Category: Metal Products and Machinery

Solar Atmospheres retains preferred aerospace supplier status with Boeing

Solar Atmospheres of Western Pennsylvania, Hermitage, participated in a Boeing Supplier Assessment. The on-site, preventative engagement resulted in zero findings and Solar, once again, achieved preferred status for heat treating, hardness, and non-destructive liquid penetrant testing.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. acquires Arcelor Mittal USA for its automotive and other markets

Cleveland Cliffs Inc. announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement with ArcelorMittal S.A., in which Cleveland-Cliffs will acquire substantially all of the operations of ArcelorMittal USA LLC and its subsidiaries for approximately $1.4 billion.

Grupo Mess becomes exclusive Buehler distributor for metallographic and hardness equipment in Mexico

Buehler, an ITW Company, Lake Bluff, Ill., announces a partnership with Grupo Mess, Queretaro City, Mexico, a leading Mexico supplier of scientific equipment and services specializing in metrology. The partnership provides local support to Buehler customers and other manufacturers for all their metallographic product and service needs.

Dante Solutions heat treatment software models press quenching parameters of a bevel gear

Engineers from Dante Solutions, Cleveland, discussed the modeling process for press quenching of a bevel gear made of carburized AISI 9310 at the ASM International Heat Treat 2019 conference in Detroit.

One Minute Mentor: Duplex hardening of bearing steels

Duplex hardening of M-50 and M50NiL provides a hard, wear-resistant surface that exhibits high damage tolerance and damage resistance to hard-particle contamination.

Super Systems completes heat treating modernization of Milacron manufacturing facility

SuperSystems Inc., Cincinnati, recently completed major upgrades to the heat treating assets at Milacron LLC in Mt. Orab, Ohio, installing the latest furnaces and equipment, state-of-the-art controls, and modern SCADA infrastructure.

One Minute Mentor: Dimensional Stability in Through-Hardening Bearing Steels

Dimensional stability is a bearing condition of great concern. This means heat treating is conducted to prevent excessive diametral growth in the bearing due to retained austenite transforming to martensite at elevated or subzero service temperatures, or shrinkage due to continued tempering of the martensite at high service temperatures.

Arconic to invest $100 million to expand aluminum hot-mill capability in Tennessee

Arconic Inc., New York, announces an investment of approximately $100 million to expand its hot-mill capability and add downstream equipment capabilities to manufacture industrial and automotive aluminum products in its Tennessee Operations facility near Knoxville.

Nanosteel spins out 3D printing business to commercialize steel alloy powders

Nanosteel Corp., Providence, announces the spinout of its additive manufacturing business unit into a new corporation named Formetrix.

Specialty Steel Works invests in advanced process technologies at its Indiana bar plant

Specialty Steel Works Inc., Hammond, Ind., announces a multimillion dollar investment in new high-performance equipment and infrastructure at its Niagara LaSalle Corporation Cold Finish Steel facility in Hammond.