Rafael Advanced Defense Systems purchased a vacuum titanium casting furnace from SECO/WARWICK for UPC Precision Castings, an investment casting foundry in Israel. According to the furnace manufacturer, this is the first furnace of this type on the Israeli market. The single-chamber furnace is equipped with a hot (ceramic) and cold (copper) crucible. Melting processes of up to 40 kg of superalloys, mainly nickel-based, can be carried out in the ceramic crucible. The copper crucible melts 10 kg of titanium at a time. The furnace’s three-stage vacuum system allows it to obtain high vacuum in the range of 10^-5 mbar. The solution is also equipped with a mold heater.

Consolidated Precision Products (CPP), a manufacturer of highly engineered components and sub-assemblies primarily for the commercial aerospace and defense markets, reached a definitive agreement to acquire Selmet Inc. Selmet, which manufactures titanium castings and machined components for the aerospace and defense industries, operates a state-of-the-art investment casting foundry in Albany, Ore.