Vac Aero, Burlington, Ontario, has sold a VAV6648 HV-2 vertical vacuum furnace to an international airline company.
Continue readingReptile skin patterns etched on steel parts reduce friction by 40%
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, have succeeded in reducing friction on steel parts by as much as 40% by etching surface patterns resembling those on the skin of reptiles.
Continue readingRTI to supply finished titanium structural parts to Airbus
RTI International Metals Inc., Pittsburgh, announces that it has been selected to provide finished titanium structural parts to Airbus for its new A350-1000 aircraft program.
Continue readingSinterite humpback brazing furnace enables copper brazing of stainless steel
Sinterite, a Gasbarre Furnace Group Company, St. Marys, Pa., announces the recent installation of a 12-zone continuous belt humpback brazing furnace, the third furnace supplied by Gasbarre Furnace Group to the customer in the past three years.
Continue readingHydrogen bell furnace increases coil-annealing capacity of company in India
Seco-Warwick Allied Pvt. Ltd., India, has commissioned the installation of hydrogen bell-type annealing furnace comprising two annealing bases for cold-rolled strip coils at Ahmedabad Strips Pvt. Ltd. (ASPL), India.
Continue readingSplit-Zone Oxidation oven cuts cost of carbon fiber production
Despatch Industries, Minneapolis, Minn., reports that it has developed a Split-Zone Oxidation oven with Novariance Technology that can significantly reduce oxidation cycle time for carbon fibers.
Continue readingThermal Technology returns to private ownership
Thermal Technology LLC, Santa Rosa, Calif., returned to private ownership on July 1.
Continue readingLIFT project focuses on iron alloys in thin-wall castings
Grede will work with Michigan Technological University, others to bring thin-wall ductile iron castings to high-volume production.
Continue readingUltra 76 Plus tantalum alloy resists corrosion in hot concentrated acids
H.C. Starck, Newton, Mass., introduces the Ultra 76 Plus tantalum alloy, which is designed to combat aggressive hazardous-chemical corrosion in hot concentrated acids.
Continue readingAjax Tocco PowerForge billet heater integrates entire induction heating system
Ajax Tocco Magnethermic, Wickliffe, Ohio, recently shipped a 1300 kW PowerForge billet heating system to Bonney Forge Corp., Mt. Union, Pa.
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