ATI to invest $95 million to expand isothermal forging, heat treating of nickel-base parts
March 23, 2018 Source: ASM International
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.
Continue readingRetech furnace produces 1320-pound ceramic shell titanium casting in a single pour
March 16, 2018 Source: ASM International
Retech Systems LLC, Ukiah, Calif., part of the Seco Warwick Group, announces that its consumable electrode casting furnace has produced the largest ceramic shell titanium casting ever created from a single pour in Europe.
Continue readingLindberg MPH ships electrically heated cyclone pit furnace to steel heat treater
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Lindberg MPH, Riverside, Mich., announces that it recently shipped an electrically heated cyclone pit furnace to a steel heat treater for processing aircraft components.
Continue readingWisconsin Oven to hire workers in the skilled trades and engineering to match growth
Source: ASM International
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy., Wis., announces that, because of the opening of a new facility and record sales, it is hiring for a variety of positions in the skilled trades and engineering fields.
Continue readingUPC delivers endothermic gas generator for carburizing fasteners to Brazil manufacturer
Source: ASM International
United Process Controls (UPC), Milwaukee, Wis., reports that it has delivered an Atmosphere Engineering EndoFlex endothermic gas generator to Brazilian fastener maker Jomarca.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres invests $1.5 million for horizontal internal quench vacuum furnace
Source: ASM International
Solar Atmospheres Inc., Souderton, Pa., recently installed a state-of-the-art Solar Manufacturing horizontal internal quench vacuum furnace that is 74 inches in diameter by 72 inches deep at its Clearview Road facility.
Continue readingDevelopment of AF 1410 ultrahigh-strength steel
March 13, 2018 Source: ASM International
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.
Continue readingConstellium opens aluminum automotive structures plant in Mexico
March 12, 2018 Source: ASM International
Constellium N.V., Amsterdam, announces the grand opening of its new automotive structures plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, to supply aluminum crash management systems and structural components to automakers in Mexico.
Continue readingStratasys develops metal additive manufacturing platform for short-run applications
March 5, 2018 Source: ASM International
Stratasys, Minneapolis, announces the development of a new metal additive manufacturing platform that is designed to become a viable manufacturing technology to displace conventional methods for short-run manufacturing.
Continue readingBodycote to provide thermal spray coatings, electron beam welding, and HIP to Safran
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Bodycote, U.K., announces that the company has entered into a long-term agreement with Safran, U.K., to provide manufacturing services such as thermal spray coatings, electron beam welding, hot isostatic pressing (HIP), and heat treatment to Safran aerospace companies and their key strategic first-tier suppliers.
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