Lindberg MPH, Riverside, Mich., reports that, in the beginning of 2017, the company purchased an Ermak press brake and hydraulic swing beam shear to maximize production capabilities.
Continue readingNatural gas direct-fired batch oven renders products of combustion nonflammable
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, has shipped a natural gas direct-fired batch oven with a separate cooling chamber to a manufacturer of automotive parts for curing rubber automotive hoses.
Continue readingNickel-titanium shape memory alloy spring tire designed for Mars rover
NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, announces that its engineers have developed an airless compliant tire that consists of several hundred coiled wires of nickel-titanium shape memory alloy woven into a flexible mesh, giving the tires the ability to support high loads while also conforming to the terrain.
Continue readingNovelis Advanz automotive aluminum is heat-treatable, formable, and strong
Novelis, Atlanta, announces that its Advanz 6HF – e/s200 heat-treatable aluminum alloy provides automakers greater design flexibility due to its superior formability, strength, and weight savings for automotive outer and inner applications.
Continue readingCold-rolling enables high formability of unalloyed magnesium at room temperature
Monash University, Australia, announces that its researchers have developed a cold-rolling technology in which unalloyed magnesium “becomes super-formable at room temperature.”
Continue readingTimkenSteel expands quench and temper heat treating capacity by 50,000 tons
TimkenSteel, Canton, Ohio, announces that it has brought a new $40 million heat treating facility online in Canton.
Continue readingWisconsin Oven four-chain conveyor oven preheats aluminum to 900°F before forging
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, reports that is has shipped a natural-gas-fired indexing conveyor oven to an automotive parts manufacturer in Canada to preheat aluminum billets prior to forging into automotive suspension components under high pressure.
Continue readingTimken Endurance SBQ steels offer ultrahigh strength and toughness for longer gear life
Timken Steel, Canton, Ohio, introduces Endurance steels, a new family of special bar quality steels comprised of both Timken Steel’s existing high-strength and/or high-toughness grades, and three new ultra-high-strength, high-toughness steels.
Continue readingGF Linamar wins $300 million contract for magnesium cross-car beams for pickup trucks
GF Linamar, Mills River, N.C., a joint venture between GF Automotive and Linamar, has been awarded a $300 million contract over a period of five years to produce lightweight magnesium automotive components for a U.S. manufacturer.
Continue readingNitrex Nitreg nitriding system improves fatigue resistance for automotive springs
Nitrex Metal, Montreal, has successfully installed and commissioned an NX-1230 potential-controlled Nitreg nitriding system for processing automotive springs for a customer in Korea.
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