This Week In Heat Treat Social Media: Christmas Edition

December 23, 2021 / FEATURED NEWS, MANUFACTURING HEAT TREAT

Welcome to Heat Treat Today's This Week in Heat Treat Social Media: The Christmas Edition. With so much content available on the web, especially during Christmas, it’s next to impossible to sift through all of the articles and posts that flood our inboxes and notifications on a daily basis. So before you head off to celebrate with friends and family, Heat Treat Today is sharing some great Christmas-themed heat treat news from the different social media outlets!

If you have content that everyone has to see, please send the link to editor@heattreattoday.com.

1. A Metals Memory for Christmas

"Tinsel, the thin sparkling strands we drape over Christmas trees, first appeared in Germany around 1610 and was originally thin strips of material extruded from real silver. According to WiseGeek.com, silver looked good but tarnished quickly and was soon replaced by other sparkly metals. Tinsel was first placed on Christmas trees to accentuate the glow of lit candles, and only the wealthiest people could afford entire garlands.

"Advances in manufacturing eventually resulted in cheaper aluminum-based tinsel, and by the early 20th century most consumers could afford tinsel garlands, as well as individual pieces of tinsel known as icicles. By the 1950s, the use of tinsel garlands and icicles nearly overshadowed the use of Christmas lights." (Thomasnet.com)

2. Christmas Chatter

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire? Sounds like a safety hazard. Check out what people are chatting about this holiday season.

3. Light Up the Night

What do you get when you mix candles with combustion?

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Fringe Friday: Heat Treating with 4D Printing

August 21, 2020 / FEATURED NEWS, HEAT TREAT NEWS INDUSTRIES

Source: Thomasnet.com

At the end of the week, we like to keep it light at Heat Treat Today. This Fringe Friday article explores the frontier of manufacturing: 4D printing. This approach uses printable materials, which can be manipulated by high temperature, electric current, or pressure, taking on different forms.

The shape-shifting material has the potential for multiple applications. The excitement for future applications is further explored in this the Thomasnet.com article, “4D Printing Makes Shape-shifting a Reality.” Take a look at the video on their website to listen and watch these 4D finds.

An excerpt: “These characteristics allow for bonding to the non-transforming substances in helping to simultaneously support the composition of the initial object, as well as embedding the ability to change the object’s shape based on need or environmental factors.”

Read more about 4D at “4D Makes Stuff That Changes Shape“

All images in this post are taken from the original article on ThomasNet.

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Heat Treating Services Show Upward Trend in Activity

February 14, 2018 / FEATURED NEWS, MANUFACTURING HEAT TREAT, MANUFACTURING HEAT TREAT NEWS

Source: Thomasnet.com

Aluminum sheets and heat treating services are among the categories of upwardly trending activity that Tony Uphoff recently reported on at Thomasnet.com. In addition to how well each area is doing above historical averages, the analysis includes this tidbit: “according to U.S. census data, 96 percent of heat treatment companies employ fewer than 100 workers; 68 percent employ fewer than 20.”

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Most Powerful U.S. Rocket Engine in 20 Years Fired by Amazon’s Bezos

November 14, 2017 / AEROSPACE HEAT TREAT, AEROSPACE HEAT TREAT NEWS, FEATURED NEWS

Source: ThomasNet.com

The most powerful U.S. rocket engine fired in two decades is also reusable and could become a leading rocket engine for commercial and military launches. It was also launched by an unlikely source, the founder and CEO of a company which is more broadly known for its presence as a major online retailer.

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos launched his space tourism and commercial rocket company Blue Origin in September 2000. Roughly 17 years later, the company fired the BE-4 engine. Fueled by a liquid oxygen and liquid methane mix that generates 550,000 pounds of thrust, the BE-4 could be used in multiple rockets, including Blue Origin’s New Glenn orbital rocket.

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Airbus Provides Glimpse into Production of 5 New BelugaXL Super Transporters

October 30, 2017 / AEROSPACE HEAT TREAT, AEROSPACE HEAT TREAT NEWS, FEATURED NEWS

Source: ThomasNet

Airbus recently released an update on their progress on five new Airbus BelugaXL super transporters, anticipating the first of the five to be ready to join the Airbus Beluga fleet by 2019. Current work is on the power-on process–systems, mechanical, and electrical integration–to be followed by adding on the tail section.

Read and view video here: “Airbus Builds Massive Cargo Aircraft”.