Alcoa, Pittsburgh, announces that it is investing $25 million at its Alcoa Power and Propulsion facility in Hampton, Virginia, to scale up its enhanced equiax investment casting technology.
Continue readingVac Aero vacuum furnace with six-bar argon-nitrogen quench system shipped to aerospace manufacturer
Vac Aero International Inc., Burlington, Ontario, announces that it has shipped a VAV 7260 HV-6 vertical bottom loading vacuum furnace with a work chamber 72 in. diameter by 60 in. high to an aerospace manufacturer.
Continue readingSeco-Warwick presents “Low-Pressure Carburizing of Pyrowear Alloy 53” at AeroMat 25
Engineers from Seco-Warwick, Poland, discussed a low-pressure-carburizing simulator dedicated to Pyrowear Alloy 53 at AeroMat 25.
Continue readingSandvik hyper-duplex stainless steel tube extends heat exchanger tube life by 2 to 15 years
Sandvik Materials Technology, Sweden, reports that a major Caribbean producer of furfural, an organic compound derived from agricultural byproducts, chose to replace the existing tube in its heat exchangers with hyper-duplex stainless steel by Sandvik.
Continue readingMTS buys Roehrig Engineering for its electromagnetic actuation technology
MTS Systems Corp., Eden Prairie, Minn., announces that it has acquired 100% of the shares of Roehrig Engineering Inc., Lexington, N.C., the leader in testing systems utilizing electric and electromagnetic actuation technology.
Continue readingALD Vacuum describes SyncroTherm small-batch process at AeroMat 25
ALD Vacuum Technologies, Germany, recently developed a heat treatment cell called ALD-SyncroTherm, which provides synchronized heat treatment by small batch processing.
Continue readingNitrex presents Nano-S nitriding technology at AeroMat 25
Nitrex Metal Inc., Montreal, Quebec, reported at the AeroMat 25 conference on its Nano-S nitriding technology designed primarily for surface hardening of stainless steels to improve wear and galling resistance.
Continue readingSeco-Warwick commissions roller hearth furnace system for ABB
Seco-Warwick, Meadville, Pa., has commissioned a roller hearth furnace system to ABB, Pinetops, North Carolina, an instrument transformer facility.
Continue readingNatural-gas conveyor oven system designed to heat treat auto engine components
Davron Technologies Inc., Chattanooga, Tenn., has designed and manufactured the DTI-1140, a natural gas-heated indexing conveyor oven system that heat treats engine components for a Tier 1 automotive supplier.
Continue readingTimken announces date for spinoff of its steel business as independent company
The Timken Co., Canton, Ohio, announces record and distribution dates for the spinoff of its steel business, which will be effected through the distribution of 100% of the common shares of TimkenSteel Corp. to holders of Timken Company common shares.
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