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Surface Combustion case depth calculators enable quick estimates from the shop floor

Surface Combustion, Maumee, Ohio, introduces Surface Depths Calculators, which enable engineers and customers alike to complete quick, accurate calculations from the shop floor.

Specially designed Zeiss camera lenses traveled with Apollo 11 to the Moon 50 years ago

Zeiss, Oberkochen, Germany, reports that in October 1968, the company received the order for a camera lens to be used during the Moon landing, which was scheduled to take place a mere nine months later as part of the Apollo 11 mission.

Sandvik acquires stake in Beam IT for its additive manufacturing capabilities

Sandvik, Stockholm, announces that it has acquired a 30% stake in privately owned Italian company Beam IT, a leading provider of metal additive manufacturing (AM) services and advanced end-use components.

MS&T 2019 Symposium: Advanced High Strength Steels / From Design to End Users

This Symposium will focus on recent achievements in Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS) development, from innovations in steel production and post-processing, to forming parts through various approaches and end-use applications.

United States Army awards $15 million to 3D Systems to develop largest 3D metal printer

3D Systems, Rock Hill, S.C., announces that it has been awarded a $15 million contract by the Combat Capabilities Development Command of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to build the world’s largest, fastest, most precise metal 3D printer.

OECD says global steelmaking capacity could grow by as much as 5% by 2021

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris, reports that global steelmaking capacity declined slightly in 2018, but projects that are underway now or have been proposed could bring about more than 100 million metric tons of new capacity over the next three years.