Developments in near-net-shape forging processes promise to enhance engine performance, strengthen components for oil and gas drilling and improve hermetic seals for high-power semiconductors.

To produce complex titanium parts more cost-effectively, some machine shops may adopt advanced forging equipment to complement their CNC capabilities, to create near-net-shaped parts that require only ...

What happens when you take a rusted bearing and turn it into a machete? This is the ultimate test of craftsmanship and resourcefulness, where scrap metal is given new life through the art of forging.

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. — Rock Island Arsenal-Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center, or RIA-JMTC, hosted experts and officials across the government, military, industry and academia to discuss ...

It is the norm for our Retrotechtacular series to concentrate on a technology that has passed out of use but is still of interest to Hackaday readers, so it is perhaps unusual now to feature one that ...

Titanium is strong and light, with the highest strength-to-weight ratio of any metal. But giving it a good balance of strength and ductility is difficult and expensive. That’s why titanium is used ...