Bodycote opens new facility for Kolsterising and other stainless steel surface treatments
March 24, 2018 Source: ASM International
Bodycote, England, announces the grand opening of its newest facility for specialty stainless steel processes (S³P), surface treatments that reportedly increase mechanical and wear properties in stainless steel without adversely affecting corrosion resistance.
Continue readingATI to invest $95 million to expand isothermal forging, heat treating of nickel-base parts
March 23, 2018 Source: ASM International
Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, announces that its board of directors has approved an investment to expand its isothermal forging and heat treating capacities to satisfy growing demand from the aerospace jet engine market.
Continue readingLindberg MPH ships electrically heated cyclone pit furnace to steel heat treater
March 16, 2018 Source: ASM International
Lindberg MPH, Riverside, Mich., announces that it recently shipped an electrically heated cyclone pit furnace to a steel heat treater for processing aircraft components.
Continue readingDevelopment of AF 1410 ultrahigh-strength steel
March 13, 2018 Source: ASM International
In the late 1970s, the U.S. Air Force sponsored development work for improved submarine hull steels. From this work, AF 1410 evolved as an ultrahigh-strength steel with particularly high fracture toughness. AF 1410 is typically manufactured via vacuum induction melting (VIM) followed by vacuum arc remelting (VAR) to achieve the required low levels of impurities.
Continue readingStratasys develops metal additive manufacturing platform for short-run applications
March 5, 2018 Source: ASM International
Stratasys, Minneapolis, announces the development of a new metal additive manufacturing platform that is designed to become a viable manufacturing technology to displace conventional methods for short-run manufacturing.
Continue readingBodycote to provide thermal spray coatings, electron beam welding, and HIP to Safran
Source: ASM International
Bodycote, U.K., announces that the company has entered into a long-term agreement with Safran, U.K., to provide manufacturing services such as thermal spray coatings, electron beam welding, hot isostatic pressing (HIP), and heat treatment to Safran aerospace companies and their key strategic first-tier suppliers.
Continue readingBoeing and Oerlikon collaborate to develop materials and processes for 3D printing
Source: ASM International
Oerlikon, Switzerland, and Boeing, Chicago, announce that they have signed a five-year collaboration agreement to develop standard materials and processes for metal-based additive manufacturing.
Continue readingSolar Manufacturing designs furnaces for processing repaired aerospace engine parts
Source: ASM International
Solar Manufacturing, Souderton, Pa., reports that it has shipped two vacuum furnaces to an aviation engine repair services facility located in the western region of the United States.
Continue readingSifco achieves Nadcap Metallic Materials Manufacturing certification for forgings
February 4, 2018 Source: ASM International
Sifco Industries Inc., Cleveland, has become the first United States forging manufacturer to obtain Nadcap Metallic Materials Manufacturing certification (MMM).
Continue readingBodycote to install Nadcap-capable “Mega HIP” high-pressure unit in Belgium
January 28, 2018 Source: ASM International
Bodycote, England, announces that its hot isostatic pressing (HIP) facility at Sint Niklaas, Belgium, is awaiting delivery of a new “Mega-HIP” unit, a high-pressure, high-temperature unit that is Nadcap capable.
Continue reading