Leading aerospace OEM acquires an Okuma horizontal machining center with patented cryogenic machining system and increases cutting speeds by 52% with improved surface integrity and part quality, estimates a 30% cost reduction for large titanium airframe components.
Researchers at MIT have shown that by exploiting the polarization of light, they can increase the resolution of conventional 3D imaging devices as much as 1000 times.
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.
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 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.
