Equispheres Comissions Proprietary Atomization Reactor to Produce Metal Powders for AM & Metal Spray
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Equispheres Inc. has commissioned the company’s flagship proprietary atomization reactor to produce metal powders for additive manufacturing (AM, also referred to as 3D printing) and metal spray applications.
The company will begin marketing spherical metal powders specifically engineered for aerospace and defense applications in early 2016. Additionally, the company announces that it has filed a patent application pertaining to its proprietary atomization technology.
Typical metal powders are produced primarily via two fluid gas atomization processes. The resultant powders produced are inherently flawed for demanding applications, such as AM and metal spray, in that the powders are irregularly shaped, have a wide size distribution, are not fully dense, and contain agglomerate particles. As a result of the aforementioned, a variety of defects can occur.
Equispheres’ patent-pending atomization technology consistently produces free-flowing, uniform, monograin, agglomerate-free spherical metal powders, which bring superior control and performance efficiencies not currently available. The company’s metal powders have a narrow particle size distribution, excellent sphericity and flowability, and consistent microstructure — as produced, without sieving or classification — and are designed to significantly improve the quality of end use products.
“Today marks a major milestone for Equispheres and our shareholders. With the successful commissioning of our first commercial atomization reactor, we have demonstrated our technology can successfully produce metal powders with superior performance characteristics compared to powders currently available in the marketplace. Once the commissioning of the reactor is finalized, we will scale-up production capacity and convey materials to our aerospace industry partners for further testing and validation,” said Kevin Nicholds, president and chief executive officer of Equispheres.
“Equispheres’ metal powders enable us to better support the manufacturing needs of aerospace and other industries,” added Nicholds.
The planned commissioning phase is expected to be completed in approximately 90 days. Equispheres intends to be producing metal powders in commercial quantities by the end of the first quarter 2016.
About Equispheres
A privately held Canadian company, Equispheres was established in 2015 to develop, manufacture and market its unique product line of ultra-high-performance spherical metal powders engineered for additive manufacturing (AM or 3D printing) and metal spray applications. Equispheres’ patent-pending atomization technology produces free-flowing, consistently sized, agglomerate-free spherical metal powders, which bring superior control and performance efficiencies not currently available. These metal powders have narrow particle size distribution, superior sphericity and consistent microstructure, designed to significantly improve the quality of customers’ end use products.
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