Saint-Gobain Coating Solutions, Worcester, Mass., introduces its ID Gun equipment, which produces high-performance wear resistant coatings inside long pipes, tubes, and sleeves with diameters greater than six inches.
Continue readingOerlikon expands presence in South Korea
The Surface Solutions Segment of the Oerlikon Group, Switzerland, announces that Oerlikon Metco will cover the Korean market directly by taking over Metco Business, its previous distribution partner.
Continue readingHöganäs introduces 17-4 PH steel powder for its Digital Metal 3D printing technology
Höganäs, Sweden, extends its 3D printing capability by introducing high-performance 17-4 PH stainless steel for its Digital Metal printing technology.
Continue reading3D-printed metal aircraft parts
Alcoa, Pittsburgh, entered into an agreement with Airbus, France, to supply 3D-printed metal parts for commercial aircraft.
Continue readingConveyor oven maximizes uniform adhesive cure on aluminum
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, has shipped a natural-gas-fired three-zone curing conveyor oven to a leader in metal fabrication to cure a solvent-based adhesive that will be printed on a continuous corrugated aluminum web.
Continue readingContinuous roller hearth system heat treats aluminum automotive castings
Consolidated Engineering Company (CEC), Kennesaw, Ga., has received a purchase order for a continuous roller hearth T6 system with a water quench and age oven for the heat treatment of cast aluminum knuckles and other automotive castings.
Continue readingVertiQuench technology optimizes heat treatment for aluminum tubes
Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., exhibited its VertiQuench aluminum solution heat treatment furnaces and aging systems at Tube 2016 in Dusseldorf.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Tempering Temperature and Corrosion Properties
The graph shows the corrosion resistance of martensitic stainless steels with high hardness. It compares nitrogen alloyed grade (M340 = AISI 440Mod) with the standard grade AISI 440C.
Continue readingSolar Manufacturing partners with Refrac Systems for GFQVHP system
Refrac Systems, Chandler, Ariz., has contracted with Solar Manufacturing, Souderton, Pa., and Beckwood Press & Machinery/Triform, Saint Louis, to help design and build a large 100-ton-load gas fan quench vacuum hot press (GFQVHP) system for its aerospace diffusion bonding operation.
Continue readingComposite foams of steel spheres embedded in aluminum insulate against heat
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, reports that novel lightweight composite metal foams made of materials such as steel spheres embedded in aluminum are more effective at insulating against heat than solid conventional metals such as steel.
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