Lindberg MPH, Riverside, Mich., announces that it recently shipped an electrically heated cyclone pit furnace to a steel heat treater for processing aircraft components.
Continue readingWisconsin Oven to hire workers in the skilled trades and engineering to match growth
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy., Wis., announces that, because of the opening of a new facility and record sales, it is hiring for a variety of positions in the skilled trades and engineering fields.
Continue readingUPC delivers endothermic gas generator for carburizing fasteners to Brazil manufacturer
United Process Controls (UPC), Milwaukee, Wis., reports that it has delivered an Atmosphere Engineering EndoFlex endothermic gas generator to Brazilian fastener maker Jomarca.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres invests $1.5 million for horizontal internal quench vacuum furnace
Solar Atmospheres Inc., Souderton, Pa., recently installed a state-of-the-art Solar Manufacturing horizontal internal quench vacuum furnace that is 74 inches in diameter by 72 inches deep at its Clearview Road facility.
Continue readingDevelopment of AF 1410 ultrahigh-strength steel
In the late 1970s, the U.S. Air Force sponsored development work for improved submarine hull steels. From this work, AF 1410 evolved as an ultrahigh-strength steel with particularly high fracture toughness. AF 1410 is typically manufactured via vacuum induction melting (VIM) followed by vacuum arc remelting (VAR) to achieve the required low levels of impurities.
Continue readingConstellium opens aluminum automotive structures plant in Mexico
Constellium N.V., Amsterdam, announces the grand opening of its new automotive structures plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, to supply aluminum crash management systems and structural components to automakers in Mexico.
Continue readingStratasys develops metal additive manufacturing platform for short-run applications
Stratasys, Minneapolis, announces the development of a new metal additive manufacturing platform that is designed to become a viable manufacturing technology to displace conventional methods for short-run manufacturing.
Continue readingBodycote to provide thermal spray coatings, electron beam welding, and HIP to Safran
Bodycote, U.K., announces that the company has entered into a long-term agreement with Safran, U.K., to provide manufacturing services such as thermal spray coatings, electron beam welding, hot isostatic pressing (HIP), and heat treatment to Safran aerospace companies and their key strategic first-tier suppliers.
Continue readingBoeing and Oerlikon collaborate to develop materials and processes for 3D printing
Oerlikon, Switzerland, and Boeing, Chicago, announce that they have signed a five-year collaboration agreement to develop standard materials and processes for metal-based additive manufacturing.
Continue readingHöganäs completes takeover of HC Starck’s SurfaceTechnology & Ceramic Powders unit
Höganäs AB, Sweden, reports that it has completed the take over of H.C. Starck’s Surface Technology & Ceramic Powders (STC) business.
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