Materials

Extensive materials experience includes:

• Irons
• grey cast iron
• white cast iron
• Steels
• plain carbon
• alloy
• microalloy steels
• stainless
• powder metal
• Aluminium alloys
• Magnesium alloys
• Titanium alloys
• Copper alloys
• brasses
• bronzes
• Refractory metals
• Metal matrix composites
• particulate reinforced
• short fibre reinforced
• continuous fibre reinforced
• Surface treatments
• case hardening
• plating
• thermal spraying
• PVD
• CVD
• Tribological materials
• plain bearings
• aluminium alloy
• copper alloy
• white metal
• friction materials
• sintered
• Sealing materials
• gaskets

Processes

Comprehensive process knowledge includes:

• Casting
• sand
• gravity die
• pressure die
• lost wax
• continuous
• squeeze
• Powder metallurgy
• cold compaction
• steel
• aluminium
• copper
• warm compaction
• hot compaction
• isostatic pressing
• powder rolling
• injection moulding
• 3D-printing - laser sintering
• porous materials
• Rolling
• Forging
• Extrusion
• continuous
• Heat treatment
• Welding
• Brazing
• Soldering

Applications

Application experience includes:

• Automotive
• powertrain
• valvetrain
• brakes
• suspension
• body panels
• Industrial
• lifting equipment
• hydraulics
• valves
• heat exchangers
• boilers
• press tooling
• cutting tools
• catering equipment
• Aerospace
• Railway
• locomotive
• Marine
• valves
• deck fittings
• Domestic products
• electrical contacts
• pipes and plumbing fittings
• Medical devices
• Electronic devices

Failure Mechanisms

Failure experience includes:

• Fracture
• fatigue
• corrosion
• rolling contact
• fretting
• brittle
• intergranular
• cleavage
• ductile
• microvoid coalescence
• Corrosion
• pitting
• galvanic
• intergranular
• stress-corrosion
• hydrogen embrittlement
• erosion & cavitation
• dezincification
• oxidation
• Wear
• abrasive
• cavitation erosion
• adhesive wear
• fretting wear
• Distortion