In 2018, after a fractured fan blade led to the failure of a CFM56-7B engine on a Southwest Airlines 737, resulting in the death of a passenger, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration directed a one-time ultrasonic inspection of all 24 fan blades on engines with more than 30,000 flight cycles.

Approximately 90 FIA members gathered at FIA’s annual meeting in Fort Worth, Texas, to engage the issues of the day in the forging industry.

VSMPO-AVISMA placed an order with Germany’s SMS Meer for a ring-rolling line that will be used in the production of large-OD titanium jet-engine rings from titanium alloys.

Lehigh Heavy Forge Corp., with its parent company WHEMCO Inc., announced an $11.5 million investment into ArcelorMittal Steelton, part of the world’s leading steel and mining company.

The Defense Logistics Agency is the Department of Defense’s largest logistics combat support agency. It supplies 84% of the military’s spare parts and provided $44 billion in sales and revenue in fiscal 2012. Want to learn how to become a part of this program and gain sales by supplying forgings for defense and weapon systems? Just keep reading.

Maschinenfabrik Sack & Kiesselbach (S&K) of Germany will install two automatic cold-forging systems at Pacific Precision Forging in Jiangsu, China.

Earlier this month, Ohio Star Forge (OSF) of Champion, Ohio, produced its billionth part – a 3-pound automotive transmission component for a domestic automaker.

Viking Blast & Wash Systems announces the newest blaster in its industrial line of Spinner Hanger blasters, the SH 4848.

Having walked the metalworking beat for a long time, I have seen lots of techniques and technologies used to produce the finest metal products.

This lubrication storage and dispensing system from the IFH Group features two 65-gallon containers and one 130-gallon container plus three-way product diverter valve assemblies, individual pumping systems and 10-micron filters.