Refrac Systems, Chandler, Ariz., has contracted with Solar Manufacturing, Souderton, Pa., and Beckwood Press & Machinery/Triform, Saint Louis, to help design and build a large 100-ton-load gas fan quench vacuum hot press (GFQVHP) system for its aerospace diffusion bonding operation.
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The Henry Clifton Sorby Award is presented annually to recognize lifetime achievement in the field of metallurgy. Recipients are acknowledged for 25 years or more of dedication to research, teaching, or laboratory sales and service.
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, reports that novel lightweight composite metal foams made of materials such as steel spheres embedded in aluminum are more effective at insulating against heat than solid conventional metals such as steel.
AFC Holcroft, Wixom, Mich., announces that Parker Trutec Inc., Springfield, Ohio, has added a fourth UBQ 36-48-36 universal batch integral quench furnace to an existing line.
