Category: general

Seco Warwick supplies vacuum furnace to Wisconsin heat treating company

Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., announces that it has sold a standard Vector 2 bar vacuum furnace to Service Heat Treating, Milwaukee, a provider of case hardening and vacuum processing of medium to large production runs.

CHTE project tests induction tempering versus furnace tempering

The Center for Heat Treating Excellence, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Mass., is working on a research project to test the benefits and limitations of induction tempering versus furnace tempering.

U.S. Steel announces new Pittsburgh headquarters location

United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, announces that the company will relocate its corporate headquarters to the former Civic Arena site in Pittsburgh’s lower Hill District.

ATI to supply nickel-base alloy plate for a pipeline project

Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, has received an additional order for its nickel-base alloy plate for a large oil and gas pipeline project.

Alcoa acquires Firth Rixson for its isothermal forging and ring production

Alcoa, Pittsburgh, announces that it has completed the acquisition of Firth Rixson, a global leader in aerospace jet engine components.

Wisconsin Oven builds horizontal quench furnace for heat treating facility

Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, announces the shipment of a horizontal quench system for solution heat treating of forged aluminum gun parts.

Can-Eng Furnaces to build four furnace systems for mining supplier

Can-Eng Furnaces International Limited, Niagara Falls, Ontario, has received an order from a large international mining and materials supplier with locations spread throughout North America, South America, and East Asia.

Keystone spiral welding technology enables taller wind turbines

Keystone Tower Systems, Somerville, Mass., is developing a system that adapts a traditional pipe-making technology to make wind turbines on location at wind farms, making taller towers more economical.

Aerojet Rocketdyne partners with NASA to advance copper 3D printing

NASA, Washington, and Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp company, Sacramento, Calif., successfully completed a series of hot-fire tests on an advanced rocket engine Thrust Chamber Assembly (TCA) using copper alloy additive manufacturing technology.

Solar Atmospheres extends contract to inspect Boeing 787 titanium seat tracks

Solar Atmospheres of Western PA, Hermitage, announces that it has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with RTI Claro, a business unit of RTI International Metals Inc., to extend its contract for the vacuum stress-relieving and fluorescent liquid penetrant inspection of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner titanium seat track system until December 2021.