Category: Aerospace and Defense

Wisconsin Oven Ferris wheel batch oven contains 20 rotating spindles for part rotation

Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, announces that it has built an electrically heated heavy duty Ferris wheel batch oven for a manufacturer in the aerospace industry to cure epoxy resins and varnishes on assorted aerospace parts.

Seco Vacuum dual-chamber hybrid furnace provides low pressure carburizing/hardening

Seco Vacuum Technologies, Meadville, Pa., is supplying its signature CaseMaster Evolution dual-chamber vacuum oil quench furnace to an aerospace equipment manufacturer to improve lead times and quality objectives.

Digital Metal launches two binder-jet additively manufactured superalloys

Digital Metal AB, Sweden, a Högan?s Group company, announces that it is launching two binder-jet 3D-printed superalloys for applications in extreme environments: DM 247, a nickel-base superalloy, and DM 625, a nickel-chromium superalloy.

One-Minute Mentor: Special Purpose Through-Hardening Bearing Steels

Through-hardening bearing steels from the ASTM A295 and A485 families that are given a typical heat treatment, operate well up to the 120–135 °C (250–275 °F) service range.

ASM member George Durfee to receive the ITA 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award

The International Titanium Association (ITA), Denver, Colo., announces that metallurgist George L. Durfee has been named the recipient of the ITA’s 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award.

Aeromet aluminum A20X additive manufacturing alloy exceeds 500 MPa ultimate strength

Aeromet International Ltd., United Kingdom, announces that A20X, the aluminum alloy developed and patented by Aeromet, has cemented its status one of the strongest aluminum additive manufacturing powders commercially available after surpassing the key 500 MPa UTS mark.

Exactatherm awarded Nadcap Merit accreditation for heat treatment from PRI

Exactatherm, Mississauga, Ontario, announces that it has been awarded Nadcap Merit status for heat treatment, which means that, instead of having its next Nadcap audit in twelve months, it has been granted an accreditation that lasts until April 30th, 2021.

Quaker Chemical and Houghton International combine to form new industrial fluids company

Quaker Chemical Corp., Conshohocken, Pa., and Houghton International, Valley Forge, Pa., have combined to create Quaker Houghton, a global leader in industrial process fluids to the primary metals and metalworking markets.

Haynes Ni-Mo-Cr-W alloy designed for low thermal expansion at 1400°F in gas turbines

Haynes International, Kokomo, Ind., announces that it has new alloy data for Haynes 244, a new Ni-Mo-Cr-W alloy developed for static parts in advanced gas turbine engines that require low thermal expansion at temperatures up to 1400°F.

Accurate Brazing to invest $13 million to upgrade and expand heat treating operations

Accurate Brazing, Greenville, S.C., a subsidiary of Aalberts N.V., announces that it will invest $13 million to expand operations in Greenville County by upgrading approximately 20,000 square feet of an existing facility to install a new world-class hot isostatic press.