Solar Atmospheres, Hermitage, Pa., announces that it now partners with Pressure Technology Inc. (PTI), Concord, Ohio, to provide heat treating of aircraft parts after they have been hot isostatically pressed to high density at the PTI facility.
Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., introduces the UniCase Master, which is said to provide a single flow, precision case hardening system for low-pressure vacuum carburizing; and 4D high-pressure gas quenching with low distortion for high-volume gear manufacturing.
UTC Aerospace Systems, Windsor Locks, Conn., has opened an $8 million, 20,000 ft2 state-of-the-art Materials and Process Engineering laboratory to support research, engineering, and production of advanced materials for aerospace applications.
This cool video from the American Chemical Society tells what materials make up a match head, describes the chemical reactions that go on as the match burns, and shows what happens as combustion proceeds.
March 2016 Issue of Advanced Materials & Processes, featuring: Testing Automotive Composites, Metallurgy Lane Pioneers in Metals research, and HTPro Newsletter