The Society for Protective Coatings, the American Welding Society, and NACE International announce a public review period for its proposed Joint Standard/Standard Practice, “Specification for the Application of Thermal Spray Coatings (Metallizing) of Aluminum, Zinc, and Their Alloys and Composites for the Corrosion Protection of Steel.”
Continue readingBuehler introduces programmable AutoMet grinder-polishers with intuitive touch screen
Buehler, an ITW company, Lake Bluff, Ill., introduces the AutoMet family, semi-automatic grinder-polishers with advanced programming features such as method storage and z-axis material removal to ensure consistent results regardless of operator.
Continue readingJSW USA restarts electric arc furnace, casts steel slab in Ohio steel mill closed for ten years
JSW USA, Baytown, Texas, announces that it has restarted the electric arc furnace at its mill in Mingo Junction, Ohio, casting the first steel slab on December 14 after being closed for 3545 days.
Continue readingAdvantest develops test capabilities for 5G medical devices, mobile electronics
Advantest Corp., Tokyo, has developed advanced test solutions that enable 5G connectivity for such diverse applications as mobile electronics, medical devices, automotive systems, retail business, and big data.
Continue readingFord’s $45 million Advanced Manufacturing Center has 23 additive manufacturing machines
Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich., announces that it has opened an Advanced Manufacturing Center dedicated to developing advanced technologies for improving the company’s approach to building cars and trucks.
Continue readingTriumph to manufacture fuselage frames for Gulfstream aircraft via stretch forming
Triumph Group, Inc., Berwyn, Pa., announces the selection of its Aerospace Structures business by Gulfstream to manufacture a new order of fuselage frames for the Gulfstream G500 and G600 aircraft via stretch forming
Continue readingMassive precipitation of nanoscale AlTi particles strengthens multiple-metal alloy
City University of Hong Kong (CityU) researchers report that they have developed a novel strategy to design new high-strength alloys that are also ductile and flexible by causing massive precipitation of nanoscale particles.
Continue readingGE Additive company to offer aluminum alloy F357 powder for aerospace and automotive
AP&C, a GE Additive company located in Saint-Eustache, Canada, announces that it will begin production of aluminum alloy F357 powder to meet increased demand from aerospace and automotive sectors in Q1 2019.
Continue readingPowder coating conveyor oven preheats and coats steel couplings for oil and gas equipment
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, Wis., has delivered a natural-gas-fired conveyor oven to a supplier of the oil and gas industry for the preheating and powder coating of steel couplings.
Continue readingOerlikon Balzers receives Airbus Qualified Supplier status for its Balinit WC/C coating
Oerlikon Balzers, Switzerland, announces that it has received Qualified Supplier status from Airbus for its two customer centers in Great Britain and France for copper-alloy substrate coatings using Balinit C, a tungsten carbide/carbon coating.
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