Alcoa, RioTinto join to develop aluminum smelting process that emits only oxygen gas
May 14, 2018 Source: ASM International
Alcoa Corp., Pittsburgh, and Rio Tinto, London, announce a revolutionary aluminum smelting process that produces oxygen and eliminates all direct greenhouse gas emissions.
Continue readingStreamlining Atmosphere Heat Treatment: Best Practices for Minimizing Distortion & Reducing Manufacturing Costs
May 11, 2018 Source: ASM International
Carburizing and quenching are two common, and often essential, processes performed in atmosphere heat-treating systems.
Continue readingGE Additive acquires Arcam EBM Spectra H metal additive manufacturing system
May 7, 2018 Source: ASM International
GE Additive, Cincinnati, announces that it has purchased an Arcam EBM Spectra H metal additive manufacturing system, which is designed to handle materials susceptible to high heat and cracking.
Continue readingATI to invest $95 million to expand isothermal forging and heat treating center in Cudahy
Source: ASM International
ATI Metals 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.
Continue readingResidual Stress Workshop at Thermal Processing in Motion Conference
May 3, 2018 Source: ASM International
This Workshop will collect information on current gaps relative to designing products and establishing product definitions that include Bulk Residual Stress as a component attribute. Concepts for possible Industry Standards will be proposed to support enhanced product capabilities.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Maraging steels
April 27, 2018 Source: ASM International
Maraging steels are made of highly alloyed low-carbon iron-nickel martensite, and they possess an excellent combination of strength and toughness that is superior to that of most carbon-hardened steels.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres installs Haas VF2 milling center to support tensile testing service
Source: ASM International
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA, Hermitage, recently installed a second machining center to support its newest service for customers – tensile testing.
Continue readingIpsen ships ten heat treating furnaces for aerospace, medical, and other industries
Source: ASM International
Ipsen USA, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that in the first quarter it shipped ten furnaces to companies that process parts for the aerospace, commercial heat treating, and medical industries in California, Georgia, Ohio, Washington, and Wisconsin, and also to one location in Asia.
Continue readingNatural-gas-fired box furnaces to develop process control requirements for drill heads
Source: ASM International
Lindberg MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped three natural-gas-fired box furnaces to a parts manufacturer for the oil and gas industry to develop process control requirements for heat-treating and stress relieving of underground mining/drill heads.
Continue readingIndia conglomerate awards CanEng contract to build aluminum casting heat treatment system
Source: ASM International
Can-Eng Furnaces Intl. Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario, was recently awarded a contract from an India based conglomerate to design, manufacture, install, and commission an aluminum automotive casting heat treatment system for a new greenfield facility in South Carolina.
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