Optomec, Albuquerque, N.M., has signed a partnership agreement with Phillips Federal that will enable Phillips to resell the Optomec Laser Engineered Net Shaping (LENS) systems to U.S. government facilities.
Continue readingSolar installs 100-ton vacuum hot press heat treating system with gas fan quench cooling
Solar Manufacturing Inc., Souderton, Pa., announces that it has completed the installation and startup of a large 100-ton-force vacuum hot press that is capable of treating a 4000-pound part for Refrac Systems’ commercial and aerospace diffusion-bonding operation in Chandler, Arizona.
Continue readingLindberg ships 130 heat treating systems to automotive, aerospace, and other industries
Lindberg MPH, Riverside, Mich., reports that in 2018 the company shipped a total of 130 units to companies in industries such as automotive, aerospace, foundry, electronics, R&D, oil & gas, and technology.
Continue readingContour Hardening acquires gas nitride induction system to heat treat complex parts
Contour Hardening, Indianapolis, announces the purchase of a gas nitride unit that will help Contour expand its offerings in the automotive sector and expand more deeply into the aerospace market.
Continue readingPraxair receives award from Pratt & Whitney for reducing costs, increasing efficiency
Praxair Surface Technologies, Danbury, Conn., announces that it has received Pratt & Whitney’s 2018 Supplier Sustainability Award, which is given yearly to recognize a supplier that demonstrates exemplary commitment to environmental sustainability.
Continue readingSSPC, AWS, NACE announce Public Review Period for revised thermal spray standard
The Society for Protective Coatings, the American Welding Society, and NACE International announce a public review period for its proposed Joint Standard/Standard Practice, “Specification for the Application of Thermal Spray Coatings (Metallizing) of Aluminum, Zinc, and Their Alloys and Composites for the Corrosion Protection of Steel.”
Continue readingTriumph to manufacture fuselage frames for Gulfstream aircraft via stretch forming
Triumph Group, Inc., Berwyn, Pa., announces the selection of its Aerospace Structures business by Gulfstream to manufacture a new order of fuselage frames for the Gulfstream G500 and G600 aircraft via stretch forming
Continue readingMassive precipitation of nanoscale AlTi particles strengthens multiple-metal alloy
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) researchers report that they have developed a novel strategy to design new high-strength alloys that are also ductile and flexible by causing massive precipitation of nanoscale particles.
Continue readingGE Additive company to offer aluminum alloy F357 powder for aerospace and automotive
AP&C, a GE Additive company located in Saint-Eustache, Canada, announces that it will begin production of aluminum alloy F357 powder to meet increased demand from aerospace and automotive sectors in Q1 2019.
Continue readingOerlikon Balzers receives Airbus Qualified Supplier status for its Balinit WC/C coating
Oerlikon Balzers, Switzerland, announces that it has received Qualified Supplier status from Airbus for its two customer centers in Great Britain and France for copper-alloy substrate coatings using Balinit C, a tungsten carbide/carbon coating.
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