Aichelin Holding GmbH, Austria., announces that Slovenian member company Bosio has successfully commissioned a 72 ft. pit furnace, a 72 ft. split type furnace, and a PLC controlled spray quenching unit of the same size for the heat treatment of turbine rotors with a length up to 52 ft. and a rotor weight up to 175 tons.
Continue readingFunctional coating for metals incorporates solid lubricants and platelet-shaped particles
Researchers at the INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Germany, announce a functional coating that lubricates without grease and protects against corrosion at the same time.
Continue readingSuspension plasma spray with ceramic nanoparticles may triple service life of aircraft engines
Researchers at University West in Sweden have developed a technology in which ceramic nanoparticles are suspended in a liquid and then plasma-sprayed.
Continue readingSelf-healing anti-corrosion coating designed for zinc-plated and galvanized steel
NEI Corp., Somerset, N.J. introduces Nanomyte TC?5001, a nanotechnology-enabled, single component, clear coating that significantly improves the corrosion resistance of zinc?plated and hot?dip galvanized steel.
Continue readingIndiana home to new jet engine assembly factory
GE Aviation, Cincinnati, will break ground on a new $100 million jet engine assembly facility in Lafayette, Indiana.
Continue readingSteel Rolling Holdings Inc. achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification
Steel Rolling Holdings Inc. (SRH), Gibraltar, Mich., a leading steel processing center specializing in cold rolling, annealing and tempering steel coils, achieved ISO 9001:2008 certification.
Continue readingMaterion adds martensitic nickel aluminum bronze bar to its product line
Materion Performance Alloys, Mayfield Heights, Ohio, has added nickel aluminum bronze (AMS 4881 C95520) continuous-cast hollow bars to its product line of high performance alloys.
Continue readingAichelin Group signs agreement with BSN to produce heat-treated press-hardened steel sheet
Aichelin Group, Austria, has signed a cooperation agreement and license contract with BSN Thermoprozesstechnik, Germany, to produce press-hardened steel sheet for the automotive market.
Continue reading10 kW direct-diode laser system delivers faster heat treating
Coherent Inc., Santa Clara, Calif., introduces the HighLight D-Series direct-diode laser system with higher power, which translates into increased throughput for applications in metal cladding and heat treating.
Continue readingIpsen reports increase in hot zone and retrofit orders
Ipsen USA, Cherry Valley, Ill. , reports that in the first quarter of 2014, its Engineered Components Group has seen a large increase in vacuum and atmosphere furnace hot-zone and retrofit orders compared to the same period in 2013.
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