This presentation from ECM USA, Pleasant Prairie, Wis., is a report on gas quenching technology, which has been involved in heat treating for years and has been considered by many heat treaters to be limited to single-chamber furnaces.
Continue readingRussian scientists dope aluminum with nickel and lanthanum to raise strength and ductility
Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology (MISIS), Russia, report that they have found a simple and efficient way of strengthening aluminum-based composite materials.
Continue readingComposite steel foam stops 50-caliber rounds as well as solid steel at half the weight
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, announces that its researchers have demonstrated that a steel composite metal foam can stop armor-piercing 50-caliber rounds as well as conventional steel armor, even though it weighs less than half as much.
Continue readingNucor wins GM Supplier of the Year Award, and announces bar mill investment
Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., was recognized as a General Motors Supplier of the Year for Non-Fabricated Steel at the automotive company’s 27th annual Supplier of the Year awards ceremony held on May 15 in Detroit.
Continue readingCan-Eng Furnaces to design heat treating system for thin-wall aluminum die castings
Can-Eng Furnaces, Niagara Falls, Ontario, has been chosen to design and commission a high-capacity heat-treatment system for a Tier 1 global automotive manufacturing company.
Continue readingUnited States Steel to invest a billion dollars in new plant
United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, announces that it will invest more than $1 billion to construct a new sustainable endless casting and rolling facility at its Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Pa., and a cogeneration facility at its Clairton Plant in Clairton, Pa., both part of the company’s Mon Valley Works.
Continue readingToyota selects Novelis as supplier for 2019 RAV4 aluminum body sheet
Novelis Aluminum, Atlanta, announces that it has been selected by Toyota Motor Corp. to supply premium aluminum automotive body sheet for the all-new 2019 Toyota RAV4, Toyota’s number-one-selling vehicle and the best-selling non-pickup truck in the country.
Continue readingHRL Labs commercializes 3D-printable high-strength aluminum alloy
HRL Laboratories LLC, Malibu, Calif., is commercializing its additively manufactured (3D-printed) high-strength aluminum, which has obtained the first ever registration of an additive alloy from the Aluminum Association.
Continue readingSeco Warwick CAB furnace enables auto parts maker to cut costs, control brazing quality
Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., has delivered and commissioned the first-ever vacuum purging semi-continuous Active Only CAB furnace for a North American automotive aftermarket manufacturer.
Continue readingDual-chamber heat treating furnace hardens and tempers tool steels for transportation
L&L Special Furnace Co., Aston, Pa., announces that it has shipped a dual-chamber heat treating furnace that will harden tool steels in its upper chamber while its bottom chamber is used for tempering, stress relief, and pre-heating.
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