Category: Aerospace and Defense

Russian scientists dope aluminum with nickel and lanthanum to raise strength and ductility

Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology (MISIS), Russia, report that they have found a simple and efficient way of strengthening aluminum-based composite materials.

ATI to sell titanium investment castings business to Consolidated Precision Products

Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, announces that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its Cast Products business to Consolidated Precision Products Corp. (CPP) of Cleveland, which operates 16 global facilities manufacturing products primarily for the aerospace, defense, and industrial industries.

Composite steel foam stops 50-caliber rounds as well as solid steel at half the weight

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, announces that its researchers have demonstrated that a steel composite metal foam can stop armor-piercing 50-caliber rounds as well as conventional steel armor, even though it weighs less than half as much.

Wisconsin Oven’s soluble mandrel curing oven quickly heats 8000 pounds of steel to 350°F

Wisconsin Oven, East Troy, has built an electrically heated soluble mandrel curing oven in which 8000 pounds of steel and 20,000 pounds of soluble material are heated from 80° to 350°F at an average rate of 0.1°F per minute.

Cummins invests in GE’s Binder Jet additive manufacturing technology to reduce costs

Cummins Inc., Columbus, Indiana, is set to expand its additive manufacturing capabilities by implementing GE Additive’s high-precision Binder Jetting AM technology, initially focusing on low-volume parts as engineers investigate the best way to use AM in higher-volume manufacturing.

Solar Atmospheres facility to install 12-foot vacuum furnace to process titanium

Solar Atmospheres, Greenville, S.C., announces that it has ordered a new 12-foot car-bottom vacuum furnace with advanced pumping system and rapid cooling capability manufactured by sister company Solar Manufacturing, Hermitage, Pa.

HRL Labs commercializes 3D-printable high-strength aluminum alloy

HRL Laboratories LLC, Malibu, Calif., is commercializing its additively manufactured (3D-printed) high-strength aluminum, which has obtained the first ever registration of an additive alloy from the Aluminum Association.

AFC Holcroft provides UBQ and UBT heat treating furnaces to Specialty Steel Treating

AFC Holcroft, Wixom, Mich., announces that it has supplied a UBQ (universal batch quench) furnace and a UBT (universal batch temper) annealing furnace to Specialty Steel Treating as part of a larger multi-year equipment standardization program intended to replace older equipment provided by another supplier.

Wisconsin Oven designs solution heat treat/chiller system for aerospace company

Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, announces that it has shipped an electrically heated horizontal solution treat system with a chiller system to a manufacturer in the aerospace industry.

ATI extends purchase agreement with Rolls-Royce for rotating-disc-quality nickel alloys

Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, announces that it has extended its Long-Term Purchase Agreement (LTPA) with Rolls-Royce to supply rotating-disc-quality nickel-base and other specialty alloys for its Trent engine family.