Alcoa, Pittsburgh, introduces the surface-treated Dura-Bright EVO commercial truck wheel, said to be ten times more resistant to corrosion that is primarily caused by road salts and weather.
Continue readingThyssenKrupp Aerospace acquires aerospace operations of Alimex Metallhandelsgesellschaft
ThyssenKrupp Aerospace will continue Alimex’s business of distributing and processing aluminum mill products (rod, sheet, plate) for the aviation industry.
Continue readingUddeholm SuperClean Concept PM tool steels resist abrasion, chipping, elevated temperatures
Uddeholm AB, Sweden, introduces Uddeholm SuperClean Concept powder metallurgy (PM) tool steels, building on the proven success of its current PM tool steel grades.
Continue readingInstron 5900 Series universal testing instruments enable acquisition rates up to 2500 points/second
Instron, Norwood, Mass., offers the 5900 Series universal testing instruments, which are designed with enhancements that deliver unparalleled accuracy and reliability.
Continue readingVac Aero ships horizontal vacuum furnace to an R&D center
Vac Aero, Burlington, Ontario, recently shipped a horizontal vacuum furnace to the Québec Metallurgy Centre, a research institute affiliated with the Trois-Rivières college in Québec. The VAH2636 HV-2 furnace will be housed in a new a state-of-the-art facility in Trois-Rivières.
Continue readingTapping energy from the sun through heat and light
A new approach to harvesting solar energy, developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, researchers, could improve efficiency by using sunlight to heat a high-temperature material whose infrared radiation would then be collected by a conventional photovoltaic cell.
Continue readingNitrex turnkey systems enable nitriding/nitrocarburizing for Polish aerospace company
Nitrex Metal, St. Laurent, Quebec, reports that Polish aircraft engine and gear transmission manufacturer WSK “PZL- Kalisz” has started production on its new NXK-609 nitriding system from Nitrex Metal. The self-contained turnkey system, which has a diameter of 24 in. and a height of 36 in., nitrides gears and housings supplied to many world-leading aerospace firms. Nitriding with Nitreg technology meets the company’s requirement for precise control of the white layer thickness on Nitralloy parts, including zero white layer.
Continue readingHitachi VP-SEM offers four-axis motorized stage for smaller samples
The Nanotechnology Systems Division of Hitachi High Technologies America Inc., Clarksburg, Md., announces that its latest VP-SEM system, Model SU3500, is now available with a four-axis motorized stage, in addition to the existing five-axis motorized stage system. The new four-axis version is targeted for smaller sample applications (max. 200 mm in diameter and 70 mm in height).
Continue readingIpsen ships large aluminum brazing furnace to aerospace company
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that it shipped a large vertical vacuum aluminum brazing furnace to a major aerospace company, a longstanding customer. This furnace, the customer’s second vertical furnace, will be installed in Mexico. Two other TurboTreaters will be shipped to Southeast Asia for the same aerospace company. One of these furnaces will be used for high-pressure gas quenching; the other includes AvaC for low-pressure vacuum carburizing.
Continue readingCentorr designs furnace for metal injection molding
Centorr Vacuum Industries, Nashua, N.H., has developed the MIM-Vac, a custom-engineered high temperature vacuum/ controlled-atmosphere furnace designed specifically for metal injection molding. Tight partial pressure control and even gas flow in conjunction with effective event-based programming and sound retort design allow the entire load to undergo the same series of conditions as a function of time.
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