NASA, Houston, has issued a task order as part of Boeing’s $4.2 billion Commercial Crew Transportation Capability contract to include the company’s first-ever service flight to the International Space Station.
Continue readingThyssenKrupp supplies elevators and stainless steel to One World Trade Center
ThyssenKrupp, Germany, has installed stainless steel for the spire of the tower, and the fastest elevators in North and South America at One World Trade Center in New York.
Continue readingTA Instruments acquires assets of Bose ElectroForce Group
TA Instruments, New Castle, Del., announces that it has acquired certain assets related to the Bose ElectroForce Group, Framingham, Mass.
Continue readingConferences convene for successful Mega Show event
Aerospace and thermal spray professionals gathered for aerospace coating and materials information.
Continue reading3D-Printed Habitat Challenge
NASA and the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, known as America Makes, are holding a new $2.25 million competition to design and build a 3D printed habitat for deep space exploration.
Continue readingWinners of Materials Genome Toolkit competition announced
ASM International’s CMD Network is pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 ASM Materials Genome Toolkit competition.
Continue readingHigh-power diode laser for heat treating consists of multiple laser modules
The Hamburg Rofin macro group, Germany, broadens its product range with a new series of fiber-coupled, high-power diode lasers for hardening, brazing, soldering, and coating.
Continue readingEFD Induction rotary table system hardens sun gears for auto supplier
EFD Induction USA, Madison Heights, Mich., reports that a major U.S. tier-one automotive supplier recently ordered an EFD Induction Rotary Table (HardLine RT 550) hardening system for treating sun gears, and a vertical scanner system (HardLine VM 1000) for hardening output shafts.
Continue readingOutokumpu stainless steel fuel tank weighs 3 kg less than plastic
Outokumpu Oy, Finland, announces that the stainless steel fuel tank developed by its engineers and TechROi Fuel Systems received the New Applications Award presented by the International Stainless Steel Forum in the “Best New Development” category at the ISSF Annual Conference in Hong Kong.
Continue readingOlympus portable digital ultrasonic flaw detector has full-screen A-scan mode
Olympus Scientific Solutions Americas Inc., Waltham, Mass., introduces the Epoch 650 digital ultrasonic flaw detector that combines conventional ultrasonic flaw detection capabilities with the efficiency of a highly portable, intuitive instrument.
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