Solar Atmospheres of Western Pennsylvania recently invested in a new Haas ST-10 CNC lathe to support rapid growth in machining of test specimens within its mechanical testing department.
Continue readingNASA Glenn and Boeing partner to test shape memory alloys in airplane winglets
Researchers at NASA Glenn Research Laboratory, Cleveland, have partnered with Boeing to test how shape-memory alloys can be used in deployable vortex generators (VGs), the tiny fins on airplane wings that help control airflow during flight.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Carbonitriding
In addition to having many of the same benefits as carburizing, carbonitriding also has the added benefit of nitrogen diffused in the surface layer, which stabilizes retained austenite.
Continue readingNickel-titanium SMA developed for elastocaloric cooling via additive manufacturing
The Alliance for the Development of Additive Processing Technologies (ADAPT) at Colorado School of Mines announces that its scientists are part of an international research team that developed a new nickel-titanium elastocaloric cooling alloy that is highly efficient, eco-friendly, and easily scaled up.
Continue readingTenaris NKK Tubes develops corrosion-resistant grades of 13% Cr steel with 110 ksi strength
Shuji Hashizume of Tenaris NKK Tubes, Japan, discussed high-strength, low-carbon, 13% chromium martensitic stainless steels at MS&T 2019 in Portland, Oregon.
Continue readingFriction stir welding technique joins magnesium with carbon-fiber reinforced polymers
Engineers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, Wash., discussed a friction stir welding technique known as Friction Stir Interlocking in a presentation at MS&T 2019 in Portland, Oregon.
Continue readingATI to supply isothermal and hot-die forgings for GE Aviation commercial jet engines
Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, announces that it has reached agreement on multiple new long-term contracts with GE Aviation to supply isothermal and hot-die forgings used in the manufacture of commercial jet engines.
Continue readingSamuel Associated Tube Group to invest $29 million to build new facility in Alabama
Samuel Associated Tube Group, Birmingham, Ala., announces plans to build a new 284,000 square foot facility in Jefferson County to consolidate existing facilities and provide capacity for future growth.
Continue readingGasbarre to manufacture all thermal processing systems in Pennsylvania by 2020
Gasbarre Products Inc., DuBois, Pa., announces that by the end of 2019, all thermal processing systems will be manufactured in its 50,000 sq. ft. facility located in St. Mary’s, Pennsylvania.
Continue readingSolar designs furnace to process magnetic shielding materials for electronic devices
Solar Manufacturing Inc., Sellersville, Pa., announces that the MuShield Co. of Londonderry, New Hampshire, has commissioned Solar Manufacturing to design its first-ever vacuum furnace.
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