Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., Los Angeles, announces that its subsidiary AMI Metals Inc., headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee, has been awarded a multi-year contract by Lockheed Martin to provide aluminum flat-rolled plate for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Continue readingH.C. Starck showcases high-temperature furnace products at Heat Treat 2015
H.C. Starck, Newton, Mass., demonstrates its fabrication skills at Heat Treat 2015 with a unique product portfolio, including MoLa (molybdenum-lanthanum), TZM (titanium-zirconium-molybdenum), MHC (molybdenum hafnium carbide), and MoW (molybdenum-tungsten).
Continue readingSeco Warwick to display vacuum furnace, present three papers at Heat Treat 2015
Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., will be presenting three technical papers and exhibiting a full-size, production-scale vacuum furnace at the upcoming ASM International Heat Treating Conference & Exposition in Detroit.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Austenitizing Tool Steel
Austenitizing is the heat treatment in which the final alloy element partitioning between the austenitic matrix (which will transform to martensite) and the retained carbides occurs.
Continue readingLinde highlights advanced technologies at Heat Treat 2015
Linde LLC, Murray Hill, N.J., will showcase advanced gas control technologies and engineering services for heat treatment furnaces at Heat Treat 2015 next week in Detroit, booth 248.
Continue readingASM International elects new president, vice president, treasurer, and trustees
ASM International, Materials Park, Ohio, elected Jon D. Tirpak, PE, FASM, as ASM’s 2015-2016 Board of Trustees President.
Continue readingVideo: Unmanned aircraft flight test center
Established in 2007, the New Mexico State University Physical Science Laboratory’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Flight Test Center is the first of its kind.
Continue readingThe lightest metal ever (with video)
The Boeing Co., Seattle, released a video showcasing the lightest metal structure ever, called Microlattice—”the world’s lightest material.”
Continue readingAir Products to highlight latest gas technologies at Heat Treat 2015
Air Products, Lehigh Valley, Pa., will highlight the company’s latest gas technologies for the metals processing industry at the Heat Treat 2015 Conference and Exhibition in Detroit, October 20-22.
Continue readingLockheed Martin awards Alcoa titanium supply contract for Joint Strike Fighter
Alcoa, Pittsburgh, announces that Lockheed Martin has awarded it a contract to supply titanium plate and billet for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft program, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter.
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