Category: Aerospace and Defense

GE Aviation to mass-produce fuel nozzle via additive manufacturing at Alabama facility

GE Aviation, Cincinnati, Ohio, has announced plans to bring high-volume additive manufacturing to its facility in Auburn, Alabama.

TimkenSteel to invest $40 million in continuous heat-treating facility

TimkenSteel Corp., Canton, Ohio, announces plans to invest $40 million to build an additional continuous heat-treating facility in the United States.

Phased-array wheel probe designed for ultrasonic inspection without immersion

Olympus America, Center Valley, Pa., introduces the RollerForm, a new phased-array wheel probe designed for ultrasonic inspection of composites and other smooth-surfaced materials.

Sciaky’s electron beam additive manufacturing systems now available for purchase

Sciaky Inc., a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries, Chicago, will now offer its electron beam additive manufacturing (EBAM) systems for purchase, with accelerated delivery opportunities available as early as Sept. 1.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe invests $121 million to modernize Duisburg continuous caster

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe, Germany, is investing $121 million to modernize continuous caster 1 in Duisburg-Beeckerwerth to improve slab quality and widen the product range.

Stratasys acquires Solid Concepts for its 3D printing of medical and aerospace parts

Stratasys, Minneapolis, announces the acquisitions of Solid Concepts and Harvest Technologies, which will be combined with RedEye, its existing digital manufacturing service business, to establish one additive manufacturing services business unit.

Alcoa forged aluminum fan blade to fly on P&W jet engine

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, announced at the Farnborough Air Show that it has signed a ten-year, $1.1 billion agreement with Pratt & Whitney for state-of-the-art jet-engine components.

Alcoa to acquire Firth Rixson for its aerospace forging capabilities

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Firth Rixson, a global leader in aerospace jet engine components, from Oak Hill Capital Partners, for $2.85 billion in cash and stock.

CMI Industry to provide furnace to develop new heat treatments for aerospace alloys

CMI Industry Groupe, Belgium, parent company of CMI Industry Americas, Salem, Ohio, announces that it will provide a heat treatment furnace at the Advanced Forming Research Center in Glasgow, Scotland, to carry out a range of combustion tests to develop new metal processing techniques for aerospace alloys.

25th AeroMat Conference Features Tuskegee Airman

The 25th AeroMat Conference and Exposition, held June 16-19 in Orlando, Fla., featured a theme of “the latest word in aerospace materials.”