Lindberg/MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped a large-chamber utility box furnace to an automotive supplier for batch testing aluminum castings on a daily basis at a temperature of 932°F.
Continue readingSpirit invests $30 million in five-axis machining center for aluminum and titanium aircraft parts
Spirit AeroSystems, Wichita, Kan., announces a new center of excellence focusing on the fabrication of complex aluminum and titanium commercial and military aircraft parts by new five-axis machines.
Continue readingMachine Tool Builders launches company to build and retrofit heat treating furnaces
Machine Tool Builders (MTB), Machesney Park, Ill., announces that it has launched Diablo Furnaces, a company that builds custom heat treating furnaces.
Continue readingAdvanced high-strength steel ore unloading system wins 2017 Swedish Steel Prize
SSAB, Stockholm, announces that the 2017 winner of the Swedish Steel Prize is Kiruna Wagon of Sweden for its Helix Dumper, a highly durable and far more efficient ore-unloading wagon than other ore wagons on the market.
Continue readingEck Industries licenses cerium-aluminum alloy that resists corrosion and high heat
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tenn., announces that Eck Industries, Manitowoc, Wis., has signed an exclusive license for the commercialization of a cerium-aluminum (Ce-Al) alloy that is easy to work with, lightweight, corrosion-resistant, and exceptionally stable at high temperatures.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Nitriding Austenitic Stainless Steel
The graph shows thermogravimetric uptake curves for nitriding of AISI 316 at 445°C (830°F) in different NH3-H2 gas mixtures.
Continue readingLeco advanced grinder/polisher enables extremely flat metallographic specimens
Leco Corp., St. Joseph, Mich., introduces its advanced PX400/PX500 Grinder/Polisher Series, which enables production of exceptionally flat specimens that are ideal for microhardness or microstructural work at the next sample testing step.
Continue readingCan-Eng awarded contract for aluminum furnace system integrated into forging cell
Can-Eng Furnaces Intl. Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario, was recently awarded a contract for an aluminum furnace system from a leading North American manufacturer of forged aluminum suspension components.
Continue readingLinde and Praxair agree to combine for global presence and stronger growth
Linde AG, Munich, and Praxair Inc., Danbury, Conn., announce that the companies have entered into a definitive business combination agreement to come together under a new holding company called Linde, uniting Linde’s long-standing leadership in engineering and technology with Praxair’s efficient operating model.
Continue readingLindberg/MPH heavy-duty box furnace for processing glass reaches maximum 1500°C
Lindberg/MPH, Riverside, Mich., announces the shipment of a heavy duty box furnace that reaches a maximum temperature of 1500°C for processing glass.
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