Honoring Scott Davis, at his final meeting as Industry Development Board Chairman at Metal Powder Industries Federation. Scott has been a great steward, one who enjoyed the energy that filled our brainstorms. Thank you for your service, pal! James Adams, Tim Robinson, PMT, Luigi Alzati, Neal Stephen Madill, Ken Schatz, Heath Jenkins, Adam Hines and Paul Sedor (someone had to take the picture).
It’s ok to hug a tree. Planting one is even better! We at VALIMET would like to spread the rumor that if you ship with Green Worldwide Shipping, LLC®, they will plant trees on your behalf through Trees for the Future. Our Green Team leader Kathleen Bearden is unto things like this, just so you know. #trees #companyculture VALIMET,…
“And the moon balloons over Formnext Forum Austin” (paraphrasing Derek Walcott). One key word and three takeaways from the show: Key word: Listen…Listen…LISTEN. (if you know you know but you can read the post below regardless) 1.Listen to the developments in qualification efforts for those 4-5 novel materials that have recently been developed. You know who…
“I’m coming to Austin TX with a question. The AM Industry is experiencing significant consolidations, yet the trade shows promoting it keep proliferating in number: is there value we can generate by leveraging on this apparent contradiction? Just so you know, I’ll ask for your opinion on that if I meet you at the Formnext…
“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 Alzati VP Sales and Marketing #defenseindustry #aerospaceindustry #aluminium #additivemanufacturing
“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:…
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, 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…
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…
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…