Fluor Corporation (FLR) has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management contract to install a new horizontal heat treat furnace at Arconic’s Davenport, Iowa facility.
The project will expand the Arconic’s heat treatment capabilities and enable the plant to increase its production of aluminum sheet and plate which the company supplies to the aerospace industry.
The Fluor and Arconic project team working closely together also recently completed the installation of Arconic’s new manufacturing technology, the Very Thick Plate Stretcher.
The Very Thick Plate Stretcher equipment improves the performance of thick aluminum and aluminum-lithium plate in aerospace and industrial applications. The stretching process reduces stress introduced into the plate as part of the manufacturing process and results in a part that is more easily machined and processed.