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Vaporizing foil actuator welding (VFAW) uses the pressure from an electrically driven explosion to impact-weld dissimilar metals at high speed. It does this by changing a thin metal foil from a solid to a gas and using the pressure to push one base metal—over a short, controlled distance—toward another base metal. This all happens within millionths of a second, with impact speeds about twice the speed of sound in air.
LIFT manufacturing research institute in Detroit has named Chris Conrardy, chief technology officer and vice president at Edison Welding Institute, as interim executive director as the nonprofit looks to evolve from its startup roots. He succeeds Larry Brown, who had been in the position since...
United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, has announced that Douglas R. Matthews, senior vice president - Industrial, Service Center and Mining Solutions, will assume day-to-day responsibilities for the company's Tubular organization on an interim basis following the recently announced retirement of...
The Steel Tube Institute (STI), Glenview, Ill., predicts another year of high demand for steel conduit. This strong outlook is based on discussions at recent meetings with industry leaders, contractors, and engineers. At the December 2017 meeting of the Construction Sustainability Council, the...
The Association of Steel Distributors (ASD), a technology affiliate of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl., Elgin, Ill., has announced that Brian D. Robbins, CEO of MidWest Materials Inc. in Perry, Ohio, has received the 2017 Steel Man of the Year Award. Since 1956 this award has...
Advanced Heat Treat Corp. has purchased a gas nitride unit to expand its capacity for UltraGlow® gas nitriding and UltraOx® surface treatment at its corporate office and service center in Waterloo, Iowa. This large, high-temperature gas nitride unit also increases the company’s capacity for...
Vulcanium Corp./RIGHTech Fabrications has announced that its founder Jim Leopold died on Dec. 28, 2017, at 99 years old. Leopold purchased a Chicago-area manufacturing firm in 1967, specializing in titanium products for the metal finishing industry. He expanded the company into a provider of...
Industrial Fabricators Inc., a supplier of carbon steel, aluminum, and stainless metal fabrications and flat-rolled processing and metal distribution services, has installed a single-loop Braner/Loopco turret head slitting line and an automatic slit coil packaging line in its Gastonia, N.C., coil...
Atlanta-based Novelis Inc., a provider of aluminum rolling and recycling, has announced plans to build an approximately $300 million automotive aluminum sheet manufacturing facility in Guthrie, Ky. The greenfield facility, with an annual nameplate capacity of 220,000 tons, will include heat...
United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, has issued the following statement regarding President Trump's decision to impose tariffs on imported washing machines and solar panels, following an investigation by the U.S. International Trade Commission: “We are pleased to see the president's action on...
TimkenSteel Corp. has launched a cloud-based mobile application to complement its “Practical Data for Metallurgists” printed guide. The app allows users to pull up the guide on their mobile phones or tablets and navigate to any section immediately. The app takes up no space, and updates are...
The president of the Pittsburgh-based United Steelworkers (USW) Intl., Leo W. Gerard, has released a statement after the White House confirmed that it has received the Section 232 report on aluminum from the Department of Commerce. In April 2017 the Department of Commerce initiated an investigation...
Volkswagen Group of America Inc. (VWGoA) has officially joined the LIFT (Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow) institute as a Silver Member to advance the group’s research into lightweight metals for reducing the weight of future vehicles. VWGoA—which comprises Volkswagen, Audi, Bentley,...
Materion Corp., Mayfield Heights, Ohio, has announced the appointment of Marc Rands to the newly created position of vice president, global operations. He joins the company from Honeywell International Inc., where he served as vice president, integrated supply chain for Honeywell UOP. Rands is a...
Plasmait, a supplier of plasma heat and surface treatment machinery for wire, tube, and strip products, has moved to a new facility in Lannach, Austria. It includes a large shop floor space with a crane and offices, as well as four heat and surface treatment lines used for client demonstrations and...
The Fabricator is North America's leading magazine for the metal forming and fabricating industry. The magazine delivers the news, technical articles, and case histories that enable fabricators to do their jobs more efficiently. The Fabricator has served the industry since 1970.
start your free subscriptionIn this episode of The Fabricator Podcast, Caleb Chamberlain, co-founder and CEO of OSH Cut, discusses his company’s...
The Association of Metal Processors and Distributors (AMPD) serves the needs of professionals in the steel distribution industry.
Follow the link below to find an AMPD member steel supplier near you.