Metal additive manufacturing

As a world leading fabricator of platinum group metals (pgm) and their alloys, we are applying our expertise to speciality powders for use in aerospace applications, such as combustion chamber parts for control thrusters of satellites and deep space probes. Precious metals are advantageous in these harsh environments, with excellent corrosion resistance and exceptional strength at extremely high temperatures.

Additive manufacturing of speciality metal powders is a cost effective method of making complex shapes and iterative designs with reduced lead times. This is of increasing interest in the aerospace industry; the next generation of thrusters are expected to be made by additive manufacturing of pgm powders, providing longer lifetimes, reduced intrinsic metal content and greater freedom of design.