Leaders engaging in the Community

Your city suffers bad press? Well, what have you done about that lately? The Leadership Stockton Class of 2024 is rehabbing the Aspen House at the CHILDREN’S HOME OF STOCKTON, serving transitional age youth in the community. VALIMET’s VP of Operations Michael Royer is an active player in this campaign. Fundraising is a key part of the project and there’s…

Two papers on Solid Propellants by Steven F. Son Research Group (Purdue University)

Two more contributes from Purdue University are now listed on our Energetic Materials Literature page. They stand as a reference for topics that have been deeply investigated in recent years. “Combustion of micron-aluminum and hydrogen peroxide propellants”, 2013. Kinetic v. Diffusion controlled Combustion. This paper frames this topic for good. By Chris Zaseck, now at BLUE ORIGIN, Prof. Steve Son,…

The VALIMET Orchard, Episode 7: Citrus v. Almond

Mid-February in Norther California is what in the Midwest they call mid-May. Our Almond tree was in full bloom last week: admiring visitors, employees walking around, enthusiast bees. Bad press about the Almond tree from the Citrus garden:The Lemon tree stated: “Blossoms are overrated”;The Kumquat said: “Two drops of rain, a whisper of the wind…

Attending AMUG 2024

2nd Announcement: Our VP of Sales and Marketing Luigi Alzati and our Technology Manager Ian McCarthy, PhD will be attending AMUG (Additive Manufacturing Users Group). Meet them at the Hilton Chicago! #aluminium #aluminium #aerospaceindustry #defense #rocketscience #hypersonics

The VALIMET Conference room at University of the Pacific’s Student Makerplace

Student Makerplace Inauguration at University of the Pacific, Stockton CA. A truly pleasant get together of University Management, Staff and Donors.The VALIMET Conference Room is now officially open to the students. It was visited by our President Chris Adam, VP of Operations Michael Royer and VP of Sales and Marketing Luigi Alzati (someone had to take good picture). Prototyping area, laser…

3D printed Rocket Engine Nozzle at NASA

Something good for the Additive Manufacturing industry just happened. Congrats to the ELEMENTUM 3D team, RPM Innovations, Inc. and Paul Gradl‘s team at NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration. We’re glad that a lightweight Aluminum Alloy is the selected material. This project paves the way for more AM nozzle applications, bringing up a key…

One AM Application area to watch: eVTOLs. The Moore Ranking.

We invite our Additive Manufacturing network to read the article Whisper Aero’s Mark Moore wrote for Aviation Week Network. A lot happened in the eVTOLs arena – you may want a shortcut provided by an expert. First of all, congratulations to Joby Aviation and Archer for their success in the Moore Ranking. Secondly, a call to action to AM parts manufacturers: eVTOLs are a…

Takeaways from the Additive Manufacturing Strategy Summit 2024

4 key topics from a great Additive Manufacturing Strategies Summit in NYC. 1. AM as a Stage-2 Industry. Allow me rewording what I heard from James Hockey (Incodema3D, LLC), Arno Held (AM Ventures), Danny Piper (NewCap Partners), Yoav Zeif (CEO at Stratasys).Calls to action pointing in the same direction: take 2024 as a make-or-break year (Arno Held) and focus on Applications – a.k.a. closing deals.My fellow…