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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.
On March 16, 1926, Professor Robert H. Goddard was scurrying around a snow-covered field in Worcester, Mass. He was preparing to ignite a small rocket assembly mounted on a metal-framed “launch pad.”
This article discusses two different ways that infrared (IR) heating can be used. One is a high-heat process requiring preheating of the tools/dies, and the other is a lower-temperature process where IR is cleaner and more efficient. Can infrared be used in your process to improve energy efficiency?
Alcoa signed a $1 billion deal with Airbus to supply primarily titanium, steel and nickel-based superalloy fastening systems for every Airbus aircraft.
Allegheny Technologies Inc. (ATI) achieved qualification for its premium-titanium products used in jet-engine rotating parts made using premium-quality (PQ) titanium sponge from ATI’s Rowley, Utah, facility.