iperionx是一家位于北卡罗来纳州的高级材料企业，已宣布与美国能源部（“ DOE”）合作橡树岭国家实验室。The work concerns improving the utilization of low-cost alloys using IperionX-developed spherical powder based on its titanium processing technology.
Iperionx希望成为“总部位于美国可持续关键矿产和关键材料供应链的主要开发商”的使命，Iperionx希望合作加速“美国行业的新时代”。
Anastasios (Taso) Arima, IperionX’s CEO and Managing Director, said, “We are extremely pleased to be working with ORNL. The laboratory is an ideal partner for IperionX, with expertise in additive manufacturing, along with a strong interest in identifying new powder feedstocks that lower costs and increase energy efficiency, particularly in transportation.”
签署了用户协议，以促进在ORNL的DOE制造示范设施（MDF）中ORNL和IPERIONX的工作。MDF是一个110,000平方英尺的设施和美国唯一的大规模开放式网站，旨在展示研发制造技术并迅速优化关键程序。用户协议中的主要目标包括评估和表征，以及材料优越性能的演示。
Iperionx对工业3D打印和其他应用的技术对球形钛粉的评估和表征，例如使用钛粉的可能性来生产当前依赖其他金属等其他金属等铝和不锈钢等零件。此外，该项目旨在证明使用Iperionx粉末制造的烧结和压制零件比使用传统钛粉制成的零件具有可比或更好的特性。
IperionX创新钛技术的the potential to produce titanium products that are environmentally friendly and fully recyclable. IperionX also has a 100 percent stake in the Titan Project. The Titan Project, located in Tennessee, is a huge titanium resource in North America that is also abundant in rare earth minerals.Estimates指出，土地上有710万吨钛。
“ORNL brings a knowledge base from numerous collaborations with advanced manufacturing companies, such as partnering in Volkswagen’s first U.S. innovation hub in Tennessee to develop lighter vehicle components from composite materials and electrify vehicles, its recent work with NASA which resulted in a 3D printed thermal protection shield traveling to the International Space Station, or its additive manufacturing work with Boeing’s 777x,” said IperionX’s CEO and Managing Director.
Ornl一直处于钛粉技术研发的前沿，专注于在国防，汽车和航空航天行业中应用的低成本生产。
During the collaboration, parts, such as sintered and pressed components, will be manufactured and tested at the MDF to confirm the Ti-6Al-4V alloy developed by IperionX are suitable for lightweighting in the transportation industry. This User Agreement will complement IperionX’s ongoing efforts to validate and demonstrate the efficiency that it provides with its U.S. titanium powder used for additively produced aerospace components and will be used to support an initiative that is being conducted in conjunction with The U.S. Navy to evaluate titanium replacement metals for flight critical elements for U.S. Department of Defense.
“Both organizations share Tennessee roots, and we look forward to progressing the User Agreement and establishing a strong relationship between IperionX and ORNL,” the IperionX CEO concluded.
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