Materials & Raw Stock

News • August 25, 2017

IHS Markit Flash: U.S. manufacturing growth slows in August

Business conditions continued to improve across the US manufacturing sector in August, albeit at a weaker pace. At 52.5, the seasonally adjusted IHS Markit Flash U.S. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) remained above the 50.0 neutral value, but fell from 53.3 in July to signal only a modest rate of improvement.

Products • August 21, 2017

Composite Inspection System

The Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence Composite Inspection System comprises HP-C-V3D Apodius Vision Sensor hardware – designed to fit to a ROMER Absolute Arm with Integrated Scanner – together with a custom-built Apodius Explorer 3D software package.

News • August 18, 2017

Laser marking market to reach $3.38 billion by 2024

Hexa Research reports that the global laser marking machine market size will reach USD 3.38 billion by 2024, driven by increasing adoption of laser systems in industries such as automobile, packaging and machine tools. The marking equipment industry witnessed notable change over the past two decades, and the trend is expected to continue.

Articles • August 9, 2017 • Kip Hanson

Process creates steel that’s a-peeling

If you've ever watched a bar of red-hot metal emerge from the furnace at a rolling mill, you might wonder how that scaly chunk of material became the smooth, shiny and accurate length of steel you just loaded into a lathe's bar feeder. Machinists know it as cold-finished bar stock. It got that way thanks to a process known as bar peeling.

Products • August 9, 2017

Shred1 Ballistic Separators

Since introducing the Shred1 Ballistic Separator 6 years ago, Eriez has installed units in various shredding yards, steel mills and slag processing facilities throughout North America. These innovative separators utilize ballistics to upgrade frag by segregating the copper bearing materials from the rest of the ferrous materials. Customers using Shred1 Ballistic Separators report increased revenues and reduced overhead.

News • July 18, 2017

Spirit AeroSystems, Norsk Titanium to collaborate on 3D-printing titanium parts

New commercial agreement between Spirit and Norsk Titanium identifies thousands of titanium parts currently manufactured at Spirit or by its suppliers as 3D-printing candidates.

Products • July 17, 2017

P-Rex Rare Earth Scrap Drums

Introduced in 2010 and originally marketed primarily for scrap recycling, Eriez P-Rex rare earth scrap drums are now successfully operating across North America in a variety of recycling sectors. The P-Rex is proving its value in the field--beyond scrap recycling operations--by boosting ferrous recovery rates for waste-to-energy and slag recycling facilities, according to the company.

Products • July 5, 2017

BONDERITE C-CP Process for Pickling Stainless Steel

The BONDERITE C-CP process from Henkel for pickling stainless steel is reportedly providing users with important cost and environmental benefits. Together with Henkel's expertise and service, it has already provided advantages for several of Henkel's customers in Italy and the Far East, where this technology has been introduced as an alternative to mixed acid processes.

Articles • June 14, 2017 • Christopher Tate

Trim waste with proactive environmental program

Industrial waste, its impact on the environment and regulation by governments have become significant areas of interest for medium and large manufacturing companies. One company's proactive approach to environmental sustainability also reveals ways to reduce waste.

Articles • June 9, 2017 • Kip Hanson

Dry, tight fluid connectors require the right tool

SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) and ISO (International Standards Organization) have developed a series of standards developed to make even the highest-pressure, most-demanding fluid connection leak-free. These include SAE J1926, SAE J514, MS 33649/SAE AS5202, ISO 6149 and other technical documents that describe threaded connections.

Articles • May 30, 2017 • Alan Richter

Toolmaker targets titanium

Without a doubt, cutting tools for machining titanium must be well-engineered. This was reinforced for CTE Editor Alan Richter while attending Horn Technology Days 2017, held May 10 to 12 at Hartmetall-Werkzeugfabrik Paul Horn GmbH, Tübingen, Germany.

Products • May 17, 2017

Metric-sized Metals

Parker Steel Co. offers a large supply of metric-sized metals in North America. Suitable for applications where presized metric parts are needed, Parker's cold-finished carbon, alloyed and high-strength stainless steel bars/shafting, tubing, sheets and plates; carbon and stainless angles, channels and tees; and carbon beams can be shipped out the same day as ordered with few exceptions.