Hardide Coatings, UK, has entered into a partnership with Gardner Aerospace, UK, to coat key wing components for the Airbus A320 family of aircraft.
Hardide Coatings partners with Gardner Aerospace to coat Airbus components
Kymera International acquires Thermal Spray Solutions, Inc.
Kymera International, Research Triangle Park, N.C., a global leading specialty materials company, announced that it has closed its transaction with Thermal Spray Solutions, Inc., acquiring substantially all their assets.
Spray-coated electrodes could create greener, cheaper batteries
A research team led by Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass., found that by ditching toxic solvents, a new dry-coating process could make batteries more sustainable and cut manufacturing costs by 15% and energy use by 47%. It could also be faster-charging than today’s electrodes.
Boeing begins construction on new Phantom Works coating facility
Boeing, Arlington, Va., has begun construction on a new facility to house state-of-the-art, post-assembly phases of future military aircraft production.
One Minute Mentor: Gas nitriding equipment
Gas nitriding and nitrocarburizing can be processed in horizontal or vertical chamber furnaces with refractory insulation. However, to allow a quick change of the atmosphere and to avoid influences resulting from previous processes in the same furnace, retort furnaces are preferred. To enable an acceptable production capacity, large vertical retort furnaces are used. The figure […]