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CWST India celebrated AYUDHA POOJA today !!!! Ayudha Puja is the day we honour and express gratitude for all the instruments that add meaning to our life. We had a wonderful decoration of machines & equipment. The whole team enjoyed the celebrations with alot of Indian delicacies & savouries !!!!! Both Bangalore & Hyderabad teams had their celebrations which ended with two days of festival break.

Curtiss Wright develops Keronite PEO black coating for straylight absorption and passive thermal management of additively manufactured aluminium space baffles. We are at the International Symposium on Materials in the Space Environment & International Conference on Protection of Materials and Structures in a Space Environment - Sciencesconf in St. Raphael, France where Professor Suman Shrestha, VP-Applications Engineering from Keronite-Curtiss Wright, and Dr Irene Heras from CATEC presented a novel work on the development of black passive thermal control coatings for additively manufactured (AM) highly complex space baffles of the Scalmalloy alloy. The work includes design and optimisation of the intricate veins of the baffle internal of SolarMems’ Star Tracker for Nano Satellites (nanoST) and further engineered and manufactured by CATEC using the PBF-LB additive manufacturing technology followed by black surface coating development on the very intricate geometries of the baffle internal surfaces and edges using the plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) process. The Keronite black PEO coated AM baffle has been demonstrated to have highly stable thermal control properties before and after environmental exposures and demonstrated to be superior than the current space approved black anodised coating. Solar absorptance (as) and Infrared emittance (Ɛh) values for the black PEO on AM material were more than 94% and 90% respectively and higher than the current space black anodized coatings. In addition, Total hemispherical reflectance < 4%have been achieved for the black PEO AM surfaces. The authors believe, this collaborative work could open up a number of applications not only in space but also in other industrial applications for the use of AM approach in manufacturing highly engineered and complicated components with minimal materials wastage thus meeting goals towards environmental and material sustainability targets. In addition, the use of advanced and environmentally friendly PEO technology adds further benefits towards meeting new environmental legislations such as REACH.   Results of the work can be provided upon request. This work will be published as a full conference paper early next year in the Proceedings of the ISMSE.   For further information, please contact Professor Suman Shrestha: suman.shrestha@cwst.com

Wednesday, October 9th, Dr. Irene Heras, will be representing #CATEC at the International Symposium on Materials in the Space Environment' (ISME) and the 'International Conference on Protection of Materials (ICPMSE): 👉 https://lnkd.in/eBXJ2VFM. 📖 She will present a poster, collaborating with the companies Keronite - Curtiss-Wright Surface Technologies and SOLAR MEMS, on the 'Extension of Keronite's Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO) technology on metal #fabricaciónaditiva components for space components'. 👩 💻 "Specifically, a SolarMems Nano Satellites baffle has been redesigned, to be manufactured in Scalamlloy using PBF-LB additive technology, which allows a clear improvement in the absorption of stray light thanks to the complex geometry of its sloping fins, only manufactured with #tecnologíaaditiva and the black PEO absorbing coating in its internal areas," explains Irene. Good luck, we'll be very attentive! #fabricaciónaditiva #poster #investigación #CATEC Show original · Translation settings

We recently participated in the second Aviation Industry Trade Days at Békéscsaba Airport with the organization of the Hungarian Aerospace Cluster (https://lnkd.in/gVfeWxQ6 ), which we are a proud member of. Our booth provided the possibility for students and aerospace industry folks to have a brief insight into the processes that CWST provides for the aviation industry, including shot peening and engineered coatings. Our Matyas Palyusik gave a 20-minute open presentation on the stage of the event entitled “ Aerospace applications of controlled shot peening”. Providing solutions for industry leaders and education for students is something we thoroughly enjoy. #surfacetreatments #aerospace #livelonglearner #shotpeening #engineeredcoatings

Swing by stand 77 at the Med-Tech Show in Galway, Ireland to discuss how our coatings can provide solutions to critical challenges in the Medical Industry. #medicaltechnologyireland #medical #coatings #parylene #surfacetreatments

CWST/MIC Germany celebrates its 95th anniversary of Curtiss-Wright in its Feuchtwangen Shot Peening Business Unit during local team meeting. From left to right: Oliver Schuchardt, Matthias Görmer, Stephan Kuhlmann, Piotr Witt, Joerg Prosel, Richard Keicher, Markus Schepers #shotpeening #95thbirthday #curtisswright