QuesTek Innovations LLC, Evanston, Ill., introduces QT 17-4 powder, a stainless steel composition for powder bed fusion additive manufacturing parts for service in either the as-printed condition or applications requiring only a single low-temperature heat treatment.
Continue readingValley Forge & Bolt welcomes HTS member Rick Bailey as new Chief Metallurgist
Valley Forge & Bolt Mfg. Co., Phoenix, Ariz., manufacturer of hot-forged industrial fasteners, is proud to welcome Rick Bailey, a member of the ASM International Heat Treating Society, to the company as chief metallurgist.
Continue readingCleveland-Cliffs to restart Michigan iron ore mine, resume construction of Ohio HBI plant
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. announces that it is resuming construction of its hot briquetted iron (HBI) plant in Ohio and moving up plans to restart an idled iron ore mine in Michigan.
Continue readingNIST develops new software package for analysis of instrumented Charpy tests
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md., announces a new software package that allows analysis of instrumented Charpy tests, or Charpy tests augmented with strain gauges, in compliance with standards from ASTM and ISO.
Continue readingSuspension plasma spray of hydroxylapatite improves adhesion of printed titanium implants
University West in Sweden announces that in the future, damaged bones can be rebuilt with 3D-printed implants that have thermally sprayed surface layers to make them more readily accepted by the human body.
Continue readingTinius Olsen precision optical extensometers measure axial strain with high accuracy
Tinius Olsen, Horsham, Pa., offers the Epsilon One high-precision optical non-contact extensometers that perform high-accuracy, high-resolution, non-contacting axial strain and displacement measurements.
Continue readingSintavia achieves Nadcap approval for additive manufacturing and heat treatment
Sintavia, Hollywood, Fla., announces that it has achieved National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (Nadcap) approvals for laser additive manufacturing, electron beam additive manufacturing, and in-house heat treatment, the only company in the world to have done so.
Continue readingConstellium signs contract to supply Airbus with aluminum and aluminum-lithium products
Constellium SE, France, announces that it has signed a multi-year contract with Airbus to supply a broad range of advanced aluminum rolled and extruded products, including wing skin panels, sheets for fuselage panels, and rectangular and pre-machined plates for structural components.
Continue readingSSAB 2019 Swedish Steel Prize awarded to Shape Corporation for its 3D-formed roof rail
SSAB, Stockholm, announces that Shape Corporation, Grand Haven, Michigan, has won the 2019 Swedish Steel Prize “for the groundbreaking use of martensitic steel in a 3D-formed tube for automotive roof rail applications.”
Continue readingSeco Warwick to install comprehensive heat treat system for Ukraine pump company
Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., announces that it has signed a contract to supply a comprehensive system for heat treatment of parts to a pump factory in Ukraine.
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