Aluminum Alloy Powders and Additive Manufacturing: A Perfect Fit for Drones Manufacturing

Why does Additive Manufacturing make perfect sense for Drones Manufacturing? Let us share with you 3 thoughts on the matter. Everything you always wanted to have combined, but never dared to ask for:materials variety, lightweight solutions, manufacturing on-demand, rapid prototyping (iterations might be needed), design flexibility (aka: freedom to innovate with quirky shapes for optimized…

The VALIMET Orchard, Episode 8: That Nutcracker Dance.

We have two Plum trees, which typically bloom a couple of weeks after the Almonds. See in the first picture a happy Californian bee, enjoying juicy proteins. That scene is making VALIMET employees hope for a great harvest. Also, if you’re familiar with the Nutcracker ballet, you should remember the Sugar Plum Fairy dance. It’s…

VALIMET Attending SEMI-THERM 2024

Thermal Conductivity, Electrical Conductivity in Interface Materials.The development of new generation chips and chiplets is bringing new demands from thermally conductive rubbers, gels, polymers. Meet our VP of Sales and Marketing, Luigi Alzati, at SEMI-THERM 2024 in San Jose, California to discuss how tailored Aluminum powders solution can offer valuable solutions. #aluminum #aluminium #thermalconductivity #thermalinterface #interfacematerials #companyculture #communityengagement VALIMET, Inc.

Spring Equinox

Spring Equinox at VALIMET, Inc.: the first Ice Cream Truck, the first company barbecue and the Executive Team meeting takes place in the Orchard. These Californians… #companyculture #wellbeing #wellbeingatwork #gardening #california

Aluminum Powders for Solid Propellants – Contributes from McGill University

The number of papers by McGill University has grown on our Literature page. Prof. Jeff Bergthorson and Prof. David L. Frost lead a research team that is active also in the field of Energetic Materials. We list their contributes on topics like Kinetic v. Diffusion-controlled reactions; a discussion of the radiation heat transfer relevance; detonation of charges, hybrid Aluminum-gas propellants behavior…

VALIMET Supporting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

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.

Aluminum Powders for Hydrogen Production – Contributes from McGill University

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…

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…