Category: Automobiles and Ground Transportation

American Specialty Alloys to build $2.4 billion aluminum mill complex

American Specialty Alloys Inc., Baton Rouge, La., plans to develop a $2.4 billion mill and campus in Central Louisiana to provide aluminum for the automotive and aerospace industries.

Intermetallic nanoparticles increase strength and ductility in alloy steel

Researchers at Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea, report that they have developed a lightweight steel by uniformly dispersing nanometer-sized intermetallic compounds between and within the steel’s grains.

Carbon control during sintering improves quality of MIM parts

Linde North America Inc., Murray Hill, N.J., and Megamet Solid Metals, Earth City, Mo., a custom metal-injection molding company, have shown that the quality of metal-injection-molded parts could be significantly enhanced by following Linde’s advanced Sinterflex atmosphere control system.

Vac Aero receives orders for three replacement hot zones

Vac Aero, Burlington, Ontario, recently received orders for three complete all-metal hot zone refurbishments for customers in Florida, Connecticut, and Indiana.

Alcoa invests $13 million to expand wheel manufacturing in Hungary

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, has invested $13 million to double production at its wheels manufacturing plant in Hungary.

Evolution D6 two-chamber furnace enables 30% cost reduction

Seco Warwick Corp., Meadville, Pa., announces that ZAP Mechanika, a Polish heat treating company, reduced its heat treatment costs by 30% with the installation of a CaseMaster Evolution D6 two-chamber furnace for vacuum carburizing and oil quenching.

Better understanding of steel fracturing

Researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Spain, visualized step-by-step and on a microscopic level how certain steels fracture when extreme loads are applied to them.

AFC-Holcroft receives order for rebuild/retrofit of pusher furnace line

AFC-Holcroft, Wixom, Mich., reports that a leading global automotive supplier has placed an order for a rebuild/retrofit of an existing pusher furnace line, along with contract additions for companion ancillary equipment, as part of a multi-phase project.

Novelis commissions $48 million aluminum recycling center in Oswego

Novelis Inc., Atlanta, announces completion of a $48 million investment in its automotive scrap aluminum recycling facility in Oswego, N.Y.

Constellium supplies high-strength aluminum structural parts to Ford F-150

Constellium N.V., Amsterdam, provides Ford Motor Co. with aluminum structural parts for the Ford F-150 pickup truck in which high-strength, military-grade aluminum alloys are the primary build materials.