Solar Atmospheres of California, Fontana, announces that it has been awarded Nadcap 24-month Merit status for Heat Treating, which means that instead of having its next Nadcap audit in eighteen months, it has been granted an accreditation that lasts until July 31, 2018.
Continue readingChromium-aluminum PVD coating protects jet engine compressor vanes and seals
Wallwork Heat Treating Co., England, has developed Nitron CA, a PVD vacuum process in which a material comprised of chromium and aluminum bound with nitrogen is deposited on complex surfaces.
Continue readingNorsk Titanium to build 3D printed parts for aerospace and deliver RPD machines to New York
Norsk Titanium, Norway, recently announced agreements with Mecachrome, Thales, Boeing, and the state of New York regarding its Rapid Plasma Deposition (RPD) additive manufacturing process. Norsk says that these titanium parts have strengths equivalent to those of forgings, but at lower cost and shorter design-to-market times.
Continue readingAlcoa’s new facility to produce titanium, nickel, aluminum powders for 3D printing
Alcoa, Pittsburgh, has committed to 3D printing technology with the opening of a new powder atomization building at the Alcoa Technology Center in New Kensington, Pa.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Annealing of Austenitic and Duplex Stainless Steels
The lower carbon content in an austenitic stainless steel slows the kinetics of carbide precipitation.
Continue readingAMG Titanium Alloys to supply titanium aluminides for PW1100G-JM engine
AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V, Amsterdam, announces that AMG Titanium Alloys and Coatings (AMG TAC) has been selected by MTU Aero Engines to provide titanium aluminides for the production of the Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1100G-JM engine.
Continue readingLaser profile scanner evaluates high-strength steel welds during welding process
The Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm announces that its researchers have developed a quality assurance method for welds in high-strength steel in which a laser profile scanner assesses the welded surface and measures the quality of the weld.
Continue readingNew graphite board insulation enables more thermally efficient furnace hot zone
Solar Manufacturing, Souderton, Pa., announces that it has been cooperating for the past year with Graphite Machining Inc., Topton, Pa., on the development and testing of a new graphite board material and its application in vacuum furnace hot zones.
Continue readingBuehler upgrades Wilson DiaMet hardness testing software
Buehler, Lake Bluff, Ill., announces that it has extensively upgraded its Wilson DiaMet hardness testing software with features designed to facilitate and accelerate specific applications, such as the documentation of the hardness distribution in welds, or the depth of hardening in induction-hardened workpieces or in objects hardened with conventional processes.
Continue readingHardness testers feature high accuracy and deadweight loads from 10 g to 2 kg
Buehler, Lake Bluff, Ill., introduces two universal hardness testers: the Wilson VH1102 and VH1202, both equipped with the extensively upgraded version of its DiaMet software.
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