Alcoa, Pittsburgh, announces a multiyear agreement with Embraer, Sao Paulo, in which Alcoa will supply aluminum sheet and plate for Embraer’s new E2, the second generation of its E-Jets family of commercial aircraft, a narrow-body medium-range jet airliner.
Continue readingMB Aerospace acquires Vac Aero Poland for heat treating and thermal spray
MB Aerospace, East Granby, Conn., has acquired Vac Aero (Poland) from its Canadian parent company, Vac Aero International, for its extensive range of special process capabilities, including heat treatment and vacuum brazing, vacuum carburizing, air plasma spray (APS), and high-velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF) thermal spray coatings, as well as corrosion and oxidation-resistant paint coatings.
Continue readingAichelin Group acquires AFC-Holcroft for its heat treating furnace equipment
Aichelin Group, Austria, announces that it has acquired U.S.-based Atmosphere Group, the holding company of AFC-Holcroft, said to be the U.S. market leader in the production of industrial furnace equipment for ferrous and nonferrous metals.
Continue readingFacility dedicated to heat treating Mg and Al aerospace parts is Nadcap certified
Wallwork Heat Treating Co., England, announces that it has a dedicated, Nadcap-certified heat treatment facility for magnesium and aluminum components ranging from small parts to large fabrications.
Continue readingTest instrument with friction-free motor integrates with torsion actuator
TA Instruments, New Castle, Del., introduces the ElectroForce 3310, which delivers 1 kN of force capacity and can be integrated with a torsion actuator that provides simultaneous axial-torsion loading.
Continue readingIpsen delivers heat-treating solutions across the United States
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., has shipped 11 heat-treating systems to eight different states from California to Massachusetts over the past quarter, for processing parts for companies in the aerospace, energy, commercial heat treating, and coating industries.
Continue readingNatural-gas three-zone conveyor oven cures adhesives at 350 parts/hour
Wisconsin Oven, East Troy, Wis., has shipped a natural gas direct-fired three-zone conveyor oven with cool down to a leading supplier of flooring products for curing adhesives at a rate of 350 parts per hour.
Continue readingBodycote adds nitrocarburizing service at its new Georgia plant
Bodycote, U.K., announces that it will add nitrocarburizing to its heat treatment services at its new 60,000-square-foot heat treatment plant in Covington, Ga., which replaces the plant in Conyers.
Continue readingRoger Jones of Solar Atmospheres nominated as ASM Trustee
Solar Atmospheres, Souderton, Pa., announces that Roger Jones, corporate president, has been nominated as a trustee for the ASM International Board of Trustees, effective October 2016.
Continue readingJuno carries nine instruments, a titanium vault, and 3D printed brackets
Developed by Lockheed Martin, Sunnyvale, Calif., the Juno spacecraft is hexagonal in shape, is 3.5 meters tall and 3.5 meters in diameter, and has a liftoff mass of about 8000 pounds.
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