Vac Aero, Burlington, Ontario, has commissioned a high-vacuum production-scale, 2-bar VAH3436 horizontal vacuum furnace with work zone dimensions of 24-in. wide x 24-in. high x 36-in. deep.
Continue readingConstellium to build two casthouses to triple production of Airware aluminum
Constellium, Paris, plans to build two new casthouses for its Airware aerospace aluminum products at its plant in Issoire, France.
Continue readingJames Webb space telescope relies on beryllium mirrors
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., is building the James Webb space telescope, whose unique beryllium mirror system will enable it to examine the earliest times of the universe when launched in 2018.
Continue readingLockheed Martin opens materials and thermal sciences R&D lab in Palo Alto
The Lockheed Martin Space Systems Advanced Technology Center, Palo Alto, has opened an Advanced Materials & Thermal Sciences Center for research and development.
Continue readingQuesTek to serve as research partner for lightweight materials innovation institute
QuesTek Innovations, Evanston, Ill., announces that it has been selected as a research partner by the U.S. Department of Defense under the Lightweight and Modern Metals Manufacturing Innovation (LM3I) solicitation.
Continue readingAmbrell induction heating equipment enables fast repeatable heating for aerospace manufacturers
Ambrell, an Ameritherm Company, Scottsville, N.Y., designs fast, repeatable, controllable, noncontact heating equipment with a minimal footprint that makes it an ideal solution for aerospace manufacturers.
Continue readingAviation seating to be made of magnesium for the first time
Magnesium Elektron, England, announces the first use of its proprietary Elektro 43 alloy in aviation seating.
Continue readingTecnalia achieves NadCap accreditation for testing and surface treatments
Tecnalia Research & Innovation, Spain, has received Nadcap accreditation, which recognizes the company´s technical competence as a testing laboratory for control of surface treatment baths and also as testing on metal materials – mechanical, metallography and corrosion testing – in the aeronautical sector.
Continue readingTitanium 2014 call for papers
The International Titanium Association (ITA), Denver, Colo., has issued a “Call for Papers” to be presented at TITANIUM 2014, Sept. 21 – 24 at the Hilton Chicago.
Continue readingMaterion introduces zirconium-base metallic glass alloys
Materion Corp., Mayfield Heights, Ohio, has introduced a bulk metallic glass product line based on zirconium.
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