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Sir John Rose departs Rolls Royce

Posted in Industry News on 5th October 2010

Rolls Royce have announced the retirement of Sir John Rose who has been with the company for the best part of 30 years and has been Chief Executive for the past 14 years. Mr John Rishton has been appointed to take over the role.

Bits and Pieces

Posted in Reflections on 21st September 2010

Boring? Well if we are going to talk about the twist drill what better way to name the article? The twist drill, so called because the piece of bar that was originally used in its production had two grooves cut into opposite sides and was then twisted to produce the flutes and was the invention of an American gentleman, Steven Morse in 1861.

IMOA appointment

Posted in Industry News on 16th September 2010

Mark Wilson of Thompson Creek has been appointed President of IMOA - The International Molybdenum Association. Mr Wilson will take over from Victor Perez of Codelco.

A look at Titanium

Posted in Reflections on 9th September 2010

There is some debate as to who actually named the element, was it named by The Reverend William Gregor the original discoverer or by the German chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth who found it later in the same year of 1791. Whichever is the case it was named after the Titans, sons in Greek Mythology of Gaia and Uranus and is now universally known as titanium.

Long awaited arrival of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Posted in The World Of Metal on 24th August 2010

After a delay of roughly two years the long awaited for arrival of Boeing's 787 "Dreamliner" at the Farnborough airshow was the cause of plenty of excitement amongst the media and plane spotters alike. The aircraft has been described by Thomson Airways, who will the first UK based airline to have the 787 as part of its longhaul fleet in 2012, as "the greatest advance for air passengers since the development of Concorde".

The Bicycle

Posted in The World Of Metal on 11th August 2010

The modern bicycles that we see today are indeed a far step from the bone-shakers of yesteryear. Their popularity is such that, reportedly, there are over 800 million of them in use throughout the world

Metals in medicine

Posted in The World Of Metal on 6th August 2010

In day to day life we see many differing forms and types of metals and alloys all around us. Often they pass unnoticed, the tungsten filaments in the light bulbs, the cast iron and aluminium street furniture, the stainless steel counters at the sandwich shop or the bronze statues

52,500 Reasons to be cheerful

Posted in Reflections on 28th July 2010

52,500 or so, was the number of Roman coins found in an earthenware pot which weighed in at a staggering 160kgs. The coins were made from debased silver and bronze, found as a result of metal detecting in a field by Mr David Crisp of Wiltshire. The coins have now been declared as Treasure by the East Somerset coroner Mr Tony Williams.

Anticipated Growth for Metal Powders Market

Posted in Industry News on 30th June 2010

A comprehensive report carried out by Global Industry Analysts (GIA) has predicted that the global metal powders market will be worth a healthy $4.9 billion by 2015

The Application of Metals in Sport

Posted in The World Of Metal on 30th June 2010

We recently spoke in a previous article about the manufacturing process behind golf clubs and the metals and casting process involved in producing the variety of clubs available. This left us thinking about other sports and how base metals are used in producing sporting equipment.