The sunshield for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope passed a test critical to preparing the observatory for its 2021 launch. Technicians and engineers fully deployed and tensioned each of the sunshield's five layers, successfully putting the sunshield into the same position it will be in when it is 1 million miles from Earth. 

QuesTek Innovations LLC and the German Aerospace Center, in a joint effort, will explore the full potential of QuesTek’s new printable aluminum (Al) alloy, which was developed for additive manufacturing (AM). The alloy is capable of high-strength performance at elevated temperatures (200-300°C/392-572°F) in the as-built condition.

Did you know that U.S. brewers purchase more than 36 billion aluminum cans every year? Were you aware that aluminum is the most significant input cost for America’s beer industry?

Which material is better: steel or aluminum? It is a question that generates a lot of discussion these days. This commentary from Automotive News suggests that one should be skeptical when the steel industry claims that its material is the best.

The Industrial Heating Equipment Association (IHEA) has several educational opportunities available for members and non-members alike throughout 2020.

This is a complete list of all the feature articles – by topic – that appeared in Industrial Heating in 2019. The month each article appeared in is included. All articles are hyperlinked for your convenience.

Hyundai Motor Co. plans to spend $17 billion over the next six years on new electric- and autonomous-vehicle technology. About half the new money will be spent on electrification.

Since April 2019, China’s purchases of steel billets have surged more than tenfold mostly from traders and producers in the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia and other Southeast Asian nations.

JW Aluminum Company will be increasing its annual intake of used beverage cans (UBCs) and other forms of recycled material by at least 100 million pounds when it finishes its South Carolina expansion project next year.

An industrial facility originally thought to be a silver foundry in Salt Lake City is being recycled. As it turns out, however, it was formerly an ironworks (circa 1860) originally owned by a man named Silver.