ARC Energy, Nashua, N.H., has announced the CHES 500 crystal growth furnace, designed to produce the world’s largest-ever sapphire boules with a mass of 660 lb and diameter of 500 mm.
Continue readingIpsen ships furnaces worldwide for aerospace, automotive, energy, and more
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., reports that in recent months it has shipped more than 30 furnaces around the globe for a variety of applications and industries.
Continue readingMagnesium-base alloys under development for biodegradable medical implants
University of Pittsburgh researchers recently received another $1.5 million from the National Science Foundation to continue a combined multi-university, private-industry effort to develop implantable medical devices made from biodegradable alloys based on magnesium.
Continue readingGreener ship propellers
Invention reduces the energy that foundries need to manufacture ship propeller blades by a third.
Continue readingNovelis invests $100 million in its Chinese aluminum plant
Novelis, Atlanta, has opened China’s first plant dedicated to the production of heat-treated aluminum automotive sheet.
Continue readingAFC-Holcroft offers new equipment diagnostic service
AFC-Holcroft, Wixom, Mich., introduces a significant new service to increase furnace uptime and availability through diagnosis of equipment event reporting.
Continue readingSSAB launches Laser Plus steel with guaranteed flatness after laser cutting
SSAB Stockholm, Sweden, has introduced Laser Plus, a totally new generation of steels, for laser cutting that comes with unique guarantees: maximum flatness deviation of 3 mm/m after laser cutting and bending radius of 0 -1.5 x the material thickness.
Continue readingEFD Induction lands major order for thread annealing of CV joints
EFD Induction, Madison Heights, Mich., announces that a global leader in advanced steering and driveline systems has selected its HardLine system to anneal the thread area of constant-velocity (CV) joints.
Continue readingNovaria Group acquires assets of Weatherford Aerospace
Novaria Group, Fort Worth, Texas, announces the acquisition of substantially all the assets of Weatherford Aerospace Inc., Weatherford, Texas.
Continue readingEFD Induction chosen for heat treatment of balance shafts
EFD Induction Inc., Madison Heights, Mich., announces that a global supplier of engine, steering and chassis components, has selected its Hardline vertical hardening system as a solution for hardening of balance shafts.
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