Speaking at the White House Summit on Nuclear Energy physicist Christina Back of General Atomics highlighted the urgency of developing next-generation fast-gas reactors with new materials to enhance safety and ensure energy security.
Continue readingIpsen furnace enables California Brazing to increase aluminum brazing capacity
Ipsen USA, Cherry Valley, Ill., reports that California Brazing recently purchased its third vacuum aluminum brazing (VAB) furnace from Ipsen, to expand capacity and manufacture a variety of aluminum-brazed assemblies.
Continue readingNucor to acquire Gerdau’s cold-drawn steel bar assets in Ohio and Georgia
Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has agreed to acquire Gerdau Long Steel’s Bright Bar assets located in Orrville, Ohio, and Cartersville, Georgia, which manufacture cold-drawn steel bars and have a combined production capacity of 75,000 tons per year.
Continue readingAmbrell launches Ekoheat with VPA for improved induction processes
Ambrell, Scottsville, N.Y., has launched a line of Ekoheat products featuring Versatile Performance Architecture (VPA), which enables a product to integrate into manufacturing systems or to function as a stand-alone induction heating solution.
Continue readingAir Force selects Northrop Grumman to build new long-range bomber
The U.S. Air Force has selected Northrop Grumman Corp., Falls Church, Va., the company that developed the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, to deliver the new Long-Range Strike Bomber, which is also to be stealthy.
Continue readingTitanium strength and ductility grow when large grains are added to microstructure
A team from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences announces that titanium strength and ductility are both increased when large grains are added to an ultrafine-grain matrix.
Continue readingSpray Tips: Powder Flame Spray Gun
The diagram illustrates a typical powder flame spray gun.
Continue readingLockheed Martin closes acquisition of Sikorsky Aircraft
Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Md., has closed its acquisition of Sikorsky Aircraft, a world leader in military and commercial rotary-wing aircraft.
Continue readingOerlikon SinplexPro plasma spray gun allows standardizing coating parameters
Oerlikon Metco, Switzerland, offers its SinplexPro plasma spray gun, which brings the benefits of cascading arc technology to existing plasma spray systems, and allows applicators to standardize coating parameters across multiple spray systems.
Continue readingNontoxic aluminum electroplating process is based on ionic liquids
Engineers from the National Energy Technology Lab and Carnegie Mellon University, both of Pittsburgh, have developed an ionic liquid solvent that enables a more cost-efficient, environmentally responsible method of electrodepositing aluminum on steel.
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