After hot forming, tool steel usually is exposed to a heat treatment process done to produce a low-hardness condition.
Automotive expansion meets strong demand for aluminum vehicles
Alcoa Inc., New York, completed an expansion at its Tennessee facility dedicated to supplying aluminum sheet to the automotive industry.
New technique could make cement manufacturing carbon-neutral
Boeing opens advanced R&D center for composite and fuselage manufacturing
Boeing, North Charleston, S.C., has opened a 104,000-sq. ft. Research & Technology-South Carolina center, to lead the company’s research and development efforts in advanced manufacturing of composite fuselage and propulsion systems.
Nucor-Yamato to invest $75 million in quench and self-tempering heat treating process
Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., announces that Nucor-Yamato Steel Co., a joint venture between Nucor and Yamato Kogyo Co. Ltd., is installing a $75 million quench and self-tempering process system for its 1.4 million tons of Mill 2 rolling capacity in Blytheville, Arkansas.

