IperionX, a North Carolina-based advanced materials enterprise, has announced a collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (“DOE”)Oak Ridge National Laboratory。这项工作涉及使用IPERIONX开发的球形粉末根据其钛加工技术来改善低成本合金的利用。
With a mission to become “a leading developer of US-based sustainable critical mineral and critical material supply chains, ” IperionX hopes the collaboration accelerates a “new age of American industry.”
Iperionx首席执行官兼董事总经理Anastasios（Taso）Arima说：“我们很高兴与Ornl合作。该实验室是Iperionx的理想合作伙伴，具有添加剂制造方面的专业知识，同时对确定降低成本并提高能源效率的新粉末原料有浓厚的兴趣，尤其雷电竞充值是在运输方面。”
The user agreement was signed to facilitate the work of ORNL and IperionX within the DOE’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) located at ORNL. The MDF is a 110,000 sq ft. facility and the USA’s sole large-scale, open-access site designed to demonstrate R&D manufacturing technology and optimize crucial procedures rapidly. The main goals in the User Agreement include evaluation and characterisation, as well as a demonstration of the superior performance of the materials.
Evaluation and characterization of spherical titanium powders made by IperionX’s techniques for industrial 3D printing and other applications, such as the possibility of using titanium powders to produce parts that currently rely on other metals like aluminum and stainless steel. Additionally, the project intends to demonstrate that sintered and pressed parts manufactured using IperionX’s powders have comparable or better properties than parts made using traditional titanium powders.
Iperionx的创新钛技术有可能生产环保且完全可回收的钛产品。Iperionx还拥有Titan项目100％的股份。位于田纳西州的Titan项目是北美的巨大钛资源，在稀土矿物质中也很丰富。估计state that 7.1 million tonnes of titanium are in the land.
“ORNL brings a knowledge base from numerous collaborations with advanced manufacturing companies, such as partnering in Volkswagen’s first U.S. innovation hub in Tennessee to develop lighter vehicle components from composite materials and electrify vehicles, its recent work with NASA which resulted in a 3D printed thermal protection shield traveling to the International Space Station, or its additive manufacturing work with Boeing’s 777x,” said IperionX’s CEO and Managing Director.
ORNLhas been at the leading edge of titanium powder technology research and development, focusing on low-cost production with applications in the defense, automotive, and aerospace industries.
在合作期间，将在MDF制造和测试诸如烧结和压制组件之类的零件，以确认由Iperionx开发的TI-6AL-4V合金适合在运输行业轻量级。This User Agreement will complement IperionX’s ongoing efforts to validate and demonstrate the efficiency that it provides with its U.S. titanium powder used for additively produced aerospace components and will be used to support an initiative that is being conducted in conjunction with The U.S. Navy to evaluate titanium replacement metals for flight critical elements for U.S. Department of Defense.
Iperionx首席执行官总结说：“两个组织都有田纳西州的根源，我们期待取得用户协议并在Iperionx和Ornl之间建立牢固的关系。”
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