HRE Wheels, Vista Calif., and GE Additive, Cincinnati, Ohio, announce a partnership agreement and unveiled the first titanium wheel created using electron-beam melting of titanium powder.
Continue readingCarpenter acquires U.K. powder manufacturer for its additive manufacturing capability
Carpenter Technology Corp., Philadelphia, has acquired LPW Technology Ltd. for its advanced metal powders and lifecycle management solutions for metal additive manufacturing.
Continue readingLake City Heat Treating acquires modular HIP system for aerospace components
Lake City Heat Treating Corp., Warsaw, Ind., announces that it has purchased a newly designed modular hot isostatic press system from Quintus Technologies in Vasteras, Sweden, the third such press for Lake City.
Continue readingLucifer Furnaces supplies convection oven for heat treating stainless steel medical parts
Lucifer Furnaces, Warrington, Pa., has supplied a forced air recirculating oven to a manufacturer of medical and aerospace parts.
Continue readingMetalysis powers up industrial-scale plant for solid-state production of metal powders
Metalysis, England, is powering up the world’s first commercial plant based on solid-state production (Cambridge process) of metal alloy powders at its Materials Manufacturing Centre in Wath upon Dearne, South Yorkshire.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres facilities certified to high aerospace, defense, medical standards
Solar Atmospheres, Souderton, Pa., announces that all four of its facilities have recently obtained certifications to AS9100 Revision D and ISO9001:2015, the most demanding international standards required of suppliers to the aviation, space, defense, and medical industries.
Continue readingOrchid Orthopedics retrofits heat-treating furnaces with UPC process control upgrades
United Process Controls, Waukee, Wis., reports that medical implants manufacturer Orchid Orthopedics, Memphis, Tenn., has modernized three Ipsen VFS vacuum furnaces with process control upgrades from United Process Controls (UPC).
Continue readingA Metallographic Review of 3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing of Metal and Alloy Products and Components
The article describes metallurgical phenomena in 3D printing/additive manufacturing of metal and alloy products and components.
Continue readingSolar Manufacturing horizontal vacuum furnace designed for heat treating titanium alloys
Solar Manufacturing, Souderton, Pa., recently shipped a large horizontal front-loading vacuum furnace to a titanium manufacturer and fabricator located in the Midwest region of the United States.
Continue readingBurloak Technologies to invest $81.5 million in additive manufacturing center in Ontario
Burloak Technologies, a division of Samuel, Son & Co., Dundas, Ontario, is investing a total of $81.5 million in a new Additive Manufacturing Technology Center in Oakville, Ontario.
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