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The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), Southfield, Mich., has named John Catterall as vice president, automotive program. He succeeds Dr. Jody N. Hall, who has led AISI’s automotive program since 2014 and is retiring at the end of February. Catterall has more than four decades of...
Advanced Heat Treat Corp. (AHT) has added gas nitriding to its Nadcap accreditation. AHT has obtained Merit status, so the new accreditation will last until April 30, 2022. The company also has held Nadcap accreditation for ion nitriding since 2013. The accreditation was achieved at the company’s...
Solar Atmospheres has purchased and commissioned a Hitachi FlexSEM1000 II scanning electron microscope. According to the company, the device will allow it to meet strict customer requirements for low-level contamination from carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen after heat treating. The microscope also will...
The International Magnesium Association board of directors has announced it is closely monitoring the coronavirus outbreak in relation to its 77th Annual IMA World Magnesium Conference, scheduled for May 13-15 in Fukuoka, Japan, where there are confirmed cases of coronavirus. The IMA conference...
3D printing of small parts is on the upswing for the same reasons more larger parts are being additively manufactured: to save on design time and tooling costs.
Keselowski Advanced Manufacturing focuses on combining additive and subtractive manufacturing technologies—and keeping the walls spotless.
The hardfacing process, invented by the Stoody brothers 100 years ago, has morphed into a hybrid process.
Great Designs in Steel, an all-day, multitrack automotive materials conference scheduled for May 20, 2020, has moved to the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, Mich., a new and larger venue that will accommodate a projected 1,800 attendees. At the event, automotive engineering, design,...
President Donald Trump recently extended tariffs to not just imported steel and aluminum, but also certain products made from those imported materials, such as automotive stampings, further complicating the metalworking supply chains.
Harrisburg, Penn.-based Mid Atlantic Machinery Inc. had a record attendance of more than 600 customers, industry members, and students at its 16th annual metal and steel fabrication event for the manufacturing industry in February. “Steel Tech: Revolutionize your Future,” held at the...
Metrology services provider Exact Metrology has announced plans to open a facility in Moline, Ill., March 1. This location will serve as a training, support, contract measurement, and sales center. Training will be provided on software packages including PolyWorks®, Geomagic, and PC-DMIS. Hardware...
Dr. Hans J. Langer, the founder of EOS and recipient of AMUG’s 2020 Innovators Award, talks about his 30-year career and where AM is heading.
The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) has announced the winners of its 2020 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS²) Awards. Judges weighed each project's use of structural steel from both an architectural and structural engineering...
Kalamazoo Industries has custom-fabricated the model K44E 44-in. enclosed wet abrasive metallurgical saw to meet a customer’s requirements for cutting superalloys. Inside the saw’s 10-ft.-high enclosure, the saw head rides on a vertical column instead of the conventional hinge or pivot-style...
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products, Annapolis Junction, Md., has finalized its transition to the Exaton™ brand name for all welding filler metals involved with its 2018 acquisition of Sandvik Welding Consumables. For the North American region, former Sandvik stainless consumables are now Exaton,...
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.