Outokumpu introduces corrosion-resistant titanium-stabilized nickel-base Ultra Alloy 825
December 8, 2017 Source: ASM International
Outokumpu Oy, Finland, introduces Ultra Alloy 825, a titanium-stabilized austenitic nickel-base alloy with added copper designed primarily for process equipment in the chemical and oil and gas industries.
Continue readingAllegheny to produce differentiated continuous nickel-base alloy sheet to repair oil pipeline
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Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, has been selected to supply the nickel-base alloy rolled product needed to repair a large oil pipeline break in an unnamed foreign country.
Continue readingNovelis invests $4.5 million to upgrade aluminum rolling/recycling facility in Warren
December 7, 2017 Source: ASM International
Novelis Inc., Atlanta, announces a $4.5 million manufacturing investment at its aluminum rolling and recycling facility in Warren, Ohio.
Continue readingECM’s ICBP Nano heat treating system minimizes footprint, simplifying product flow
December 6, 2017 Source: ASM International
ECM USA, Pleasant Prairie, Wis., introduces the ICBP Nano, the latest product in its range of low-pressure carburizing and carbonitriding furnace systems that consist of one module with three stacked heating cells and gas-quenching cells.
Continue readingLindberg heat treating pit furnace produces corrosion-resistant oxide film on tool steels
December 5, 2017 Source: ASM International
Lindberg MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped an electrically heated, steam atmosphere, cylindrical pit furnace with a steam generator for steam treating tool steels.
Continue readingHand tool manufacturer boosts production with compact pit-type heat treating system
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Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., has partnered with a tool manufacturer in North America to custom design a unique pit-type tempering furnace system to increase production capacity.
Continue readingNatural gas direct-fired batch oven renders products of combustion nonflammable
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Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, has shipped a natural gas direct-fired batch oven with a separate cooling chamber to a manufacturer of automotive parts for curing rubber automotive hoses.
Continue readingNickel-titanium shape memory alloy spring tire designed for Mars rover
November 30, 2017 Source: ASM International
NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, announces that its engineers have developed an airless compliant tire that consists of several hundred coiled wires of nickel-titanium shape memory alloy woven into a flexible mesh, giving the tires the ability to support high loads while also conforming to the terrain.
Continue readingConcentrations of rare earth elements >300 ppm found in American coal basins
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, reports that its engineers have found high rare earth element concentrations in coal samples taken from the Illinois, Northern Appalachian, Central Appalachian, Rocky Mountain Coal Basins, and the Pennsylvania Anthracite region.
Continue readingNorthrop Grumman acquires Orbital ATK for its aerospace and defense technologies
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Orbital ATK Inc., Dulles, Va., announces that its stockholders have overwhelmingly approved a merger agreement providing for the acquisition of Orbital ATK by Northrop Grumman Corp.
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