Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, Wis., has shipped two natural-gas direct-fired heavy-duty walk-in series ovens to a manufacturer of automotive parts in China.
Continue readingGKN develops case hardening steel powder for 3D printing high-strength parts
GKN plc, Auburn Hills, Mich., has introduced 20MnCr5, a new case hardening steel powder optimized for metal additive manufacturing applications.
Continue readingUnited States Steel, Kobe Steel to invest $400 million to galvanize high strength steels
United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, and Kobe Steel Ltd., Japan, will begin construction of a new continuous galvanizing line at their subsidiaries’ joint venture, Pro-Tec Coating Company in Leipsic, Ohio.
Continue readingAuto parts manufacturer orders Lucifer ceramic-fiber-lined box furnace
Lucifer Furnaces Inc., Warrington, Pa., has received an order for an electric, ceramic-fiber-lined box furnace from a leading U.S. manufacturer of stamped automotive products.
Continue readingSpinning magnesium billets during extrusion enables higher ductility and lower cost
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, Wash., announces that its researchers have developed a method of extruding magnesium alloys that greatly improves their energy absorption by creating novel microstructures that are not possible with traditional extrusion methods.
Continue readingConstellium high-strength machinable aluminum alloys for autos resist corrosion
Constellium N.V., New York, introduces HSA6, a new generation of high-strength 6000-series alloys for extrusion-based automobile crash management systems, body-in-white structural components, and battery enclosures.
Continue readingCan-Eng mesh-belt furnace system enables both neutral hardening and carburizing
Can-Eng Furnaces Int.l, Niagara Falls, Ontario, has received an order for a mesh belt furnace system for heat treating automotive thrust races, retainer/cages, and washers.
Continue readingNucor acquires St. Louis Cold Drawn for its cold finished bar products
Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has agreed to acquire St. Louis Cold Drawn Inc., a manufacturer of cold drawn rounds, hexagons, squares, and special sections that mainly serves the United States and Mexico automotive and industrial markets.
Continue readingSeco Warwick controlled atmosphere brazing system treats variety of aluminum alloys
Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., announces that one of its controlled atmosphere aluminum brazing (CAB) systems has been installed by Mainstream Engineering for brazing a wide assortment of very large cold plates and heat exchangers made of a variety of aluminum alloys.
Continue readingCan-Eng Furnaces awarded contract for austenitizing and molten salt quenching system
Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario, has been awarded a contract to design and build a 1500 lb/hr mesh belt furnace system for the austenitizing and molten salt quenching of unique components for world-class drivetrain systems.
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