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Arlington Capital Partners, a Washington, D.C.-based private-equity firm, acquired Firth Rixson Forgings Ltd. from Arconic. Going forward, the business will operate as part of Forged Solutions Group, which was formed in November 2019 by Arlington Capital as its aerospace forging platform. Located in Sheffield, United Kingdom, Firth Rixson provides complex closed-die forgings and forged discs and proprietary forward-and-backward extrusion-produced shafts and cylinders primarily for OEM and Tier 1 aerospace and defense engine customers.

Premade, self-adhesive pipe marking labels can help facility managers quickly label pipes or systems in line with common ANSI/ASME A13.1 and IIAR standards.

The company significantly expanded its line of benchtop hardness testers, adding seven Rockwell systems, eight Vickers systems and one Brinell systems.

Model TMB 8150 STRETCH automatic top-load parts washer is nearly twice as wide as the standard TMB 8100 model (82.5 vs. 55 inches) for a wider wash zone, and it features dual 5-HP heavy-duty wash-cycle pumps and 170-gallon sump capacity.

The DiaGrind 535 series of lubricants is available in a variety of viscosities. (5, 15 and 25 centistokes).

MCT4, a ¼ DIN multi-loop controller with a 4.3-inch color touchscreen user interface, combines the functionality of multiple devices.

The new soft-grip back-blow safety air gun uses the smallest back-blow nozzle available to deliver a blast of air to effectively blow debris and liquids from inside small pipe or hose diameters, channels, bores, holes, internal threads and other internal part features.

The selection of an appropriate flooring system contributes to increased productivity and profitability by decreasing outages related to floor repairs and replacement, reducing expensive equipment repairs related to inconsistencies in the flooring and decreasing the risk of operator safety concerns and fatigue.

The 23rd International Forging Congress (IFC), to be held in Chicago Sept. 19-21, 2020, issued its call for presentations. The event, which will immediately follow the IMTS show, will showcase the best in technical and business-oriented presentations for the worldwide forging community. The IFC Planning Committee is calling for presentations now through Aug. 31, 2019.