Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that it will offer a $50,000 credit toward the purchase of a new Titan vacuum furnace (applies to the 2017 list price of any Titan model) to any company that trades in its old furnace.
Continue readingOne MInute Mentor: X-Ray Diffraction Patterns in AISI 316
The graph shows X-ray diffraction patterns of nitrided (and carburized) stainless steel AISI 316.
Continue readingBodycote combines AM with powder metallurgy processes to produce complex parts
Bodycote, England, introduces Bodycote Powdermet technologies, a group of additive manufacturing processes for the production of complex components via powder metallurgy.
Continue readingUnited Process Controls upgrades heat treating systems controls for axle manufacturer
United Process Controls Inc., Bethlehem, Pa., is nearing the completion of a large, multi-year control systems upgrade project for a manufacturer of automotive axles.
Continue readingAlcoa to restart three potlines in Indiana to supply Warrick aluminum rolling mill
Alcoa Corp., Pittsburgh, announces plans to restart three of five potlines at its Warrick Operations aluminum smelter near Evansville, Indiana, an action that will further improve the competitiveness of the on-site rolling mill.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres builds climate-controlled chamber for medical/aerospace heat treating
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA, Hermitage, has constructed a climate-controlled chamber for the daily operation of its new all-metal hot-zoned vacuum furnace.
Continue readingNASA grants $10M to cut supersonic aircraft sonic booms by shape-memory-alloy morphing
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, announces that it has granted $10 million to a CASMART industry-academic team that will lead research into designing commercially viable civil supersonic transport aircraft that can modify shape during flight under a range of conditions to meet noise and efficiency requirements for overland flight.
Continue readingU.S. Steel Corp. finalizes sale of U.S. Steel Canada to Bedrock Industries
United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, announces that it has finalized an agreement with Bedrock Industries Group LLC, New York, for the sale and transition of ownership of U.S. Steel Canada Inc. to Bedrock.
Continue readingOxford Instruments Industrial Analysis business joins Hitachi to form new company
Oxford Instruments, England, announces that its Industrial Analysis business will join Japan’s Hitachi High-Technologies to form a new company, Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science.
Continue readingMolten aluminum poured over 3D-printed steel lattice multiplies damage tolerance
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tenn., and Rice University, Houston, report that a new manufacturing method developed by Oak Ridge and Rice combines 3D printing with traditional casting to produce damage-tolerant components composed of multiple materials.
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