirements for airplane wing leading edges better than the aluminum currently in widespread use.