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Leaders from NACE International, Houston, and The Society for Protective Coatings, Pittsburgh, recently convened in Houston to hold further discussions about options and approaches to combining the organizations to benefit the members of both.

Materials that can be thermally sprayed include polymers, metals, metal alloys, intermetallics, ceramics, and composites. The feedstock material can take the form of wire, rod, powder, or, with emerging solution spraying, liquid and complex gases. This leads to two basic types of feed systems: one that feeds wires or rods, and another that feeds particulates.

Haynes International, Kokomo, Ind., announces that it has new alloy data for Haynes 244, a new Ni-Mo-Cr-W alloy developed for static parts in advanced gas turbine engines that require low thermal expansion at temperatures up to 1400°F.

Steel Dynamics Inc., Fort Wayne, Ind., announces that it has selected Sinton, Texas, as the site for its new state-of-the-art, electric-arc-furnace flat roll steel mill, with construction to begin in early 2020.

Made In Space Inc., Moffett Field, Calif., announces that NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate has awarded the company a contract to demonstrate its autonomous robotic manufacturing and assembly platform, Archinaut, on a flight mission.

Oerlikon Metco, Switzerland, announces that an agreement has been signed to acquire AMT AG, a Swiss company that designs and builds integrated thermal spray coating systems.