Ipsen USA, Cherry Valley, Ill., was recently awarded an order to supply a West Coast aerospace customer with four Titan H6 two-bar vacuum furnaces for heat treating additively manufactured parts in full-scale production.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Nitriding zones
Nitrogen diffused into the component during nitriding forms two zones: a compound layer and a diffusion zone.
Continue readingGKN Powder Metallurgy acquires Forecast 3D to expand markets and technologies
GKN Powder Metallurgy, London, the world’s largest producer of metal powder and parts, has acquired Forecast 3D, Carlsbad, Calif., a leading U.S. specialist in plastic additive manufacturing offering a full range of services from concept to series production.
Continue readingHigh-speed laser cladding enables higher efficiency, less material, and lower heat input
Engineers from Höganäs AB, Sweden, reported at the ITSC conference last May that laser cladding has been practiced for about 40 years, but did not reach a level of general acceptance in the industry until recently because other coating processes, such as PTA, thermal spray, and GMAW are well known and have a lower investment cost than lasers.
Continue readingCarpenter Technology invests $40 million to build Alabama additive manufacturing facility
Carpenter Technology, Philadelphia, announces the grand opening of its Emerging Technology Center (ETC), a 500,000-square-foot additive manufacturing facility containing true end-to-end capabilities in Athens, Alabama.
Continue readingSpray Tips: Rapid Tooling Repair
An important development in the area of rapid tooling involves the use of massive thermal spray deposits of steel over ceramic molds to form tooling used in sheet-metal forming.
Continue readingSandvik opens highly automated titanium powder plant for additive manufacturing
Sandvik AB, Sweden, has inaugurated its highly automated titanium powder plant in Sandviken, an important step in meeting the increasing market demands for titanium powder for additive manufacturing.
Continue readingCleveland-Cliffs, AK Steel join to form vertically integrated producer of iron and steel
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. and AK Steel Holding Corp. announce that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement in which Cliffs, North America’s largest producer of iron ore pellets, will join with AK Steel, a leading producer of innovative flat-rolled carbon, stainless, and electrical steel products.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres of Western PA constructs aluminum brazing and assembly room
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA, Hermitage, has completed construction of a new brazing and assembly room.
Continue readingEFD Sinac stationary induction heating system enables preheating in less than a second
EFD Induction Group, Norway, announces that a world-leading automotive supplier has bought a Sinac induction heating system for steel pump housing production.
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