🍋 Lemonade ice cubes & popsicles, jelly-jam & ‘Crostata al Limone’:we’re running short of ideas for how to use our lemon over-supply. Two trees, two different varieties: one sweet and one sour – i.e. one Meyer and one Eureka tree. Customers, End Users, Academics, Industry partners are welcome to visit us and grab some fruit…
While revisiting the Cold Spray publications based on our Aluminum powders, we came across two works by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that are worth slowing down for. Particle size effects in metallic microparticle impact-bonding, Ian Dowding, Ph.D., Mostafa Hassani et al. (2019); Surface oxide and hydroxide effects on Aluminum microparticle impact bonding, Jasper Lienhard,…
The sun is back, and so is the kumquat tree, loaded with fruit. After two long, cloudy months, this feels like the perfect spot for conversation. Soon we’ll meet again with the #family at Additive Manufacturing Strategies, in NYC. Rather than a review of the State of AM & 3D Printing, we believe that a…
Yep, it’s all about focusing on the Applications – and in some of them, you may want to swap Silicon with Cerium.Seriously. We just listed on VALIMET Literature page a work by Holden Hyer, David Weiss and other co-authors: “High strength aluminum-cerium alloy processed by laser powder bed fusion”DOI: https://lnkd.in/gEM852WZ As we explained before, we…
We collected and delivered presents to the CHILDREN’S HOME OF STOCKTON — a place that restores hope in kids and young adults who are in foster care. The CEO, Joelle Gomez, was giving the tour to some people – we sneaked out discretely, like Santa and his helpers do. #California #Community Engagement #CompanyCulture
It’s Friday — let’s disclose VALIMET’s unwritten rule on sweets: those of us who travel bring back regional treats and specialties. Italy and New Zealand, iconic Baratti & Milano and Cookie Time Group — everyone loves you over here in Big Valley, California. We recommend your products as ice breakers for morning meetings and as…
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Long story short, it’s better to pre-alloy Zirconium and Scandium, or at least, to use an Aluminum-based Master Alloy. The alloy Al-7Ce-10Mg-0.71Zr-0.23Sc has been tested for LPBF by Northwestern University, in collaboration with Eck Industries, Inc. U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory. Clement Ekaputra, David Weiss and other co-authors have compared different addition technique for…
With great pleasure we publish here a post by Rod Russell, Energetic Materials Research Engineer / Combustion Lab Advisor at Texas Tech University – Edward E. Whitacre, Jr. College of Engineering: “Last week our team from the TTU Combustion Lab hit the road for a series of unforgettable industry tours — and we came home…
An employee perk at VALIMET, Inc.: Basketball tickets.A group of us enjoyed the Stockton Kings game, the other night.Weird encounters: Santa, the Grinch, our President Chris Adam. We share the pics as a way to process all of that…