Sandvik acquires stake in Beam IT for its additive manufacturing capabilities
July 16, 2019
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Sandvik, Stockholm, announces that it has acquired a 30% stake in privately owned Italian company Beam IT, a leading provider of metal additive manufacturing (AM) services and advanced end-use components.
“The investment in Beam IT will complement our existing offer in Additive Manufacturing. It is also in line with Sandvik’s strategic ambition to become a leading solution provider for the wider component manufacturing industry,†says Lars Bergström, President of Sandvik Machining Solutions.
Beam IT is a trusted supplier of metal AM end-components to demanding industries, including automotive, energy and aerospace, and holds several relevant quality certifications to serve these industries. The company has more than 20 years of experience within Additive Manufacturing (AM) and has more than 20 Powder Bed Fusion printers installed.
“The AM sector is developing fast and there is a need for AM-specialist-partners with the advanced skills and resources required to help industrial customers develop and launch their AM programs. With this investment we provide our customers with the opportunity to access the complementary and combined power of Sandvik and Beam IT, says Kristian Egeberg, President of the Additive Manufacturing division in Sandvik.
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Sandvik, Stockholm, announces that it has acquired a 30% stake in privately owned Italian company Beam IT, a leading provider of metal additive manufacturing (AM) services and advanced end-use components.
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MS&T 2019 Symposium: Advanced High Strength Steels / From Design to End Users
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This Symposium will focus on recent achievements in Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS) development, from innovations in steel production and post-processing, to forming parts through various approaches and end-use applications.
Over the past decade, the steel industry has been making a sustained effort to fulfill the needs of modern technological progress for continuously growing demand for property enhancement. Many existing strategies are being pursued towards this goal; however, challenges still exist in AHSS utilization related to its formability for lightweighting applications such as body parts and components for automotive industry.
The aim of this Symposium is to foster interaction and communication between materials scientists, designers, and end users to share achievements in materials properties and performance of AHSS, bridging the gap between laboratory studies on small/subsize samples to those found from commercial sheet and stamped parts produced on an industrial scale.
Organizers: Alla V. Sergueeva, Daniel James Branagan, The NanoSteel Company
To see the list of 21 presentations scheduled for this symposium, visit
http://www.matscitech.org/MST19/TechnicalProgram
Click on “Technical Program†and scroll down to “Iron and Steel (Ferrous Alloys)â€
This Symposium will focus on recent achievements in Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS) development, from innovations in steel production and post-processing, to forming parts through various approaches and end-use applications.
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OECD says global steelmaking capacity could grow by as much as 5% by 2021
July 14, 2019
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris, reports that global steelmaking capacity declined slightly in 2018, but projects that are underway now or have been proposed could bring about more than 100 million metric tons of new capacity over the next three years.
In a new report on the world’s excess steelmaking capacity, the OECD said that nominal capacity stood at 2.23 billion metric tons at the end of 2018. While that represents a decline of about 0.3% over 2017 and follows an ongoing deceleration in capacity growth, capacity growth could speed back up. According to the OECD, 87.8 million tons of new capacity is being built now, and there are plans for an additional 22.4 million metric tons of capacity.
“Should these projects be realized, global steelmaking capacity could increase by approximately 4% to 5% between 2019 and 2021 in the absence of closures. In the context of global excess capacity, it will be important for policymakers to continue closely monitoring investments and closures that take place in the steel industry,†the OECD said. The biggest jump in capacity could occur in Asia, where 53.4 million metric tons of gross capacity additions are currently underway and 10 million metric tons are in the planning stages. Several capacity investments are also taking place in the Middle East region, where investment projects amounting to 25.1 million metric tons of capacity are currently underway, and due for completion in the next three years.
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris, reports that global steelmaking capacity declined slightly in 2018, but projects that are underway now or have been proposed could bring about more than 100 million metric tons of new capacity over the next three years.
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Seco Warwick develops augmented reality to enable users to view systems, processes
July 11, 2019
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Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., announces that it partnered with Microsoft to adapt its holographic computer systems, HoloLens, to metallurgical applications in the manufacturing environment. According to Seco, it is the first use of this technology by the heat treatment industry.
Called SecoLens, the company says that the augmented reality system can superimpose a 3D model of a specific piece of equipment or an entire technological line, enabling monitoring, diagnostics, maintenance, remote repair, and planning the most optimal layout of the production line on the plant floor. Seco/Lens can reportedly create a very accurate visualization of the system, permitting staff training on the operation of the equipment without the need for expensive and time-consuming travel.
The company also uses augmented reality technology to present its newest products, enabling users to see the furnace from every side – they interact with it by rotating, zooming in and out the 3D object.
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Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., announces that it partnered with Microsoft to adapt its holographic computer systems, HoloLens, to metallurgical applications in the manufacturing environment.
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Solar installs all-metal hot zone heat treating furnace for aerospace/medical alloys
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Solar Atmospheres, Souderton, Pa., recently installed another unique all-metal hot zone vacuum furnace at its facility in Souderton to increase its capacity for processing sensitive materials such as PH stainless, nickel-chrome-base superalloys, titanium, and ferritic and austenitic stainless steels. This is Solar’s third all-metal hot zone furnace installation for its climate-controlled room.
The unique placement of isolation valves, an all-metal moly/stainless steel hot zone, and a stainless steel chamber allows this furnace to attain the level of cleanliness mandated by the demanding aerospace and medical markets. The ability to achieve vacuum levels lower than 5 x 10-6 Torr produces clean, bright results without contamination. Additionally, this furnace incorporates Solar Manufacturing’s latest SolarVac Polaris HMI control system for complete process automation.
Accordong to Jamie Jones, President of Solar Atmospheres, “The increasing demands for cleanliness levels in critical aerospace and medical applications, and the growth in these markets, paved the way for Solar Atmospheres to add capacity through this investment.â€
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Solar Atmospheres, Souderton, Pa., recently installed another unique, all-metal hot zone vacuum furnace at its facility in Souderton to increase its capacity for processing sensitive materials such as PH stainless, nickel-chrome-base superalloys, titanium, and ferritic and austenitic stainless steels.
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Wisconsin Oven ships top-flow conveyor oven to cure CPIG on plastic housings for electronics
July 10, 2019
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Wisconsin Oven, East Troy, announces that it has shipped an electrically heated top-flow conveyor oven to a global machinery manufacturer for curing calcium phosphate invert glass-ceramic (CPIG) material on plastic housings for electronic components. The conveyor oven has a maximum oven operating temperature of 200°C and work chamber dimensions of 28 inches wide x 21 feet long x 9 inches high. The oven features a continuous chain-style conveyor system.
The oven has sufficient capacity to heat 1000 pounds of steel and 600 pounds of plastic per hour from 21 to 150°C. To maximize heating rates and temperature uniformity of the product, the oven features top-down airflow. It includes an 8600 CFM @ 10 HP recirculation blower, and a 400 CFM @ ½ HP exhaust blower. It includes a Digital Eurotherm 3504 temperature controller and Digital Watlow PM6L oven high-limit controller.
“This oven is a duplicate of a previous oven that this customer purchased for the same application, curing plastic housings for electronic components,†says Gary Hanson, Senior Application Engineer.
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Wisconsin Oven, East Troy, announces that it has shipped an electrically heated top-flow conveyor oven to a global machinery manufacturer for curing calcium phosphate invert glass-ceramic (CPIG) material on plastic housings for electronic components.
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EFD Induction’s Hardline Hybrid horizontal hardening system designed for bars, shafts
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EFD Induction, Madison Heights, Mich., offers the HardLine Hybrid horizontal heat treatment system, which is said to deliver short cycle times, reproducibility, and reliability for heat treating bars and shafts. It is designed to handle a wide range of workpiece types and dimensions, with lengths from 50 to 600 millimeters and diameters of 5 to 50 millimeters.
“The HardLine Hybrid essentially gives you two machines in one,†says Bogdan Cerchez, Director for Product Development IHM. “As a hybrid, it combines a pusher system – a so-called HP – and a continuous loading system – an HC – into a single machine.†The system is modular, so the same machine can be used as HC only, HP only, or have both HC and HP assemblies installed, essentially providing two functionalities in the same machine.
The high scanning speed and the quick loading and unloading systems of the HardLine Hybrid work together to ensure high throughput rates, and the machine can be fitted with various options to adapt to specific process requirements.
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EFD Induction, Madison Heights, Mich., offers the HardLine Hybrid horizontal heat treatment system, which is said to delivers short cycle times, reproducibility, and reliability for heat treating bars and shafts.
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ESA selects Siemens and Sonaca to develop additive manufacturing for aerospace parts
July 3, 2019
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Siemens Digital Industries Software, Plano, Texas, announces that it has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop metal additive manufacturing designs for aerospace structures. The applications will leverage Siemens' end-to-end software solution for industrial additive manufacturing, which combines generative engineering, topology optimization, predictive analytics, process simulation, build preparation, and production execution.
The two-year project, named Design4AM, is based on a strong collaboration between Siemens and the Sonaca Group, a Belgian company that specializes in aerospace structures. The project is to receive financial support from ESA and the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (Belspo).
Design4AM will leverage the Siemens Digital Innovation Platform with the support of Sonaca's experience in space applications, manufacturing features, material and process testing, and numerical methods for the validation of the chain. Siemens' NX software and Simcenter software enable engineers to explore a wide range of design concepts in an automated closed-loop process that takes into consideration engineering performance, manufacturing process, and operation cost requirements.
These tools can account for manufacturing constraints such as thermo-mechanical part distortion, the structural part orientation in the building chamber, and the design of supporting structures. The integrated software environment can shorten the part conceptual design and optimization process, helping enable higher performance structures to be manufactured.
"The Siemens and Sonaca partnership combines the power of a leading additive manufacturing software solution with the expertise from a leading aerospace manufacturer," said Pedro Romero Fernandez, Sonaca General Manager Space BU. "With our deep aerospace knowledge and Siemens' software technologies, engineers will be able to explore hundreds of design options in a fraction of the normal time. Then we will virtually test them against a variety of physical conditions to arrive at the best design to 3D print correctly the first time."
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Siemens Digital Industries Software, Plano, Texas, announces that it has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop metal additive manufacturing designs for aerospace structures.
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Sciaky to partner with Albert & Duval and Airbus for 3D printing of titanium aircraft parts
July 2, 2019
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Sciaky Inc., Chicago, announces that it has entered into a research and development initiative to couple high-powered closed-die forging with Sciaky’s electron beam additive manufacturing (EBAM) to develop new processes for producing titanium alloy aircraft parts.
Sciaky will partner with Aubert & Duval and Airbus, driven by the Saint Exupéry Institute for Research in Technology (IRT). The Production Engineering laboratory of the National School of Engineering in Tarbes, France, will serve as an academic partner for this project, also known as the Metallic Advanced Materials for Aeronautics (MAMA) project.
In this first phase, the project has a global funding of just under $4.8 million, of which 50% is supported by the French State as part of the “Investing in the Future†program (PIA - Programme Investissement d’Avenir). The other 50% is funded by its industrial partners.
As the most widely scalable metal additive manufacturing solution in the industry (in terms of work envelope), Sciaky’s EBAM systems can produce parts ranging from 8 inches to 19 feet in length. EBAM is also the fastest deposition process in the metal additive manufacturing market, with gross deposition rates up to 25 pounds of metal per hour.
EBAM brings quality and control together with IRISS – the Interlayer Real-time Imaging and Sensing System, which is the only real-time adaptive control system in the metal 3D printing market that can sense and digitally self-adjust metal deposition with precision and repeatability. This innovative closed-loop control is the primary reason that Sciaky’s EBAM 3D printing process delivers consistent part geometry, mechanical properties, microstructure, and metal chemistry, from the first part to the last.
Aubert & Duval, a subsidiary of the Alloys division of the Eramet group, is a metallurgy expert company and one of the world leaders in high-performance steels, superalloys, titanium, and aluminum. Aubert & Duval designs and develops advanced metallurgical solutions in the form of closed-die-forged and forged parts, long products, and metal powders for projects in the most demanding industries: aeronautics, energy, defense, nuclear, and medical.
The Technological Research Institute (IRT) Saint Exupéry, is an accelerator of science, technological research, and tech transfer to the aeronautics, space, and embedded systems industries for the development of innovative solutions that are safe, robust, certifiable, and sustainable.
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Sciaky Inc., Chicago, announces that it has entered into a research and development initiative to couple high-powered closed die forging with Sciaky’s electron beam additive manufacturing (EBAM) to develop new processes for manufacturing titanium alloy aircraft parts.
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Linde to supply ExxonMobil with integrated manufacturing complex in Singapore
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The Linde Group, Munich, announces that it has signed a long-term agreement with ExxonMobil Asia Pacific to support the latest multi-billion dollar expansion of the company's integrated manufacturing complex in Singapore. This will be the single largest sale of gas contract in the history of the newly merged Linde and of its legacy companies.
Linde will invest $1.4 billion to expand its existing gasification complex at Jurong Island, integrating it with ExxonMobil's project to produce and supply additional hydrogen and synthesis gas. The project will include building and operating four additional gasifiers and a 1200 metric-ton-per-day air separation plant, as well as Linde's proprietary downstream gas processing units and sulfur recovery plants. Linde's gasification complex will produce and supply hydrogen and synthesis gas to ExxonMobil by upgrading the heavy residue feedstock from its new facilities.
Linde will also invest in a dedicated set of pipelines for the transfer of feedstocks and products between ExxonMobil and Linde facilities. Upon completion, the investment will also supply hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and synthesis gas to other customers on Jurong Island and quadruple Linde's present capacity.
Linde's Engineering division will design and build the new facility. Construction is expected to start in the second half of 2019, with start-up anticipated in 2023.
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The Linde Group, Munich, announces that it has signed a long-term agreement with ExxonMobil Asia Pacific to support the latest multi-billion dollar expansion of the company’s integrated manufacturing complex in Singapore.
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