Bodycote, England, announces the grand opening of its newest facility for specialty stainless steel processes (S³P), surface treatments that reportedly increase mechanical and wear properties in stainless steel without adversely affecting corrosion resistance.

Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, announces that its board of directors has approved an investment to expand its isothermal forging and heat treating capacities to satisfy growing demand from the aerospace jet engine market.

Lindberg MPH, Riverside, Mich., announces that it recently shipped an electrically heated cyclone pit furnace to a steel heat treater for processing aircraft components.

In the late 1970s, the U.S. Air Force sponsored development work for improved submarine hull steels. From this work, AF 1410 evolved as an ultrahigh-strength steel with particularly high fracture toughness. AF 1410 is typically manufactured via vacuum induction melting (VIM) followed by vacuum arc remelting (VAR) to achieve the required low levels of impurities.