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ENGINEERING, R&D SUPPORT

(METALLURGICAL/MATERIALS JOINING)

Efficient use of R&D and prototyping budgets.

Ä¢¹½tv³ÉÄê°æ’s team of materials scientists works closely with staff mechanical, electrical, as well as chemical engineers to provide solutions quickly and cost-effectively.  In addition, we have over 45 years of experience developing new approaches to materials joining engineering challenges.

Metallurgical/Materials Joining R&D Support

Our roots are in the research & development of precision brazing, diffusion bonding, and medical devices, , cold plates, and instrumentation apparatus.  Capabilities e.g.:

  • Component, subassembly, or turnkey product development
  • Contract services in support of customer research
  • R&D preceding production – either by the customer or by Ä¢¹½tv³ÉÄê°æ
  • Prototyping, proof-of-concept demonstrations
  • Design of experiment (DOE)
  • Specific process development or problem-solving as well as assisting customers with their R&D efforts
  • Technology transfer programs
  • Development of production equipment
  • Production line development
  • Complete R&D solutions using both in-house and subcontractor expertise
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In-House Testing & Analysis to Expedite R&D Projects

Our materials testing lab supports in-house R&D and production quality assurance and can provide an external service to customers.  In addition, our testing and analysis services e.g.:

  • Metallographic laboratory analysis
  • Vacuum integrity
  • Residual gas analysis
  • Helium leak detection
  • Pressure testing
  • Strength of materials
  • Failure analysis

R&D for Discerning Customers and Mission-Critical Applications

A few examples e.g.:

  • Fortune 50 conglomerate: development of implantable battery seals
  • Aerojet Rocketdyne: development of cleaning processes for reactive metals
  • LLNL: development of pulse purge cleaning technology
  • GE: development of a ruggedized sapphire window for harsh environments
  • Applied Materials: development of joining method for electrostatic particle accelerator tubes

Why Trust Your Metallurgical/Materials Joining Project to Ä¢¹½tv³ÉÄê°æ?

Each project we undertake requires the research and development of creative solutions to customer challenges.  Furthermore, these solutions often employ new methods or approaches to fabrication.  As a result, we continue to build on this wealth of knowledge and expertise to meet our customers’ unique requirements.

  • Minimize research and development, prototyping, production costs, as well as time-to-market through innovation
  • In-house metallurgical expertise to solve difficult challenges as they arise
  • Complete solutions using both in-house resources as well as qualified subcontractors
  • Contract flexibility – from cost-plus to partnering
  • Highly responsive engineer-to-engineer technical interaction with prospects as well as customers

Equipment & Facilities

Ä¢¹½tv³ÉÄê°æ provides over 150,000 square feet of design, lab, production, as well as quality assurance space for your contract manufacturing program e.g.:

  • Vacuum brazing furnaces
  • Aluminum vacuum brazing furnaces
  • Hydrogen furnaces
  • Thin film coating systems
  • Induction as well as infrared braze systems
  • Diffusion bonding furnaces
  • Hot pressing furnaces
  • The world’s largest vacuum hot press
  • Machine shop
  • Quality assurance facility
  • Coordinate measuring machines
  • Laboratories e.g. cleanroom as well as clean environment
  • Welding cells
  • Cleaning lines
  • Assembly lines
  • Materials testing & analysis lab
  • Wet lab, metrology, as well as inspection equipment
  • & more!

Advanced Technical Expertise for Metallurgical/Materials Joining

Ä¢¹½tv³ÉÄê°æ provides materials science and fabrication technology expertise, contract research, as well as consulting for customers located in over four continents.

  • Design of experiments for processes as well as assembly fabrication
  • Solutions for assemblies as well as devices having high-temperature applications
  • Design of extreme temperature as well as pressure heat exchangers
  • Use and joining of dissimilar metals, exotic metals, as well as ceramics
  • Thin-film structure investigations
  • : many specialized processes, including vacuum bake-out
  • process development as well as production engineering
  • Applied force parameters
  • Plastic deformation control
  • Superalloy structures
  • 0005″ thick titanium foil
  • TLP (transient liquid phase) bonding
  • Design for efficiency as well as quality in production
  • Techniques for the fabrication of complex fixturing as well as assemblies
  • Microchannel devices: processes as well as assembly
  • Testing and analysis: process performance, application-specific, as well as production quality
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