Category: Automobiles and Ground Transportation

Argonne receives patent for ultra-fast boriding process, Bodycote acquires license

Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Ill., announces that it has been granted a patent for its ultra-fast boriding process.

Premier Furnace endothermic gas generator provides flexibility in gas flow capacity

Premier Furnace Specialists Inc., Farmington Hills, Mich., recently received an order from a large Commercial Heat Treater in the state of Michigan to design, manufacture, and install an endothermic gas generator.

Automotive lightweight materials congress returns to Detroit

The Annual Global Automotive Lightweight Materials Congress is taking place August 18-20, 2015 in Detroit.

Proto Labs launches rapid magnesium thixomolding service

Proto Labs Inc., Maple Plain, Minn., has introduced magnesium injection molding into its current rapid manufacturing services.

Ipsen Atlas furnace heat treats parts for automotive and oil & gas industries

Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., recently shipped an Atlas atmosphere furnace, two temper furnaces, a washer, a loader, and a storage table to a commercial heat treater in the Midwest.

Vertical vacuum heat treating furnace processes flowformed components

PMF Industries, Williamsport, Pa., has expanded its flowforming capabilities with the addition of a new vacuum furnace that allows vertical heat treating of flowformed and machined shafts up to 80 in. long.

Seco-Warwick traveling batch furnace cuts floor space for aluminum heat treating

Seco-Warwick, Meadville, Pa., has supplied a traveling aluminum homogenizing furnace to Aisin Light Metal, Marion, Ill., as part of an expansion project.

Bodycote opens new greenfield facility in France

Bodycote, U.K., recently opened a new greenfield facility in France, and completed another round of expansion at its site in London, Ohio.

Alcoa acquires RTI International Metals to expand aerospace growth

RTI International Metals Inc., Pittsburgh, announces that its shareholders have approved a merger agreement with Alcoa Inc., also of Pittsburgh.

LIFT project focuses on iron alloys in thin-wall castings

Grede will work with Michigan Technological University, others to bring thin-wall ductile iron castings to high-volume production.