| Update on Dayton OH Service Center |
Date Posted: 05/09/2008 |
| Here are the latest photos from our new Dayton OH Service Center. We are now up and running!
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| Modern internal combustions engines continue to evolve toward increased performance and efficiency, plus reduced emissions, through the utilization of advanced computer-controlled combustion strategies and alternative fuels. Achieving requisite durability, however, places increased demands on the high-temperature strength, wear resistance, and corrosion resistance of components such as valves. Materials that can meet these challenges have historically been costly aerospace superalloys which contain significant fractions of strategic metals such as Nickel. As the performance demands increase, and the cost of strategic materials increases, cost-favorable alternative alloys will facilitate the advancement of clean and efficient engine technology.
Eaton's CRUTONITE valve material, developed in partnership with Crucible Materials Corporation, represents a winning innovation offering high temperature and wear resistance, and high strength, that is suitable for demanding high-performance Diesel engines as well as future passenger vehicles employing advanced combustion strategies. The new alloy offers similar performance to aerospace superalloys, but with significantly less strategic metals such as Nickel. These strategic metals are not only costly but are subject to dramatic price volatility. For example, the price of Nickel has fluctuated several hundred percent over a five year period.
The CRUTONITE alloy also provides excellent wear resistance that obviates special hardfacing of valve seats. The alloy composition that resulted in enhanced wear resistance presented manufacturing challenges that were overcome through process innovation by the Eaton/Crucible partnership.
Eaton's CRUTONITE valves have been embraced and rapidly introduced in commercial applications by their customers because the valves offer the requisite performance and durability at lower cost. |
| Crusteel Limited (UK) - 100% Attendace |
Date Posted: 04/15/2008 |
| Crusteel congratulates employees that had 100% attendance in 2007
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| Letter from US FDA for CPM S30V and CPMS90V |
Date Posted: 12/14/2007 |
| Crucible was granted a Letter of No Objection from the US FDA for CPM S30V and CPM S90V.
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| Eaton Commercializes Crutonite® Alloy To Reduce Customer Costs |
Date Posted: 12/06/2007 |
| Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation today announced the first commercial application of its Crutonite® alloy will be the exhaust valves on Caterpillar Inc.'s C15 heavy-duty on-highway diesel engine beginning in 2008.
Crutonite, the trade name for the all-new alloy co-developed with supplier partner Crucible Materials Corporation, is comprised of less than half the amount of costly nickel as traditional high-temperature alloys, but offers comparable strength and wear and corrosion resistance. Eaton's Crutonite was recently named a finalist in the 2008
Automotive NewsPACE (Premier Automotive Suppliers' Contribution to Excellence) Award competition.
"We have developed a unique material soluti"n to an industry issue," said Judy Altmaier, vice president and general manager, Eaton's Valve Division. "Crutonite provides great performance and an affordable price at a time when the cost of nickel is skyrocketing."
According to the London Metal Exchange, the cost of nickel surged 165 percent from the fall of 2006 to fall of 2007. This spike greatly affects the overall manufacturing costs of high volume engines like the C15 that previously required engine valves to be made from alloys that were 70 percent nickel.
Before agreeing to change the engine valve alloy, Caterpillar conducted thorough tests to ensure that Crutonite would be able to withstand the real world durability needs as each C15 engine is expected to perform flawlessly for more than a million miles.
Eaton, the world's largest independent manufacturer of valves and valve actuation products, has a history of developing alloys to meet market needs including Eatonite® which was designed to offset the high cost of cobalt in the 1980s.
Eaton Corporation is a diversified industrial manufacturer with 2006 sales of $12.4 billion. Eaton is a global leader in electrical systems and components for power quality, distribution and control; fluid power systems and services for industrial, mobile and aircraft equipment; intelligent truck drivetrain systems for safety and fuel economy; and automotive engine air management systems, powertrain solutions and specialty controls for performance, fuel economy and safety. Eaton has 63,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 140 countries. For more information, visitwww.eaton.com.
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