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Oerlikon to acquire Laser Cladding Services

Oerlikon, Switzerland, has signed an agreement to acquire the business of Laser Cladding Services, Houston, Texas, which specializes in laser cladding applications for the energy industry.

One Minute Mentor: Atmospheres for Water-Hardening Tool Steel

Excellent results are obtained by austenitizing water-hardening tool steels in a slightly oxidizing atmosphere, as indicated by the data in the graph, obtained in tests on type W2.

Oxygen-free copper strip produced in continuous casting, rolling, and coiling process

Mansfelder, Kupfer, und Messing GmbH (MKM), Germany, has begun the production of high-purity, oxygen-free copper strip via Conti-M technology, which makes it possible to cast, hot-roll, mill, and coil copper strip in a continuous process.

Constellium to invest $20 million in new aluminum manufacturing facility in Georgia

Constellium N. V., Amsterdam, announces that it will construct a new 84,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Bartow County, Georgia, in response to growing demand for its automotive aluminum structures in North America.

Novelis opens heat treatment plant in Germany for aluminum automotive sheet

Novelis, Atlanta, has opened a state-of-the-art aluminum automotive heat treatment line in Nachterstedt, Germany, to serve European and global automotive aluminum sheet customers.

Can-Eng to design and build T-7 heat treat system for aluminum auto castings

Can-Eng Furnaces Intl. Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario, has been contracted by a large automotive supplier to design, manufacture, and commission an automated T-7 heat treatment system for high-integrity aluminum automotive structural castings.

One Minute Mentor: Austenitizing Water-Hardening Tool Steels

Austenitizing temperatures for water-hardening tool steels normally vary from 1400 to 1550°F. Higher temperatures are sometimes used for special purposes.

WPI team studies how cracks form in aircraft wings and fuselages

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Mass., announces that a research team will conduct comprehensive testing and characterization studies to understand and monitor how stress and fatigue cause microscopic damage in metal components.

Compact PlanarMet 300 grinder combines three grinding stages into one step

Buehler, an ITW Company, Lake Bluff, Ill., introduces the PlanarMet 300, a new compact benchtop planar grinder built for fast and efficient grinding with high flatness and maximum edge retention.

Low-pressure carbonitration developed for case hardening

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, reports that its engineers are now working on low-pressure carbonitration, a process for the case hardening of low-alloy steel with methylamine.