Chem-Trend is helping the aerospace industry remove mass, lower fuel consumption, and respect the environment with a release agent targeted for use with composite materials.
Continue readingAFC-Holcroft receives order for rebuild/retrofit of pusher furnace line
AFC-Holcroft, Wixom, Mich., reports that a leading global automotive supplier has placed an order for a rebuild/retrofit of an existing pusher furnace line, along with contract additions for companion ancillary equipment, as part of a multi-phase project.
Continue readingNovelis commissions $48 million aluminum recycling center in Oswego
Novelis Inc., Atlanta, announces completion of a $48 million investment in its automotive scrap aluminum recycling facility in Oswego, N.Y.
Continue readingHarper’s carbon-fiber oxidation ovens reduce energy use and emissions
Harper International Corp., Buffalo, N.Y., offers advanced carbon fiber oxidation oven technology to complement its furnaces for carbon fiber processing.
Continue readingRobot helps develop carbon composite structures
A robot named ISAAC, which features a versatile spinning head and a robust, acrobatic arm, will help NASA’s Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va., create and test new composite structures faster, less expensively, and with more room for experimentation than ever before.
Continue readingSSAB Hardox Tube 500 high strength steel tube provides extreme wear resistance
SSAB, Sweden, has launched the Hardox Tube 500 range of tubular high strength steel that provides the same hardness and toughness as Hardox steel wear plate, but in tubular form.
Continue readingFemtosecond lasers make metals superhydrophobic
Scientists at the University of Rochester, N.Y., have reportedly transformed platinum, titanium, and brass into superhydrophobic materials with femtosecond laser pulses.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres installs 1500-sq.-ft. climate-controlled room
Solar Atmospheres, Souderton, Pa., has installed a new 1500 ft2 room in its shop that incorporates temperature and humidity controls, as well as a slight positive pressure environment.
Continue readingConstellium supplies high-strength aluminum structural parts to Ford F-150
Constellium N.V., Amsterdam, provides Ford Motor Co. with aluminum structural parts for the Ford F-150 pickup truck in which high-strength, military-grade aluminum alloys are the primary build materials.
Continue readingHarper vertical and rotary reactors support microelectronics research in China
Harper International, Buffalo, N.Y., has finalized a contract exceeding $3 million for high-temperature vertical and rotary reactors to support the East China Research Institute of Microelectronics (ECRIM).
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