G-Tec offers its fourth-generation TB-HVOF torch booster, which raises utility natural gas service to 150 PSI for high-velocity oxyfuel (HVOF) thermal spray. New features include a variable 1- to 150-PSI pressure controller and, according to the company, an 80-percent reduction in annual...

Situation Brenseke Welding, Deer Park, N.Y., is an expansion of the family-owned Brenseke Welding & Fabricating. Mike Brenseke and George Brenseke Jr. have built upon the knowledge gained from watching the family business thrive and adding in their own artistic flair. Brenseke Welding takes a...

Tricor Metals, a Wooster, Ohio-based supplier of titanium mill products and titanium forgings and a fabricator of ASME code equipment, has fabricated the support structure that was part of the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) spacecraft, launched recently for the sun. The PSP is a NASA mission built and...

The materials science team at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, N.M., has engineered a platinum-gold alloy that it believes to be the most wear-resistant metal in the world. It’s 100 times more durable than high-strength steel, making it the first alloy, or combination of metals, in the...

Paradigm Metals Inc. has announced plans to relocate to Hutto, Texas, and expand its operations. The company will bring 250 employees to its new $10 million headquarters and expects to grow to about 400 employees within 10 years. The metal fabricator’s current headquarters in Pflugerville, Texas,...

The National Research Council (NRC) of Canada and metal powder supplier AP&C, a GE Additive company, have developed a new way to test the quality of powders used in 3-D printing. This method detects very low concentrations of foreign particles in powders using X-ray microcomputed tomography and 3-D...

In a project commissioned by Latrobe, Pa.-based Widia for its booth at IMTS, students from Cardinal Mfg. have produced a custom go-kart using Widia tooling. The Cardinal team will be at Widia’s booth to showcase the go-kart, which is the prize for the winner of a go-kart race at Widia’s...

When Larry and Rich Edwards, a father and son team, founded Precision Waterjet Inc. in 2006, they knew where they wanted to concentrate the business. They wanted to deliver tolerances that others in the area weren’t. In fact, the company’s first customer was someone that wanted a rough-cut...

T&H Lemont Inc., Countryside, Ill., a provider of roll tooling, tube and pipe mills, roll forming equipment, and mill components, has hired Allison Heuer as sales engineer, providing sales and service support. Heuer has worked in the customer service field since graduating Lindenwood University...