Optomec, Albuquerque, N.M., announces that the company has been awarded $4 million from AmericaMakes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute.
Continue readingVac Aero announces two HVOF systems based on carbide jets installed in Poland
Vac Aero, Quebec, announces that fully integrated high velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF) systems based on a new generation Carbide Jet System have been installed in two of its plants in Poland.
Continue readingCorex tungsten chromium carbide thermal spray coating optimizes cylinder durability
Apex Hydraulics, U.K., has developed a Corex tungsten chromium carbide thermal spray coating that provides hardness up to 1400 HV and bond strength of about 10,000 psi.
Continue reading25th AeroMat Conference Features Tuskegee Airman
The 25th AeroMat Conference and Exposition, held June 16-19 in Orlando, Fla., featured a theme of “the latest word in aerospace materials.”
Continue readingMGI strategic plan released for public comment
The National Science and Technology Council’s subcommittee on the MGI released for public comment a draft of its first strategic plan, to serve as a roadmap for Federal agencies as they execute on the initiative vision going forward.
Continue readingAlcoa to expand investment casting of superalloy jet engine blades
Alcoa, Pittsburgh, announces that it is investing $25 million at its Alcoa Power and Propulsion facility in Hampton, Virginia, to scale up its enhanced equiax investment casting technology.
Continue readingVac Aero vacuum furnace with six-bar argon-nitrogen quench system shipped to aerospace manufacturer
Vac Aero International Inc., Burlington, Ontario, announces that it has shipped a VAV 7260 HV-6 vertical bottom loading vacuum furnace with a work chamber 72 in. diameter by 60 in. high to an aerospace manufacturer.
Continue readingSeco-Warwick presents “Low-Pressure Carburizing of Pyrowear Alloy 53” at AeroMat 25
Engineers from Seco-Warwick, Poland, discussed a low-pressure-carburizing simulator dedicated to Pyrowear Alloy 53 at AeroMat 25.
Continue readingSandvik hyper-duplex stainless steel tube extends heat exchanger tube life by 2 to 15 years
Sandvik Materials Technology, Sweden, reports that a major Caribbean producer of furfural, an organic compound derived from agricultural byproducts, chose to replace the existing tube in its heat exchangers with hyper-duplex stainless steel by Sandvik.
Continue readingMTS buys Roehrig Engineering for its electromagnetic actuation technology
MTS Systems Corp., Eden Prairie, Minn., announces that it has acquired 100% of the shares of Roehrig Engineering Inc., Lexington, N.C., the leader in testing systems utilizing electric and electromagnetic actuation technology.
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