Category: general

Alcoa awarded U.S. Army contract to reduce weight of combat vehicles

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, announces that it has been awarded a five-year contract from the U.S. Army worth up to $50 million for R&D projects focused on developing innovative lightweighting solutions for ground combat vehicles such as tanks.

ALD Vacuum Technologies acquires ALD-Holcroft joint venture from AFC Holcroft

AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V., Amsterdam, announces that its subsidiary ALD Vacuum Technologies has acquired the remaining 50% share of its joint venture company ALD-Holcroft from AFC-Holcroft.

Northrop Grumman selected to build B-21 stealth bomber

Northrop Grumman, Falls Church, Va., has released this artist’s rendering of its B-21 stealth bomber, selected last year by the United States Air Force as the Long Range Strike Bomber of the 21st century.

One Minute Mentor: Hardness Gradients in Nitrided High-Speed Tool Steel

The graph shows the effect of bath conditions and immersion time on hardness gradients in Type T1 high-speed tool steel.

NIST ultrasound method detects cracks in capacitors

The National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md., and collaborators have demonstrated a nondestructive acoustic method for detecting cracks in ceramic capacitors before they go bad.

3D-printed titanium hip implant features fully porous acetabular cup

Smith & Nephew, Andover, Mass., introduces its first 3D-printed titanium hip implant, the new Redapt revision acetabular fully porous cup with Conceloc technology.

Bonnell Aluminum to invest $18 million in extrusion line for auto structures

Bonnell Aluminum, Newnan, Ga., announces it will invest approximately $18 million over the next year to fund an expansion project that will include the purchase of a new state-of-the-art aluminum extrusion line at its Aacoa facility in Niles, Michigan.

Solar Atmospheres partners with Pressure Technology for aircraft parts

Solar Atmospheres, Hermitage, Pa., announces that it now partners with Pressure Technology Inc. (PTI), Concord, Ohio, to provide heat treating of aircraft parts after they have been hot isostatically pressed to high density at the PTI facility.

Single-flow precision case hardening enables low-distortion gears

Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., introduces the UniCase Master, which is said to provide a single flow, precision case hardening system for low-pressure vacuum carburizing; and 4D high-pressure gas quenching with low distortion for high-volume gear manufacturing.

UTC Aerospace Systems opens $8 million advanced materials laboratory in Connecticut

UTC Aerospace Systems, Windsor Locks, Conn., has opened an $8 million, 20,000 ft2 state-of-the-art Materials and Process Engineering laboratory to support research, engineering, and production of advanced materials for aerospace applications.