Solar Atmospheres of Fontana, Calif., announces that it has attained approved-supplier status for Safran/Snecma.
Continue readingEvolution D6 two-chamber furnace enables 30% cost reduction
Seco Warwick Corp., Meadville, Pa., announces that ZAP Mechanika, a Polish heat treating company, reduced its heat treatment costs by 30% with the installation of a CaseMaster Evolution D6 two-chamber furnace for vacuum carburizing and oil quenching.
Continue readingRelease agent designed for lightweight composite materials
Chem-Trend is helping the aerospace industry remove mass, lower fuel consumption, and respect the environment with a release agent targeted for use with composite materials.
Continue readingHarper’s carbon-fiber oxidation ovens reduce energy use and emissions
Harper International Corp., Buffalo, N.Y., offers advanced carbon fiber oxidation oven technology to complement its furnaces for carbon fiber processing.
Continue readingRobot helps develop carbon composite structures
A robot named ISAAC, which features a versatile spinning head and a robust, acrobatic arm, will help NASA’s Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va., create and test new composite structures faster, less expensively, and with more room for experimentation than ever before.
Continue readingWall Colmonoy announces Modern Furnace Brazing School sessions
Wall Colmonoy, Madison Heights, Mich., offers a spring session of Modern Furnace Brazing School on May 5-7 at the Aerobraze Engineered Technologies Brazing Engineering Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Continue readingHi-Tek Manufacturing receives Nadcap accreditation for heat treating and more
Hi-Tek Manufacturing, Mason, Ohio, which serves the gas turbine industry, announces that it has received Nadcap accreditation for heat treating and for brazing, hardness testing for heat treating, and pyrometry capabilities.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres heat treats titanium manifold for Orion spacecraft
Solar Atmospheres of Western Pennsylvania, Hermitage, Pa., announces that it vacuum heat-treated the titanium manifold in the Launch Abort System of the NASA Orion spacecraft launched in December.
Continue readingVac Aero high-pressure quench vacuum furnace has high heating rates, tight uniformity
Vac Aero, Burlington, Ontario, has sold a VAH4848 HV-6 high-pressure quench vacuum furnace to a manufacturer and integrator of high performance aerospace systems and components.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres wins Bell Helicopter “approved supplier” status
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA (SAWPA), Hermitage, Pa., announces that it has attained an approved supplier status for Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
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