Category: general

Alcoa acquires RTI International Metals to expand aerospace growth

RTI International Metals Inc., Pittsburgh, announces that its shareholders have approved a merger agreement with Alcoa Inc., also of Pittsburgh.

Ipsen delivers vertical Titan vacuum furnace to South Korea

Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., recently installed a Titan V6 thermal processing vacuum system at a company’s facility in South Korea, where it will be used to process production tools for the petrochemical industry.

Vac Aero sells vacuum furnace to international airline

Vac Aero, Burlington, Ontario, has sold a VAV6648 HV-2 vertical vacuum furnace to an international airline company.

Reptile skin patterns etched on steel parts reduce friction by 40%

Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, have succeeded in reducing friction on steel parts by as much as 40% by etching surface patterns resembling those on the skin of reptiles.

RTI to supply finished titanium structural parts to Airbus

RTI International Metals Inc., Pittsburgh, announces that it has been selected to provide finished titanium structural parts to Airbus for its new A350-1000 aircraft program.

Sinterite humpback brazing furnace enables copper brazing of stainless steel

Sinterite, a Gasbarre Furnace Group Company, St. Marys, Pa., announces the recent installation of a 12-zone continuous belt humpback brazing furnace, the third furnace supplied by Gasbarre Furnace Group to the customer in the past three years.

Hydrogen bell furnace increases coil-annealing capacity of company in India

Seco-Warwick Allied Pvt. Ltd., India, has commissioned the installation of hydrogen bell-type annealing furnace comprising two annealing bases for cold-rolled strip coils at Ahmedabad Strips Pvt. Ltd. (ASPL), India.

Split-Zone Oxidation oven cuts cost of carbon fiber production

Despatch Industries, Minneapolis, Minn., reports that it has developed a Split-Zone Oxidation oven with Novariance Technology that can significantly reduce oxidation cycle time for carbon fibers.

Thermal Technology returns to private ownership

Thermal Technology LLC, Santa Rosa, Calif., returned to private ownership on July 1.

LIFT project focuses on iron alloys in thin-wall castings

Grede will work with Michigan Technological University, others to bring thin-wall ductile iron castings to high-volume production.