To power generation professionals, the word “cavitation” typically has negative connotations, but a new process offers a way to control this normally destructive effect and deploy it as a ...

The fifth-generation F-35B fighter is a multi-role machine designed to operate from short-field austere bases and a range of aircraft carriers thanks to its short take-off and vertical landing ...

DAVIDSON, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) today announced the successful verification of the Curtiss-Wright Laser Peening process on the airframe components of the ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Until recently, the process of shot peening metal to make the surface more durable and to extend the fatigue life of mechanical components was a black science. Today you need ...

Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy Systems Inc. (MNES) was awarded contracts to provide its water jet peening (WJP) service at two nuclear power plants. The contracts are for work at the Wolf Creek Generating ...

Laser-peened fan blades are enabling aircraft to fly for longer periods between engine maintenance. Oliver Graydon reports on the commercialization of the technique. From Opto & Laser Europe May 2004.

Areva completed production validation testing of its first-of-a-kind cavitation peening process on an operating nuclear reactor vessel closure head (RVCH). The milestone included completing full-scale ...

Rolls-Royce has extended its use of laser peening technology in the manufacture of its jet engines, with the addition of a new production cell at its site in Singapore. Curtiss-Wright Corporation, the ...

Framatome earlier this year applied its ultra-high pressure cavitation peening process on reactor vessel primary nozzles at Dominion Energy's Millstone nuclear power plant in Waterford, Connecticut.

Addman Advanced Metals has scaled from a single 3D printer to 25 while also building out a robust array of subtractive machines. In this video, find out how the shop manages its additive and ...