Saint-Gobain Coating Solutions, Amherst, N.Y., announces the appointment of Tim Vitorino, a member of the ASM Thermal Spray Society, to the position of Product Manager for Thermal Spray Powders.
Continue readingITSC 2019 abstract: Deposition of silicon carbide based coatings using high velocity oxy-fuel spraying
Development of a new SiC-based powder has enabled the deposition of dense silicon carbide coatings using thermal spraying techniques for the first time.
Continue readingMetalysis announces Gen4 commercial production of titanium by Cambridge process
Metalysis, England, announces that the United Kingdom’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), part of the Ministry of Defence, has become a customer for its titanium powder through the Materials for Strategic Advantage research program.
Continue readingOerlikon acquires TeroLab Surface GmbH to expand portfolio of coating services
Oerlikon, Switzerland, announces that it has acquired TeroLab Surface GmbH to expand Oerlikon Metco’s coatings services by increasing market applications and service accessibility to customers.
Continue readingAmetek Land develops infrared spot pyrometer for galvannealed steel strip temperature
Ametek Land, England, has been selected as a finalist in the seventh annual S&P Global Platts Global Metals Awards in the “Breakthrough Solution of the Year” category for its innovative new Spot GS (galvannealed and galvanized strip), an advanced noncontact infrared spot pyrometer.
Continue readingSpray Tips: Selective galvanizing by cold spray
Cold spraying has been found to be a useful approach for the selective protection of localized areas that are the likely locations for corrosive attack, as shown in the diagram.
Continue readingLindberg MPH aluminum melting-holding furnace has melt rate of 3000 pounds/hour
Lindberg MPH, Riverside, Mich., announces that it has designed a melting and holding furnace with an aluminum melt rate of 3000 pounds per hour and the capacity to hold up to 40,000 pounds of aluminum.
Continue readingSeco Warwick CAB furnace enables auto parts maker to cut costs, control brazing quality
Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., has delivered and commissioned the first-ever vacuum purging semi-continuous Active Only CAB furnace for a North American automotive aftermarket manufacturer.
Continue readingAFC Holcroft integral quench batch furnace enables heat treater to expand production
AFC-Holcroft, Wixom, Mich., reports that Modern Heat Treat, Richland Hills, Texas, added several UBQ (Universal Batch Quench) furnaces and companion equipment to its installed base throughout the year in 2018, including equipment similar to that already in operation in its facility.
Continue readingNucor to invest $1.35 billion for new mill producing 1.2 million tons of steel plate per year
Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., announces that it will build its new state of the art steel plate mill in Brandenburg, Kentucky, located along the Ohio River southwest of Louisville.
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