The Annual Global Automotive Lightweight Materials Congress is taking place August 18-20, 2015 in Detroit.
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Proto Labs launches rapid magnesium thixomolding service
Proto Labs Inc., Maple Plain, Minn., has introduced magnesium injection molding into its current rapid manufacturing services.
Continue readingIpsen Atlas furnace heat treats parts for automotive and oil & gas industries
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., recently shipped an Atlas atmosphere furnace, two temper furnaces, a washer, a loader, and a storage table to a commercial heat treater in the Midwest.
Continue readingVertical vacuum heat treating furnace processes flowformed components
PMF Industries, Williamsport, Pa., has expanded its flowforming capabilities with the addition of a new vacuum furnace that allows vertical heat treating of flowformed and machined shafts up to 80 in. long.
Continue readingBuffering planes from luggage bombs
A bomb-proof lining has successfully contained blasts in a series of controlled explosions in the luggage hold of a Boeing 747 and an Airbus 321.
Continue readingVIDEO: Additive manufacturing: 3D printing beyond plastic
Engineers turn to copper, but must first overcome a major challenge
Continue readingNIST hosts first app challenge to improve data access
Researchers looking for information on the properties of methane at high temperatures or the isotopic composition of an element know they can rely on standard reference data from NIST.
Continue readingRTI International partners with Norsk Titanium for DMD technology
Norsk Titanium AS (NTi), Norway, announces that RTI International Metals Inc., Pittsburgh, has become a strategic investor and minority partner with the company.
Continue readingSeco-Warwick traveling batch furnace cuts floor space for aluminum heat treating
Seco-Warwick, Meadville, Pa., has supplied a traveling aluminum homogenizing furnace to Aisin Light Metal, Marion, Ill., as part of an expansion project.
Continue readingBodycote opens new greenfield facility in France
Bodycote, U.K., recently opened a new greenfield facility in France, and completed another round of expansion at its site in London, Ohio.
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