Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., reports that its Board of Directors has approved an investment of $650 million to expand the production capability of Nucor Steel Gallatin, the company’s flat-rolled sheet steel mill in Ghent, Kentucky.
Continue readingSpecialty Steel Works invests in advanced process technologies at its Indiana bar plant
Specialty Steel Works Inc., Hammond, Ind., announces a multimillion dollar investment in new high-performance equipment and infrastructure at its Niagara LaSalle Corporation Cold Finish Steel facility in Hammond.
Continue readingAichelin to deliver 80-meter cast link belt furnace to Swedish fastener manufacturer
Aichelin, Austria, reports that Swedish fastener manufacturer Bulten has commissioned a cast link belt furnace system for the refinement of high-strength-steel screws and nuts.
Continue readingStratasys 3D printer cuts time for assembly tool production from weeks to hours
Stratasys, Minneapolis, reports that GKN Aerospace has been able to reduce production time for assembly tools from several weeks to a few hours since integrating Stratasys additive manufacturing machines into its Filton manufacturing site in the United Kingdom.
Continue readingMetalysis powers up industrial-scale plant for solid-state production of metal powders
Metalysis, England, is powering up the world’s first commercial plant based on solid-state production (Cambridge process) of metal alloy powders at its Materials Manufacturing Centre in Wath upon Dearne, South Yorkshire.
Continue readingAbstract from 2018 MS&T Conference, Microalloyed Steels Symposium: Development of Hot Rolled Ultra High Strength Steel with Enhanced Mechanical Properties
Hot-rolled ultra-high strength steel with a gauge range of 3-10mm (0.118 – 0.395 inch) was developed using conventional slab caster and hot strip mill technology at Stelco Inc. to meet standard industry specifications along with additional unique customer requirements.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Overaged maraging steels
Great effort has been devoted to examining the properties of overaged maraging steels.
Continue readingWisconsin Oven ships steel tempering conveyor oven to tool manufacturer
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, announces the shipment of an electrically heated standard two zone conveyor oven to a tool and equipment manufacturer.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres facilities certified to high aerospace, defense, medical standards
Solar Atmospheres, Souderton, Pa., announces that all four of its facilities have recently obtained certifications to AS9100 Revision D and ISO9001:2015, the most demanding international standards required of suppliers to the aviation, space, defense, and medical industries.
Continue readingConstellium signs multi-year contract with Boeing for advanced aerospace aluminum
Constellium N.V., Amsterdam, announces that it has signed a multi-year agreement with the Boeing Company to support its leading commercial airplane programs.
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