A warm thank you to all of you who follow our content on LinkedIn. We’re surprised by the opening questions we get, when meeting Customers at trade shows:you want to know the latest from the Orchard or discuss a paper we just listen in our Literature page, ask where we stand on something that has…
NIAR (National Institute for Aviation Research), has unveiled the Hub for Advanced Manufacturing Research (HAMR), at Wichita State University. We had the honor of being present at the Grand Opening. Overall, it was an impressive display of organizational focus and ambition. Over 2000 employees, over 2 million square feet, More than $600m in R&D. One…
Congratulations to our Materials and Process Engineering Manager, Dustin Hickman, PhD on his Graduation from Leadership Stockton Alumni Association! Dustin is the third employee that VALIMET, Inc. has registered in this program. The Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce offers Leadership training in the perspective of Community engagement: you give locally, you grow locally. We thank…
A few reasons why, if you work in #Aeronautics, #SpaceIndustry or #Motorsports, you may want to pass this paper to your structural engineers. A necessary disclaimer: I am not a specialist in this specific subject. However, in a previous professional life I worked on fatigue resistance in Powder Metallurgy parts, adopting the Murakami methodology and,…
Well done to EOS‘ Fabian Alefeld and Ursa Major‘s Thomas Pomorski. The transformation our generation is witnessing reaches well beyond the incremental mindset behind the “just-a-toolers” interpretation. The tremendous opportunity for legacy and advanced Manufacturing technologies should be a key topic to discuss at IMTS – International Manufacturing Technology Show. #AdvancedManufacturing #AluminumAlloys #AdditiveManufacturing #AI …
Could #NaturalIntelligence be pointing us toward #SituationalLeadership? Our Japanese Barberry bush (Berberis thunbergii) and our Eurasian Smoketree (Cotinus coggygria) were planted next to one another and happen to share an interesting trait: their new leaves emerge red, then gradually turn green over the course of about two months. Why does that happen? More importantly, can…
A few weeks ago we shared a note about the hummingbirds visiting the VALIMET Orchard. They continue to return The more one observes them, the more remarkable Natural Intelligence appears – see this pic, taken by one of our employees. EVOLUTION A hummingbird lives in constant motion. Its wings beat dozens of times per second,…
VALIMET has been invited to participate in a panel discussion at the Defense Manufacturing Conference (DMC), focused on Aluminum–Scandium alloys – particularly in light of emerging domestic sourcing of Scandium. On Thursday, April 2, our VP of Sales & Marketing, Luigi Alzati, will speak on the role of atomization within the additive manufacturing value chain.…
‘From Mine to Prime’ or ‘the state of Domestic Scandium’ at AMUG (Additive Manufacturing Users Group). We had the pleasure to organize a panel discussion with Rachel Levine. It brought attention to a family of Aluminum Alloys which is going to find several applications in the US, as a domestic value chain is being deployed.…
Stealing the show at AMUG (Additive Manufacturing Users Group), Day 4: the LEGO Group Keynote, by Ronen Hadar. Where does AM make sense in a large volume-oriented business like LEGO’s? WHY Metal AM people SHOULD HAVE ATTENDED ‘All you need to know in order to innovate in your Industry lays in other Industries’. I happen…