Because of their tungsten content, F-steels form hard tungsten carbides.
Continue readingRapid Plasma Deposition machine can 3D-print 22 tons of titanium parts per year
Norsk Titanium AS, Norway, demonstrated its fourth-generation Rapid Plasma Deposition machine by producing a unique structural titanium spar for one of the world’s largest commercial aircraft manufacturers at its Technology Centre in Oslo.
Continue readingLockheed Martin commemorates the USS Milwaukee with custom motorcycle
Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md., announces that it has collaborated with Harley-Davidson on a one-of-a-kind motorcycle to honor the U.S. Navy and the city of Milwaukee, to commemorate the commissioning of the USS Milwaukee, our nation’s fifth Littoral Combat Ship.
Continue readingOutokumpu supplies stainless steel for construction of Barcelona basilica
Outokumpu Oy, Finland, has been supplying stainless steel for La Sagrada Família (The Holy Family) basilica since 2013 as rebar, bar, machined components, and plasma-cut plate products.
Continue readingSeco-Warwick furnaces reduce costs for Netherlands heat treater
Seco-Warwick, Meadville, Pa., has delivered two retort vacuum tempering furnaces for high vacuum treatment to H&ST Eindhoven to reduce costs and to increase capacity and quality of treated parts.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Atmospheres for Water-Hardening Tool Steel
Excellent results are obtained by austenitizing water-hardening tool steels in a slightly oxidizing atmosphere, as indicated by the data in the graph, obtained in tests on type W2.
Continue readingOxygen-free copper strip produced in continuous casting, rolling, and coiling process
Mansfelder, Kupfer, und Messing GmbH (MKM), Germany, has begun the production of high-purity, oxygen-free copper strip via Conti-M technology, which makes it possible to cast, hot-roll, mill, and coil copper strip in a continuous process.
Continue readingConstellium to invest $20 million in new aluminum manufacturing facility in Georgia
Constellium N. V., Amsterdam, announces that it will construct a new 84,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Bartow County, Georgia, in response to growing demand for its automotive aluminum structures in North America.
Continue readingNovelis opens heat treatment plant in Germany for aluminum automotive sheet
Novelis, Atlanta, has opened a state-of-the-art aluminum automotive heat treatment line in Nachterstedt, Germany, to serve European and global automotive aluminum sheet customers.
Continue readingCan-Eng to design and build T-7 heat treat system for aluminum auto castings
Can-Eng Furnaces Intl. Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario, has been contracted by a large automotive supplier to design, manufacture, and commission an automated T-7 heat treatment system for high-integrity aluminum automotive structural castings.
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