Oerlikon’s new state-of-the-art laser cladding center is operational
January 16, 2022 Source: ASM International
Oerlikon Metco Coating Services, NC, has announced that the company’s new laser cladding service center is fully operational in Huntersville, NC, a suburb of Charlotte NC.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres adds furnace to reclaim titanium and tantalum
Source: ASM International
Solar Atmospheres, Souderton, Pa., has commissioned a new high-production vacuum furnace thereby doubling hydriding and de-hydriding capacity in the reclamation process of high-value titanium and tantalum materials.
Continue readingNanoAL receives stage 1 CABLE prize from U.S. Department of Energy
November 29, 2021 Source: ASM International
NanoAL LLC, Ashland, Mass., has announced that it has been awarded a 2021 Stage 1 Award from the U.S. Department of Energy for the “Conductivity-enhanced materials for Affordable, Breakthrough Leapfrog Electric applications” (CABLE) program.
Continue readingSECO/WARWICK to deliver furnace for hardening aviation steel
Source: ASM International
SECO/WARWICK , Meadville, Pa., will deliver a Vector vacuum furnace to one of the largest European machinery groups. The device will be used for hardening and tempering processes, and its design has been customized in order to meet the needs of a special and demanding process which is the hardening of aviation steel.
Continue readingHigh temp high-vacuum brazing furnaces for precision heat treating
November 26, 2021 Source: ASM International
Centorr Vacuum industries, Nashua, NH, has announced that they are building six high-temperature high-vacuum furnaces for precision heat treating, brazing, and annealing applications. The furnaces are from their Workhorse product line.
Continue readingElvial purchases a second furnace from Nitrex
Source: ASM International
Nitrex Metal, Canada, has sold a second NX-815 E furnace to Elvial, one of the largest aluminum extrusion companies in Greece. This will help ELVIAL meet the needs created by their plant expansion and to increase their manufacturing capacity.
Continue readingCryoforging titanium to improve ductility
November 3, 2021 Source: ASM International
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif., has discovered a new and practical path toward manufacturing titanium with high ductile strength. The technique relies on low-temperature cryoforging to create nanotwinned titanium, which has 30% more ductility than normal titanium.
Continue readingOne minute mentor: Quenching and Tempering
November 1, 2021 Source: ASM International
The as-quenched properties of powder metallurgy steels depend on the cooling medium and the steel’s hardenability. Quenching in water, salt, brine, and water-based polymer solutions improves the rate of heat transfer, leading to a faster quench. However, in many cases, it accelerates corrosion due to the residual quenchant trapped in surface pores.
Continue readingLucifer Furnaces designs new pot furnaces for aerospace applications
Source: ASM International
Lucifer Furnaces, Warrington, Pa., has designed a multi-unit modular pot furnace system for a major aerospace manufacturer in the U.S., who will use these furnaces to increase heat treat capacity.
Continue readingSteel Dynamics named one of the 100 best ESG companies by Investor’s Business Daily
Source: ASM International
Steel Dynamics, Fort Wayne, Ind., has been named one of the 100 Best ESG Companies of 2021 by Investor’s Business Daily. Steel Dynamics was the only U.S. steel producer receiving this designation, and one of only three steel producers globally.
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