Showing posts with label Thermal Spray Technologies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thermal Spray Technologies. Show all posts

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Thermal Spray Technologies Teams Up With UW to Improve Jet Engines (Sun Prairie Star)

Collaborating with researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison), Thermal Spray Technologies (TST) has played a key role in the development of innovative thermal spray coatings to improve heat protection and fuel efficiency in the next generation of jet turbine engines.

The team’s experimental results were published in the August issue of the Journal of Thermal Spray Technologies (JTST) in an article titled “Application of Plasma Spraying as a Precursor in the Synthesis of Oxidation Resistant Coatings.”

Turbine blades in aircraft engines are subjected to extremely high temperatures. Thermal spray coatings are used to combat these high temperatures and to protect the underlying turbine blade.
 
 
Blogger's Note: TST and UW have a great history of working together, and are a great example of how much economic potential there is in commercializing research out of UW.  On Wisconsin!

Saturday, December 24, 2011

2011 - A Year in Review: An Economic Development Top Ten for Sun Prairie, Wisconsin (City of Sun Prairie Office of Economic Development)

  • Closing of Wisconsin Cheeseman
  • Announcement of Closing of Famous Footwear
  • New Perspective Senior Living Breaks Ground on South Bristol Street/WEDC Grants Sun Prairie $350,000 Brownfield Grant
  • Main Street Interchange Project Completed
  • Woodman's Begins Construction
  • Costco Announces Sun Prairie Site
  • Governor Announces Special Legislative Session at Thermal Spray Technologies
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific Buys TREK Diagnostic
  • Frontier Communications Expands in Sun Prairie
  • Walmart Announces Plans to Expand on its Current Site
Blogger's Note: What else should be on this list?   What is the number one story for 2011?

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Thermal Spray Technologies President William Lenling Named to ASM International Board of Trustees (PRWeb.com)

Thermal Spray Technologies President William Lenling Named to ASM International Board of Trustees (Excerpts) 

ASM International, The Materials Information Society, has announced its officer nominees to serve one-year terms.

Trustee William J. Lenling, of Sun Prairie, Wisc. Lenling is a materials engineer and President of Thermal Spray Technologies, Inc., which engineers and manufactures industrial coatings using thermal spray processes. He co-founded the company in 1992 and has grown it into a firm with $20 million in sales and 70 employees. He has been an active ASM member and the Thermal Spray Society. Lenling has served on the TSS Board of Directors and several committees. He now chairs the ASM Certification Committee and is on the Education Professional Subcommittee.

ASM, a nonprofit professional association, boasts more than 36,000 members worldwide from many scientific and engineering disciplines. Its members work in industry, government, academia and other settings to understand the properties of, and discover new uses for, materials such as metals, ceramics, polymers and nanoparticles. The field’s experts and their innovations undergird advances in everything from spacecraft, smart phones and medical technology to corrosion-resistant screws and long-lasting tires.

ASM International serves materials professionals, nontechnical personnel, and managers worldwide by providing high-quality materials information, education and training, networking opportunities, and professional-development resources in cost-effective and user-friendly formats. ASM is where materials users, producers, and manufacturers converge to do business. 

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Governor Walker Announces Special Legislative Session for Job Creation During Visit to Thermal Spray Technologies in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin (Various)

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker visits with an employee of Thermal Spray Technologies during a tour of their facility in the Sun Prairie Business Park, where the Governor also announced he was calling the legislature to a special session to take up several bills focused on jobs.  (Photo by Neil Stechschulte)
From the left: Richard Wilkey, CEO & Founder - Fisher Barton Group, Bill Lenling, President -Thermal Spray Technologies, Mayor John Murray, GregWilkey President - Fisher Barton Group, and Governor Scott Walker stop for a photo at the end of the day in front of 16 U.S. patents held by the company.  (Photo by Neil Stechschulte)

Gov. Walker's Special Session on Jobs Includes 26 Bills (WisBusiness.com)
http://wisbusiness.com/index.iml?Article=248595

See the list of bills here: http://www.wisbusiness.com/1008/large/110928specialsession.pdf

Walker Calls Legislature Back for Special Session on Jobs (Madison.com)
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_f2441f26-e9f8-11e0-927d-001cc4c03286.html

Walker calls special session on jobs bills (JSOnline.com)
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/130709508.html

Sun Prairie Star VIDEO

Main Presentation: http://www.youtube.com/user/chrismertes#p/a/u/2/tfn4VOt8GWc

Main Presentation Continued: http://www.youtube.com/user/chrismertes#p/a/u/1/zczBcQ_e-jI

Plant Tour: http://www.youtube.com/user/chrismertes#p/a/u/0/KPd92nsQdRA

Governor calls special jobs session; expresses confidence in Werwie (WKOW.com) VIDEO
http://www.wkow.com/story/15569861/governor-calls-special-jobs-session-expresses-confidence-in-werwie

Walker calls special session for jobs bills (todaystmj4.com) VIDEO
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/130741038.html

Gov. Walker calls a special legislative session on jobs (fox6now.com) VIDEO
http://www.fox6now.com/news/politics/witi-20110928-special-session-jobs,0,1479996.story

Walker Calls Another Legislative Session On Jobs(Channel3000.com)
http://www.channel3000.com/politics/29330492/detail.html

Wis. Gov. Calls Another Legislative Session on Jobs (NBC15.com)
http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/Wis_Gov_Calls_Another_Legislative_Session_on_Jobs_130717043.html

Blogger's Note: Special thanks to Governor Walker for visiting Thermal Spray Technologies in Sun Prairie.  We know there a lot of great companies in Wisconsin where he could have made his announcement today, and we're excited that he chose one of ours.

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Thermal Spray Parent Company Making Significant Investments Into Their Companies (WisBusiness.com)

Fisher-Barton Group Reinvests Profits to Build New Materials Lab

Link to Full Article: http://www.wisbusiness.com/index.iml?Article=246287

Blogger's Note: Yes...their new lab was built in Watertown.  But it sure sounds like the Thermal Spray division here in Sun Prairie has a lot of potential.  

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Thermal Spray Technologies, Inc. R&D Technician Jesse Beske Granted Extension Diplomas by ASM International (24-7 Press Release)

PLYMOUTH, MN, February 27, 2011 -- The Materials Information Society awarded Mr. Jesse Beske of Thermal Spray Technologies (TST) Extension Diplomas in both Non-Ferrous Metallurgy and Applied General Metallurgy after his successful completion of extended study of courses prescribed by ASM International. Mr. Beske completed courses in Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgist, Aluminum and Its Alloys, Titanium and Its Alloys, Principles of Metallography, and Fundamentals and Applications of Powder Metallurgy. Mr. Beske has been employed with TST for over 4 years and is a key contributor within the copmany's R&D department in the development and analysis of coatings for our customers. Thermal Spray Technologies applies a wide range of materials using thermal spray processes to enhance the properties of our customer's products. Thermal sprayed coatings increase component life, improve component performance, increase component value and reduce machinery downtime.

For additional information please contact Brad Wagner, Director of Sales at 608-825-2772 ext. 238 or bwagner@tstcoatings.com.


Blogger's Note: Just read in the March 2011 newsletter of the Wisconsin Section of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers that they recently toured the TST facility in Sun Prairie. Thanks to TST for bringing these folks to our City!