Category: Aerospace and Defense

GE Aviation’s Catalyst turboprop engine wins award for 3D-printed design

GE Aviation, Auburn, Alabama, announces that it has been recognized by Aviation Week with a Laureate Award in the Business Aviation category for the GE Catalyst program’s innovative work with additive manufacturing design and implementation.

Seco Warwick reports record order portfolio and 10% sales increase over 2017

The Seco Warwick Group, Meadville, Pa., reports a record order portfolio of over $106 million after three quarters of 2018, with an operating profit for this period of $5.3 million, and net profit of $3.5 million.

European team produces 3D printed titanium pressure vessel for space exploration

A European aerospace production team comprising Thales Alenia Space, Cranfield University, and Glenalmond Technologies announces the completion of the first full-scale prototype of an additively manufactured titanium pressure vessel to be used in future manned missions for space exploration.

Mineral and organic acids extract rare earth elements from phosphate rock waste

Researchers from Rutgers University-New Brunswick, N.J., and members of the Critical Materials Institute in Ames, Iowa, announce that they have found a possible new source of rare earth elements in phosphate rock waste, and have developed an environmentally friendly way to extract the elements.

Harper develops on-line cleaning system for hot carbon-fiber production furnaces

Harper International, Buffalo, N.Y., has developed an on-line furnace cleaning system that is located in the entrance section, which enables cleaning while the furnace is hot.

Norsk Titanium, SAE International develop first directed energy deposition specifications

Norsk Titanium, Plattsburgh, N.Y., and SAE International announce the release of the first specifications for direct energy deposition additive manufacturing.

Wisconsin Oven ships solution treat system to a supplier of the aerospace industry

Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, has shipped an electrically heated horizontal quench solution treat system to a supplier of the aerospace industry for treating a mixture of aluminum and steel.

Seco Warwick vacuum heat treating/brazing system includes high-pressure gas quench

Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., announces that is has provided a vacuum heat treatment and brazing system equipped with high-pressure gas quench to Grupo TTT for its facility in Bergara, Spain.

Titanium carbide nanoparticles infused into aluminum alloy 7075 enable strong welds

Engineers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering announce that they have developed a way to weld aluminum alloy AA 7075 by infusing titanium carbide nanoparticles into welding wires, which results in welded joints with a tensile strength up to 392 MPa.

Stack Metallurgical installs Quintus Mega HIP for heat treating aerospace, medical products

Stack Metallurgical Group, Albany, Ore., announces that it has installed a Quintus Mega-HIP hot isostatic press for heat treating and processing of aerospace, power generation, medical implant, and other products.