Aluminum smelting is the process of extracting aluminum from aluminum oxide by an electrolytic process. It involves carbon electrodes and electric arcs, and requires large amounts of electricity. This video from Alcoa shows how the process is done.
Centorr Vacuum Industries, Nashua, N.H., introduces its Series LF vertical lab furnace with a graphite hot zone and operating temperature to 3000°C.
Renishaw, U.K., has collaborated with a leading British bicycle design and manufacturing company to create the world’s first 3D printed metal bike frame.
Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, has acquired Dynamic Flowform Corp., Billerica, Mass., which fabricates thin-walled tubular components in net or near-net shapes by a precision flowforming process.
IBC Advanced Alloys Corp., Vancouver, has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Nu-Cast Inc., Londonderry, N.H., to collaborate on new beryllium-aluminum investment casting projects and opportunities, initially for the aerospace sector.
