Ipsen USA, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces the transition of Andrew Yazot from International Sales Manager to Midwest Regional Sales Owner, where he will cover nine states in the Midwest.
Continue readingCummins invests in GE’s Binder Jet additive manufacturing technology to reduce costs
Cummins Inc., Columbus, Indiana, is set to expand its additive manufacturing capabilities by implementing GE Additive’s high-precision Binder Jetting AM technology, initially focusing on low-volume parts as engineers investigate the best way to use AM in higher-volume manufacturing.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres facility to install 12-foot vacuum furnace to process titanium
Solar Atmospheres, Greenville, S.C., announces that it has ordered a new 12-foot car-bottom vacuum furnace with advanced pumping system and rapid cooling capability manufactured by sister company Solar Manufacturing, Hermitage, Pa.
Continue readingNitrex installs nitrocarburizing system for treating aluminum profiles and extrusions
Nitrex Metal, St. Laurent, Canada, announces that it has delivered and installed a Nitrex nitrocarburizing system for a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility on a greenfield site in northwestern Romania for the Swiss corporation Alu Menziken Extrusion AG, a manufacturer of aluminum profiles and complex extrusion press products.
Continue readingPaulo acquires HIP to combine heat treating and hot isostatic pressing of 3D printed products
Paulo Heat Treating, Willoughby, Ohio, will add hot isostatic pressing to its thermal processing services with the acquisition of a hot isostatic press from Quintus Technologies.
Continue readingAjax Tocco induction heat treating lines process upset tubing at 15 to 20 tons per hour
Ajax Tocco Magnethermic, Warren, Ohio, announces the delivery of two large induction heat-treating quench and temper lines to facilities in the United States that process upset tubing inline.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Austenitizing Temperature and Time
As austenitizing temperature increases, so does the matrix carbon content; the actual matrix carbon content depends in a complex way on the alloy elements present, their amounts, and their locations (segregation) within the matrix.
Continue readingToyota selects Novelis as supplier for 2019 RAV4 aluminum body sheet
Novelis Aluminum, Atlanta, announces that it has been selected by Toyota Motor Corp. to supply premium aluminum automotive body sheet for the all-new 2019 Toyota RAV4, Toyota’s number-one-selling vehicle and the best-selling non-pickup truck in the country.
Continue readingHRL Labs commercializes 3D-printable high-strength aluminum alloy
HRL Laboratories LLC, Malibu, Calif., is commercializing its additively manufactured (3D-printed) high-strength aluminum, which has obtained the first ever registration of an additive alloy from the Aluminum Association.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Hardness of normalized ductile iron tempered at various temperatures
The normalizing temperature for ductile iron is usually between 870° and 940°C (1600° and 1725°F).
Continue reading