A little help for our friends at the The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.See our Executive Team celebrating Mike Royes as he prepares for AMBBR, America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride, Lake Tahoe, raising funds for LLS. See the ride’s website and cheer for Team 209! #companyculture #communityengagement #employeeengagement #leukemia #companyculture #communityengagement VALIMET, Inc.
Hydrogen Production is an interesting topic we cover on our Literature page. We list the works of Professors Jeff Bergthorson and David L. Frost‘s team at McGill University. Two more papers, which in a way anticipate the later publications, have just been added. These include co-authors Samuel Goroshin, a lifetime at McGill, Professor Keena Trowell, currently at McMaster University and Jiayi Wang, currently…
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 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,…
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…
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
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…
https://valimet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Feb-22.mp4 (Credit to J.W. Thompson & Grillo B., 1986) #wellbeingatwork #gardening #companyculture #employeeperks #aluminum #additivemanufacturing
Radiant Energy loss and its implication for the characterization of metal powders combustion in Solid Propellants. The topic is hot. A new paper summarizes the efforts of two research centers, Texas Tech University and NSWC WD China Lake CA. Together with other partners, they produced a series of publications (see the Energetic Materials Technology section…
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…