EXECUTIVES of metal supplier Western Titanium have been indicted for fraud over weak titanium parts it supplied to Boeing and the US Air Force.
27/01/2009
THE US Army’s research laboratory has discovered a method of brazing titanium so as to fabricate structures without welding.
27/05/2008
THE ORGANISERS of the International Light Metals Technology Conference (LMT2009) says the Titanium Tuesday event highlighted the future of titanium in aerospace.
01/07/2009
FRONTLINE Australia has been offered a grant of $1,222,371 in the third round of the Climate Ready program to develop a cold spray pilot plant producing titanium alloy pipe.
27/07/2009
AN AMERICAN laboratory has developed a processing technique which reduces the energy and cost needed to make titanium parts, possibly opening the way for the metal to be used in parts like brake rotors, artificial joint replacements and vehicular armour.
07/07/2008
THE METALWORKING Fluids Insider blog maintained by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers has an article with tips on machining titanium.
23/06/2008
AMTIL says the Innovate 2009 showcase event will see demonstrations of advanced manufacturing technologies for small and medium manufacturers.
06/05/2009
SANDVIK Materials Technology has amended its alloy surcharge model by reducing the time lag and by imposing the model on copper and titanium.
29/01/2009
BOEING has sued Alcoa for US$12m in costs for providing defective titanium aircraft parts.
14/05/2008
BOEING is establishing the Australian Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre in cooperation with the Swinburne University of Technology.
08/09/2009
THE ORGANISERS of the international Light Metals Technology conference have featured the JSF Team Australia and talked about its role in the fighter development program.
16/04/2009
Swinburne Magazine’s Rebecca Thyer has written about how CAST CRC has worked to reduce titanium alloy production and machining costs in the F-35 fighter manufacturing operations.
16/06/2009
DMG Australia says its DMU 50 and DMU 50 EVO universal milling machines are being used by Stoneglass Industries to machine titanium used in dental implant systems.
04/08/2009
SIMS Metal Management says the weaker stainless and titanium markets means its half-year forecast profits will drop by around $40m.
27/01/2009
KOLENE says it has received more than US$1.5m ($1.86m) in equipment orders from aerospace companies seeking to process metal aircraft parts.
10/09/2008
DEMAND for obscure and rare metals such as rhenium, chromium, cobalt and titanium is rising as airlines seek to optimise fuel use in the face of soaring oil prices.
18/06/2008
ALCOA says its funding has been approved for the complete repair and refurbishment of its 50,000t forging press at its Cleveland Works.
06/11/2009
MITSUI Seiki says its new 12-page brochure details its recently introduced ‘HPX-63 4-axis CNC Horizontal Machining Centre which can cut titanium, Inconnel, tool steel, stainless steels, and aluminium.
30/11/2009
LEVETT Engineering says it has secured a six-year, multi-million dollar contract to supply machined components for the Lockheed Martin built F-35 Lightning II, Joint Strike Fighter.
04/11/2009
CVW ENGINEERING says it is upgrading its manufacturing capabilities to meet increasing demands for complex precision machined components used mostly in defence applications.
29/09/2008