Ipsen Titan vacuum furnace heat treats aerospace components at Stack Metallurgical
January 20, 2020 Source: ASM International
Ipsen USA, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that it has installed a Titan vacuum furnace at Stack Metallurgical Group’s location in Spokane Valley, Washington, to process critical aerospace components.
Continue readingSandvik acquires U.S. companies Thermaltek Inc. and Melin Tool in January
January 9, 2020 Source: ASM International
Sandvik AB, Sweden, announces that in January it acquired privately owned Thermaltek Inc., a manufacturer of high temperature furnace systems and metallic heating elements headquartered in North Carolina; and Melin Tool Company, a manufacturer of solid carbide tools in Cleveland.
Continue readingNASA Glenn and Boeing partner to test shape memory alloys in airplane winglets
January 3, 2020 Source: ASM International
Researchers at NASA Glenn Research Laboratory, Cleveland, have partnered with Boeing to test how shape-memory alloys can be used in deployable vortex generators (VGs), the tiny fins on airplane wings that help control airflow during flight.
Continue readingATI to supply isothermal and hot-die forgings for GE Aviation commercial jet engines
December 19, 2019 Source: ASM International
Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, announces that it has reached agreement on multiple new long-term contracts with GE Aviation to supply isothermal and hot-die forgings used in the manufacture of commercial jet engines.
Continue readingIpsen supplies four vacuum furnaces for aerospace additive manufacturing production
December 9, 2019 Source: ASM International
Ipsen USA, Cherry Valley, Ill., was recently awarded an order to supply a West Coast aerospace customer with four Titan H6 two-bar vacuum furnaces for heat treating additively manufactured parts in full-scale production.
Continue readingCarpenter Technology invests $40 million to build Alabama additive manufacturing facility
December 6, 2019 Source: ASM International
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.
Continue readingSandvik opens highly automated titanium powder plant for additive manufacturing
December 5, 2019 Source: ASM International
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.
Continue readingATI signs agreement to supply materials for manufacture of nuclear reactor components
October 23, 2019 Source: ASM International
Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, announces that it has signed a new long-term agreement with BWX Technologies Inc., Lynchburg, Va., to supply materials used in the manufacture of naval nuclear reactor components.
Continue readingSteel composite foam infused with epoxy resin outperforms aluminum in aircraft wings
Source: ASM International
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, announces that its researchers have developed a combination of steel composite foam (CMF) and epoxy resin that meet requirements for airplane wing leading edges better than the aluminum currently in widespread use.
Continue readingWisconsin Oven Ferris wheel batch oven contains 20 rotating spindles for part rotation
September 19, 2019 Source:
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, announces that it has built an electrically heated heavy duty Ferris wheel batch oven for a manufacturer in the aerospace industry to cure epoxy resins and varnishes on assorted aerospace parts.
"The Ferris wheel inside the oven chamber will run continuously to process the product load," says Tom Trueman, Senior Applications Engineer. "It is 34 inches in diameter and contains twenty rotating spindles for part rotation."
The design capacity of the Ferris wheel batch oven, when the configuration of the workload is such that it is capable of absorbing the heat, has sufficient capability to heat 200 pounds of product to a specified temperature range within two hours. The body of the oven is constructed with Wisconsin Oven’s patented, high efficiency panel seams. This includes a 20-gauge carbon steel exterior and a 20-gauge aluminized steel interior.
The maximum operating temperature is 500°F, and the work chamber dimensions are 3.3 x 3.5 X 3.5 feet. The furnace is heated by Incoloy-sheathed tubular heating elements for a total of 72 kW.
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, announces that it has built an electrically heated heavy duty Ferris wheel batch oven for a manufacturer in the aerospace industry to cure epoxy resins and varnishes on assorted aerospace parts.
Continue reading