Materials & Raw Stock

Breakthrough research promises to advance the design of high-temperature alloys with exceptional mechanical stability.

Cutting Tool Engineering recently organized and hosted a Question & Answer style webinar with industry experts from Walter AG and RobbJack Corp. exploring the difficulties associated with machining aluminum. Terry Iverson, President and CEO of Iverson & Company, a sales, service and precision machine tool rebuilding company, moderated the event. Our panelists included Jim Dale, Component Manager Aerospace, Walter AG, and Mike MacArthur, Vice President of Engineering, RobbJack Corp.

Without needing high temperatures or toxic catalysts, scientists in Japan have developed a chemical reaction that produces high yields of a compound used in a wide variety of industries.

Scientists in Japan study metals with niobium silicide in hopes of developing more high-tolerant turbine components.

Aluminum is light, clean and easily machined, which is why machinists enjoy working with it.

Hundreds of U.S. manufacturing companies ask President Biden to terminate Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs.

A high-strength alloy with minimum 40% nickel content, Sanicro 825 has excellent corrosion resistance to acids and alkalis, superior resistance to stress corrosion cracking (SCC) and good corrosion resistance to phosphoric, nitric, sulfuric, and organic acids, seawater, caustic chloride alkalis and ammoniac media.

Researchers at Purdue University have come up with a solution for cutting 'gummy' metals

Unlike machining other materials, machining stainless steel requires review of myriad aspects prior to beginning work in the machine shop. While machining stainless has unique challenges, its benefits outweigh those challenges.

Hurco North America launched a new 2-year apprenticeship program. The Field Service Apprenticeship (FSA) program starts with a 12-week industry training that merges hands-on training and repair of CNC machines with classroom materials.

Starrag, a manufacturer of CNC metalworking machinery and Amorphology, a developer of advanced amorphous metals, established a laboratory where customers of both companies can observe real-time precision engineering and machining of complex gears using amorphous metals.nn

Massachusetts Institute of Technology research study finds that many alloy combinations previously ruled out as unviable are in fact feasible.