Velo 3D receives $20 million order for metal AM printers from aerospace manufacturer
July 1, 2020 Source: ASM International
Velo 3D, Campbell, Calif., announces that it has received a $20M order for its metal additive manufacturing printers, the largest order since its commercial launch in 2018, from a current aerospace customer.
Continue readingGeneral Motors recognizes Nucor as Supplier of the Year for second year in a row
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Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has been recognized as a General Motors Supplier of the Year, an honor achieved by less than one percent of GM’s suppliers, and Nucor remains the only electric arc furnace steelmaker to do so.
Continue readingCentorr Workhorse furnace partial-pressure control system enables copper brazing stainless
June 26, 2020 Source: ASM International
Centorr Vacuum Industries, Nashua, N.H., reports that its engineers worked closely with a customer on an application involving the use of copper brazing to join stainless steel parts.
Continue readingConstellium launches new aluminum powders for aerospace additive manufacturing
Source: ASM International
Constellium SE, Paris, announces the expansion of its portfolio of advanced aluminum solutions with the launch of Aheadd, high-performance aluminum powders that exceed industry standards for additive manufacturing productivity and component properties.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres rapid-quench ten-bar furnace needs no helium to process heavy loads
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Solar Atmospheres of Western Pennsylvania, Hermitage, is currently installing a new rapid quenching vacuum furnace that will ultimately eliminate the need for costly helium while increasing production throughput.
Continue readingQuesTek introduces stainless steel powder for 3D printing of high-strength parts
June 25, 2020 Source: ASM International
QuesTek Innovations LLC, Evanston, Ill., introduces QT 17-4 powder, a stainless steel composition for powder bed fusion additive manufacturing parts for service in either the as-printed condition or applications requiring only a single low-temperature heat treatment.
Continue readingValley Forge & Bolt welcomes HTS member Rick Bailey as new Chief Metallurgist
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Valley Forge & Bolt Mfg. Co., Phoenix, Ariz., manufacturer of hot-forged industrial fasteners, is proud to welcome Rick Bailey, a member of the ASM International Heat Treating Society, to the company as chief metallurgist.
Continue readingCleveland-Cliffs to restart Michigan iron ore mine, resume construction of Ohio HBI plant
June 17, 2020 Source: ASM International
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. announces that it is resuming construction of its hot briquetted iron (HBI) plant in Ohio and moving up plans to restart an idled iron ore mine in Michigan.
Continue readingNIST develops new software package for analysis of instrumented Charpy tests
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md., announces a new software package that allows analysis of instrumented Charpy tests, or Charpy tests augmented with strain gauges, in compliance with standards from ASTM and ISO.
Continue readingSuspension plasma spray of hydroxylapatite improves adhesion of printed titanium implants
June 7, 2020 Source: ASM International
University West in Sweden announces that in the future, damaged bones can be rebuilt with 3D-printed implants that have thermally sprayed surface layers to make them more readily accepted by the human body.
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