Goodfellow Cambridge has introduced custom alloy powders, targeting over £500,000 in additional sales, serving clients in additive manufacturing, structural jet engines, hydrogen storage and medical implants.
High entropy alloys
The new powders allow for greater alloy composition, particle size, and batch quantity flexibility, while presenting High Entropy Alloys (HEAs) with critical properties for future material innovations.
“We can now create a HEA using almost any combination of elements, which offers enormous potential for advances in manufacturing design and, interestingly, the production of 3D printed components,” said Aphrodite Tomou, technical director at Goodfellow Cambridge.
“Additive manufacturing has the potential to be an important market for our business. This is because high-end technological systems increasingly demand lightweight and intricate components, which can be produced more efficiently and with less material waste using 3D printing.
“This new form of technology is already taking the weight out of parts destined for airplanes and rockets, while, in the medical industry, it will increasingly be used in custom implants and prosthetics.”
small lots available
HEAs offer excellent strength, toughness, corrosion, fatigue, fracture, and radiation resistance, as well as good thermal stability, ductility, and magnetic properties. Goodfellow’s proprietary ultrasonic technology enables the creation of HEAs with almost any combination of elements, unlocking enormous potential for 3D printed components and manufacturing design. The company can supply these powders in small batches (as small as 100g) to speed up innovation and R&D activity.
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