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.
Carpenter 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.
Spray 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.
Sandvik 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.
Cleveland-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.