Praxair to sell most European industrial gases businesses to enable merger with Linde
July 9, 2018 Source: ASM International
Praxair Inc., Danbury, Conn., in accordance with its proposed business combination with Linde AG, has signed an agreement to sell the majority of its businesses in Europe to Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres invests in 20-foot-long air furnace for tempering and age-hardening
July 6, 2018 Source: ASM International
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA, Hermitage, has invested in a new car-bottom air furnace that has a working zone 60 inches square by 240 inches long and will handle a workload up to 30,000 pounds.
Continue readingWalk-in oven can heat 8000 pounds of steel from 70 to 150°F in 180 minutes
Source: ASM International
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, Wis., has shipped a natural-gas-fired enhanced duty walk-in oven to a technology company for post-curing refractory materials.
Continue readingIpsen Titan vacuum furnace to heat treat cutter blades for Vietnam division of U.S. company
Source: ASM International
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., reports that Zenith Cutter, an Illinois manufacturing company, has purchased a Titan H6 vacuum furnace with two-bar gas quenching for its sister company Metkraft in Vietnam to process its industrial knives, cutter blades, and related accessories.
Continue readingMakers of construction materials invest in Seco Warwick fire-resistance test furnaces
Source: ASM International
Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., reports that manufacturers of construction materials have recently invested in fire-resistance test furnaces to guarantee compliance with the strictest standards and regulations.
Continue readingThyssenkrupp and Tata Steel merge in 50/50 joint venture to save ~$500 million/year
July 3, 2018 Source: ASM International
Thyssenkrupp, Germany, announces that it has agreed to the merger of its steelmaking business with India’s Tata Steel, making the merged firm Europe’s second biggest steelmaker.
Continue readingTerves nanostructured non-flammable magnesium alloys are comparable to Al 7000
July 2, 2018 Source: ASM International
Terves LLC, Euclid, Ohio, announces that it has been selected by the U.S. Army and Missile Defense Agency to continue development of novel high-strength, non-flammable, nanostructured magnesium alloys for light-weighting applications.
Continue readingSteel Dynamics to invest $140 million on new galvanizing line at Mississippi flat-roll plant
Source: ASM International
Steel Dynamics, Fort Wayne, Ind., announces plans to invest approximately $140 million to expand its offering of value-added flat-rolled steel products through the addition of a new galvanizing line at its plant in Columbus, Mississippi.
Continue readingArconic’s C6A1 aluminum alloy reduces door weight by 12 pounds in Jeep Wrangler
Source: ASM International
Arconic, New York, announces that it is supplying C6A1, a new proprietary and highly formable aluminum alloy, to FCA US LLC to shed weight and boost performance of its 2018 Jeep Wrangler.
Continue readingASM International Publishes New Handbook Dedicated to Nondestructive Evaluation
June 29, 2018 Source: ASM International
ASM International Publishes New Handbook Dedicated to Nondestructive Evaluation
Invaluable Guide to Nondestructive Evaluation Practice and Interpretation
MATERIALS PARK, OHIO— Nondestructive evaluation (NDE) is an area of science and technology that is increasingly important to the field of engineering. NDE is an interdisciplinary endeavor that brings together the expertise of materials science and metrology, along with the underlying physics for inspection methods, as well as statistics, computers, robotics, and software. The adoption of advanced manufacturing requires new metrology tools and methods to provide data for assessing new materials including powder metals (as used in additive manufacturing) and various composites.
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