In a recent talk at the ASM Houston Chapter meeting, Johnson Space Center’s Materials & Processes Orion System Manager Dr. Lucie Johannes discussed how NASA’s next exploration vehicle, the Orion spacecraft, will take crew members beyond low-earth orbit for the first time since the Apollo Program.
Oxygen-free copper strip produced in continuous casting, rolling, and coiling process
Mansfelder, Kupfer, und Messing GmbH (MKM), Germany, has begun the production of high-purity, oxygen-free copper strip via Conti-M technology, which makes it possible to cast, hot-roll, mill, and coil copper strip in a continuous process.
Constellium to invest $20 million in new aluminum manufacturing facility in Georgia
Constellium N. V., Amsterdam, announces that it will construct a new 84,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Bartow County, Georgia, in response to growing demand for its automotive aluminum structures in North America.
Novelis opens heat treatment plant in Germany for aluminum automotive sheet
Novelis, Atlanta, has opened a state-of-the-art aluminum automotive heat treatment line in Nachterstedt, Germany, to serve European and global automotive aluminum sheet customers.
Can-Eng to design and build T-7 heat treat system for aluminum auto castings
Can-Eng Furnaces Intl. Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario, has been contracted by a large automotive supplier to design, manufacture, and commission an automated T-7 heat treatment system for high-integrity aluminum automotive structural castings.