VALIMET reaches 1500 followers on LinkedIn

“VALIMET, Inc. is a family-owned business. We’re a quality leader, qualified by the Defense and Aerospace Industries. We’re grateful for the interest that is surrounding our activities: we saw it boom during the past year.The journey has just begun: thanks for being part of it.” Luigi AlzatiVP Sales and Marketing #defenseindustry #aerospaceindustry #aluminium  #additivemanufacturing

Hypersonic Rocket Engines and Vehicles – a lot is happening, fast

“Start-ups want two things: Halo and Lifeblood” (Barry McGeough – renown Innovation leader). What a striking synthesis: ‘Halo’ stands for the reputational benefit of being associated to an established Customer or End User; ‘Lifeblood’ stands for Investors’ funds. This interesting article by Courtney Albon at C4ISRNET is basically covering McGeough’s concept in the domain of hypersonic rocket engines & vehicles:Start-ups…

A Post-Doc position at Purdue University on Energetic Materials

There’s a post-doc position at Purdue University, that will cover an interesting set of topics: oxidation behavior, material design, thermodynamics, aerodynamics and will stretch to manufacturing technologies like 3D printing. We at VALIMET, Inc. supply the Defense and Aerospace industry with a variety of Aluminum based powders and would like to warmly welcome PhDs in our network to…

VALIMET supporting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

VALIMET, Inc. sponsored an initiative to support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – ALSAC.It was a hot day; as hot as it gets in Big Valley. Brave Isabella, an employee’s daughter, intercepted a wide-spread demand for refreshments and raised over 2000$ by selling at her stand a sensational lemonade, donated by Chick-fil-A Restaurants. Great sales skills in action…

The VALIMET Orchard, Episode 0

See the contrast between a “pardon our dust” area and a bush with glorious agapanthus. Everything wants to bloom on VALIMET’s grounds – and we’re giving it a nudge. The Orchard is primarily meant as a perk for our Employees. It directly impacts their well-being at work; it serves as a natural area to wind…

Residual Stresses, Grains refinement thanks to Shot Peening of AM parts

We’d like to bring to the attention of the AM community this work by Erfan Maleki, Professor Sara Bagherifard and the team that’s under Professor Mario Guagliano‘s supervision at Politecnico di Milano. Surface deformation, grains refinement and the possibility to design the optimal Compressive Residual Stress profile for a metallic component, based on the fatigue loading that’s expected for it…

SUMMER HEAT and Care for Employees

Three tips from VALIMET, Inc. on how an Employee-Centric organization can face the Summer heat: Get there prepared, with seasonal fruits ready to be picked in your orchard (apricots, peaches, plums). Give it a nudge, by calling an ice-cream truck on the premises, and offering free solace to the whole team. Build gazebos, have water misters…

VALIMET collaborating with POLITECNICO di TORINO on Additive Manufacturing

Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy, has been studying VALIMET, Inc. Aluminum Alloys for AM for several years, with specific focus on Aeronautical applications. “Professor Diego Manfredi is willing to travel the road less travelled and we’re excited that they’ve requested non-obvious material to work together with us.This University has acquired a specific material-process knowledge over the years by using…

VALIMET collaborating with POLITECNICO di MILANO on Cold Spray

Another Cold Spray, AM initiative by VALIMET, Inc.:Our VP of Sales and Marketing just visited the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, meeting with Cold Spray experts Professor Mario Guagliano and Professor Sara Bagherifard. Over the years, they have studied VALIMET powders with specific focus on post-processing treatments and physical characterization of coatings. “I’m particularly glad to collaborate with this Center of…

Busy booth at CSAT and LSAAT

Busy CSAT and LSAAT show for VALIMET, in Worcester MA. The Cold Spray Action Team and the Large Scale Additive Action Team have gathered a distinguished set of professionals representing the whole Value Chain, from OEMs to Powder Manufacturers.See you in 2024! #aluminum #aluminium  #additivemanufacturing