NEW Zealand Steel has undergone an upgrade for its skin pass steel mill, boosting the surface finish of its galvanised steel sheets.
PRYME Australia has released a solvent-free medium- to heavy-duty liquid hand cleanser formulated for removing common contaminants found in the metal working industry.
DR WOLFGANG Danzer from the Linde Group’s Laser Application Development department has written about the use of gases for laser welding, cutting and brazing of metals.
ITALIAN aircraft component fabricator Alenia-Aermacchi has modernised its plant by purchasing a Breton five-axis machining centre for contouring and boring.
FLOW International will be providing Airbus with industrial waterjet machines for cutting and cleaning, in a reportedly multimillion dollar contract.
SIEMENS Metals Technologies will supply special equipment, drives and automation systems to Pohang Iron and Steel (Posco)’s plant.
BOEING has sued Alcoa for US$12m in costs for providing defective titanium aircraft parts.
MITSUBISHI Heavy Industries has purchased a waterjet system from Flow International to cut wing skins for commercial jet aircraft.
LASER Photonics has released a high power fibre laser cutting system with a single pallet shuttle table capable of large scale industrial cutting jobs.