TenCate Advanced Composites North America, Fairfield, Ca., developed a heat resistant composite for the heat shield and backshell structure of the Lockheed Martin Orion multi-purpose crew vehicle.
Tungsten-chromium-iron PM alloy has hardness of 21 GPa
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, announces that researchers have developed a tungsten-chromium-iron powder metallurgy alloy that could replace depleted uranium in armor-piercing projectiles.
3D printer builds first object in space
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., announces that an object has been additively manufactured in space for the first time.
Seco Warwick supplies vacuum furnace to Wisconsin heat treating company
Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., announces that it has sold a standard Vector 2 bar vacuum furnace to Service Heat Treating, Milwaukee, a provider of case hardening and vacuum processing of medium to large production runs.
CHTE project tests induction tempering versus furnace tempering
The Center for Heat Treating Excellence, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Mass., is working on a research project to test the benefits and limitations of induction tempering versus furnace tempering.