New press brake and swing beam shear led to higher furnace sales for Lindberg MPH in 2017
January 4, 2018 Source: ASM International
Lindberg MPH, Riverside, Mich., reports that, in the beginning of 2017, the company purchased an Ermak press brake and hydraulic swing beam shear to maximize production capabilities.
Continue readingIndirect gas-fired aluminum aging oven treats exterior components of aircraft engines
Source: ASM International
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, Wis., has built an indirect gas-fired aluminum aging oven for treating aluminum exterior components of aircraft engines.
Continue readingAleris secures multi-year contract with Embraer for aluminum flat-rolled products
January 3, 2018 Source: ASM International
Aleris, Cleveland, has signed a new multi-year contract with Embraer to supply aluminum flat-rolled products for use in the production of all Embraer aircraft.
Continue readingConstellium receives defense award for large scale aluminum hull that protects warfighters
Source: ASM International
Constellium N.V., Netherlands, has received the 2017 Defense Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Achievement Award in the category of Enhancing Military Capability, for its contributions as part of the U.S. Army’s Affordable Protection from Objective Threats ManTech program.
Continue readingAlliance Magnesium extracts magnesium from asbestos tailings by electrolysis process
Source: ASM International
Alliance Magnesium, Brossard, Quebec, has developed a hydrometallurgical process combined with an electrolytic process to extract magnesium from asbestos tailings, which contain 25% magnesium.
Continue readingSemiautomatic compact abrasive cutoff machine features large operator interface
December 29, 2017 Source: ASM International
ATM GmbH, Germany, introduces the Brillant 240, a compact and flexible semi-automatic abrasive cut-off machine with a ten-inch cut-off wheel for workpieces or samples up to 3.75 inches.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Low-Temperature Carburization of Stainless Steels
December 11, 2017 Source: ASM International
The combination of hardness and ductility achieved by low-temperature carburization also enhances resistance to erosion. The graph shows the results of cavitation testing of treated and nontreated 316 stainless steel specimens.
Continue readingOutokumpu 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
Source: ASM International
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.
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