Aerospace Heat Treating
Aerospace heat treating includes the processing of materials such as titanium, aluminum, and high-alloy steels as well as composites, ceramics, carbon/carbon, and other high-strength, lightweight materials. Many aerospace heat treat processes take place in a vacuum due to the need to protect the metal alloys from damaging oxygen, nitrogen, or hydrogen. If not in a vacuum, processes are typically carried out under highly protective atmosphere gases. Heat treating processes including annealing, degassing, brazing, nitriding, normalizing, and stress relieving to name a few. Below is a collection of aerospace-related news and technical articles.
Aerospace Technical Content
The Future of Vacuum Oil Quenching
Despite years of research and development that resulted in several important technological innovations, the constraints of high-pressure gas quenching are ever more evident. In today’s Technical Tuesday, Robert Hill, FASM […]
Ask the Heat Treat Doctor®: How Do Parts Fail?
The Heat Treat Doctor® has returned to offer sage advice to Heat Treat Today readers and to answer your questions about heat treating, brazing, sintering, and other types of thermal treatments as […]
Streamline Essential Nadcap Certifications
Nadcap certifications are integral to aerospace heat treating. Maintaining compliance, however, can be a headache. Learn how a new technology is streamlining Nadcap certifications. This article by Chantel Soumis was […]
Heat Treating AM Components to Infinity and Beyond
The amazing materials that are produced through additive manufacturing (AM) and 3D machining often require post-processing heat treatments before these become final components that launch into space. What are the […]
High Pressure Prepares Parts for Space
Dive into the role and benefits of HIP and HPHT™ in the space industry, highlighting how these key processes are shaping the future of space applications. This Technical Tuesday article […]
Thermal Processing for Space and Additive Manufacturing
The race to space is in full swing with public and private sector companies staking their claim in this new frontier. And breakthroughs in technology and materials offer the potential […]
Thermal Loop Solutions, Part 1: A Path to Improved Performance and Compliance in Heat Treatment
How often do you think about the intelligent designs controlling the thermal loop system behind your heat treat operations? With ever-advancing abilities to integrate and manage data for temperature measurement […]
Traveling through Heat Treat: Best Practices for Aero and Auto
Thinking about travel plans for the upcoming holiday season? You may know what means of transportation you will be using, but perhaps you haven’t considered the heat treating processes which […]
Aerospace Industry News
Aalberts Acquires Paulo, Expands Heat Treat Reach in N.A.
Aalberts N.V. has reached an agreement to acquire 100% of shares of Paulo Products Company (Paulo), expanding the company's geographical footprint ...
Aero/Auto Aluminum Manufacturer Expands Heat Treatment
Taiwan Hodaka Technology, an aerospace and automotive manufacturer, extends its market reach by adding an aluminum aging furnace to its heat ...
Aerospace Manufacturer Expands with 7th Vacuum Furnace
A major North American aerospace manufacturer has placed an order for a seventh vacuum furnace to expand capacity. This furnace is ...
FPM Heat Treating Increases Capacity with Vacuum Furnace
FPM Heat Treating has announced the acquisition of a vacuum furnace, enhancing the company's capabilities to serve the manufacturing community, especially ...
Huake Casting Control Technology Expands Production with Vacuum Furnace
A manufacturer of components for the aviation and energy sectors is expanding its production capabilities with the acquisition of a horizontal ...
U.S. Army Receives T901 Engines for UH-60 Black Hawk Flight Testing
U.S. Army Receives T901 Engines for UH-60 Black Hawk Flight Testing The U.S Army recently received two T901 engines from a ...
HIP: Technology that Takes Components into Space
Hot isostatic press (HIP) processing is a manufacturing technology used to densify metal and ceramic parts to improve a material’s mechanical ...
Spirit AeroSystems Announces Split Acquisitions by Boeing, Airbus
Spirit AeroSystems, a global manufacturer of aerostructures for commercial airplanes, defense platforms, and business/regional jets recently announced it has entered into ...
Aerospace Parts Manufacturer Upgrades Vacuum Heat Treating Capabilities
A global manufacturer of aircraft parts has ordered a single-chamber vacuum furnace for brazing jet engine parts. The new equipment will ...
Aerospace Industry Acquires Box Furnace for Heat Treating Parts
An aerospace company has purchased a rod overbend box furnace to heat treat parts under an inert atmosphere. The heat treating ...
Doncaster’s Atmosphere Furnace Purchase To Bolster In-House Heat Treatment Capabilities
An aerospace, industrial gas turbine, and automotive market leader has expanded its heat treatment operations with a recently purchased air atmosphere ...
Aerospace Heat Treating Upgrades Capacity with Drop Bottom Furnace
An electrically heated drop bottom furnace with a traveling quench tank and a maintenance platform has been shipped to an aerospace ...
Fringe Friday: From Mars to Venus with GaN
We’re celebrating getting to the “fringe” of the weekend with a Heat Treat Fringe Friday covering news about the promise gallium nitride ...
NASA Aids AM’s Adoption
NASA has selected Elementum 3D (a developer and supplier of metal additive manufacturing (AM) advanced materials, print parameters, and services) to ...
The Role of Heat Treatment in Space Exploration
Precise heat treating is essential to enable components to withstand space exploration. In this Technical Tuesday, Mike Grande, vice president of ...
Titanium Production & Recycling To Increase for Aerospace Sector
EcoTitanium, a European plant for recycling and refining titanium alloys for critical applications, was opened in France in 2017. It was ...
Heat Treating AM Components to Infinity and Beyond
The amazing materials that are produced through additive manufacturing (AM) and 3D machining often require post-processing heat treatments before these become ...
IperionX and Vegas Fastener To Co-Produce Titanium Fasteners for US Army
IperionX Limited and Vegas Fastener Manufacturing, LLC (Vegas Fastener) have agreed to partner to develop and manufacture titanium alloy fasteners and ...
