The amount of aluminum extruded has increased considerably in recent years due to the metal’s wide availability and relatively low cost.

This paper discusses the IVD process advantages when it comes to mitigating surface imperfections and providing corrosion and dissimilar metal protection, as well as the AM requirements for vacuum heat treatment processes.

Braidy Industries Inc. acquired NanoAl, a leader in the science of nanocrystalline strengthening technology applied to sheet aluminum, as a third wholly owned subsidiary. NanoAl was founded out of the Department of Materials Science at Northwestern University to commercialize the science of developing stronger aluminum alloys through control of key structural features at the nanoscale. Braidy believes the technology has the potential to significantly enhance the specific strength of aluminum to be produced by its Braidy Atlas mill in Ashland, Ky.

This paper discusses the IVD process advantages when it comes to mitigating surface imperfections and providing corrosion and dissimilar metal protection, as well as the AM requirements for vacuum heat treatment processes.

Wisconsin Oven Corp. shipped two electrically heated horizontal quench systems to an aluminum manufacturer. The systems are designed for the solution treatment of aluminum. Each system is designed to heat 1,000 pounds of aluminum to a 950°F operating temperature. Once the loads are heated to the operating temperature, they will soak at temperature and then be rapidly lowered into the quench tank in less than 10 seconds from the time the door starts to open until the load is fully submerged.

This article reviews industrial-gas technologies that the metals industry can use to respond, improve and even help transform advanced metal-parts manufacturing and processing.