Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario, has been contracted to design, manufacture, and commission an automated system for the heat treatment of thin-walled high pressure diecast aluminum automotive structural components.
Continue readingSpray Tips: Temperature, Dwell Time, and Velocity in the Thermal Spray Jet
Temperature and velocity vary considerably within the jet, because of several factors. The most significant of these is the difference in temperature between the hot core of the jet and its relatively cold surrounding environment.
Continue readingMessage from the President: Thermal Spray of Suspensions & Solutions Symposium (TS4)
For the first time in North America, a special symposium dedicated to this emerging thermal spray process will bring together scientists and engineers from academia, national laboratories, and industry for a two-day information-exchange event.
Continue readingNanoSteel BLDRmetal powders for binder jet 3D printing make parts that resist wear
NanoSteel, Providence, R.I., introduces its first powders designed for the binder jet 3D printing of parts having three times the wear and impact resistance of an equivalently infiltrated 420 stainless steel.
Continue readingZircotec coatings protect Bloodhound land-speed record car from high temperatures
Zircotec Ltd., England, has provided its ThermoHold ceramic coating for the exhaust system and a zirconia-based coating for the composite front structure of the British Bloodhound, a car being designed to reach 1000 mph and break the land speed record.
Continue readingRIT chosen to lead university-industry consortium to advance additive manufacturing
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, N.Y., announces that it has been chosen to lead a consortium of universities and corporations in establishing a New York State Center for advanced technology in additive manufacturing and functional printing.
Continue readingMarket analysis predicts thermal spray coatings market to reach $12 billion by 2022
Grand View Research Inc., San Francisco, has published a thermal spray coating market analysis that predicts the market is expected to reach $12.29 billion by the year 2022.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Heat Treatment Applied to Tool Steels
After hot forming, tool steel usually is exposed to a heat treatment process done to produce a low-hardness condition.
Continue readingAutomotive expansion meets strong demand for aluminum vehicles
Alcoa Inc., New York, completed an expansion at its Tennessee facility dedicated to supplying aluminum sheet to the automotive industry.
Continue readingBoeing opens advanced R&D center for composite and fuselage manufacturing
Boeing, North Charleston, S.C., has opened a 104,000-sq. ft. Research & Technology-South Carolina center, to lead the company’s research and development efforts in advanced manufacturing of composite fuselage and propulsion systems.
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