There are a number of very important steps that must be followed in order to ensure good brazing, one of which is that the parts to be joined must be clean before being assembled for brazing.  

Resiliency concerns revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic are driving companies to embrace sustainable manufacturing for post-pandemic supply chains. Supply-chain sustainability is the management of environmental, social and economic impacts. Reshoring checks all of the sustainability boxes since it reduces environmental impact, has a positive societal effect and stimulates economic activity. 

Did you know that nearly all countryside houses in Sweden are painted red? Incidentally, this tradition made its way to America in the form of the big red barn. The color, known specifically as Falu red, comes from the Falun copper mine in central Sweden, which dates back to the 9th century. At one point in time it was the largest copper mine in Europe.

A 67-year-old retired pastor in Madison, Wis., spends his free time forging guns into garden tools. Jeff Wild, who at one time spent a couple of summers working at a foundry, is also sending a message with his hobby. According to Wild, fire can be destructive, but it can also be transforming.

Morocco is home to the largest concentrated solar power plant in the world. Noor power station uses molten salt storage to produce electricity at night. Made up of three distinct facilities, the site is able to power more than 1 million homes and is estimated to save 760,000 metric tons of carbon emissions every year.

Viewers watching the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing will get a glimpse of Shougang, a once sprawling steel mill. Closed since 2010, the plant will form the backdrop for some of the events, and parts of the complex have been converted to snow-making facilities. It even includes a Starbucks.

The Aluminum Association and Can Manufacturers Institute released a new study confirming that aluminum cans are the most recycled and recyclable material on the market. According to the study, consumers recycle aluminum cans at a rate of 45.2%, compared to just 39.6% for glass bottles and 20.3% for plastic bottles.

Boom Supersonic entered into a three-year strategic partnership with the U.S. Air Force valued at up to $60 million. The deal will accelerate research and development on Overture, Boom’s commercial airliner that will carry 65–88 passengers at twice the speed of today’s airliners. Overture is expected to be the first large commercial aircraft to be net-zero carbon from day one.

Aluminum Shapes LLC will affirm a $1 million penalty and accept 10 willful, 15 repeat and 55 serious violations and one other-than-serious citation in a settlement agreement to resolve two long-running U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration cases related to a fatality and a series of employee injuries at the company’s Delair, N.J., plant.

Flow measurement plays a significant role in industrial furnaces, which are used to melt metals for casting or heat materials for a change of shape (forging) or a change of properties (heat treatment). Unfortunately, there is no common mass flow sensor technology that suits all industrial gas furnace applications.

The fourth industrial revolution – the revolution that ushered in the Internet of Things (IoT) and Internet of Services (IoS) – has come to be known as Industry 4.0. The initial goals of Industry 4.0 typically have been automation, manufacturing process improvement and productivity/production optimization. The more advanced goals are innovation and the transition to new business models and revenue sources using information technologies and services as cornerstones.