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Continue readingIpsen Atlas furnace system improves capabilities for commercial heat treater
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., reports that a Midwest commercial heat treater recently purchased an Atlas atmosphere furnace for several processes, including carburizing, neutral hardening, and carbonitriding, as well as to help the company further increase its capabilities and product offerings.
Continue readingHigh-energy X-rays provide affordable way to optimize cast iron
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Ill., reports that its engineers have learned that the structure of graphite, its spatial arrangement in cast iron, and its phase connectivity are key factors that determine the properties of cast iron.
Continue readingLockheed Martin commemorates the USS Milwaukee with custom motorcycle
Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md., announces that it has collaborated with Harley-Davidson on a one-of-a-kind motorcycle to honor the U.S. Navy and the city of Milwaukee, to commemorate the commissioning of the USS Milwaukee, our nation’s fifth Littoral Combat Ship.
Continue readingSeco-Warwick furnaces reduce costs for Netherlands heat treater
Seco-Warwick, Meadville, Pa., has delivered two retort vacuum tempering furnaces for high vacuum treatment to H&ST Eindhoven to reduce costs and to increase capacity and quality of treated parts.
Continue readingOxygen-free copper strip produced in continuous casting, rolling, and coiling process
Mansfelder, Kupfer, und Messing GmbH (MKM), Germany, has begun the production of high-purity, oxygen-free copper strip via Conti-M technology, which makes it possible to cast, hot-roll, mill, and coil copper strip in a continuous process.
Continue readingConstellium to invest $20 million in new aluminum manufacturing facility in Georgia
Constellium N. V., Amsterdam, announces that it will construct a new 84,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Bartow County, Georgia, in response to growing demand for its automotive aluminum structures in North America.
Continue readingNovelis opens heat treatment plant in Germany for aluminum automotive sheet
Novelis, Atlanta, has opened a state-of-the-art aluminum automotive heat treatment line in Nachterstedt, Germany, to serve European and global automotive aluminum sheet customers.
Continue readingCan-Eng to design and build T-7 heat treat system for aluminum auto castings
Can-Eng Furnaces Intl. Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario, has been contracted by a large automotive supplier to design, manufacture, and commission an automated T-7 heat treatment system for high-integrity aluminum automotive structural castings.
Continue readingLow-pressure carbonitration developed for case hardening
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, reports that its engineers are now working on low-pressure carbonitration, a process for the case hardening of low-alloy steel with methylamine.
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