Materials from Conception to production
Design & creation of the right materials is not as complicated as it seems!
About us
Through the synergy of our wide-ranging experience in materials design, technological processes and project management we are able to successfully design new materials with requested characteristics, improve quality of existing materials and resolve technological problems.
Our company is capable of working on small and large complex projects for multiple industries and applications. Our overall aim is to establish long-term relationships with our clients.
LIST OF POTENTIAL SERVICES AND PROJECTS
FOR YOUR DEMANDS AND INTERESTS
METALLURGY
- Induction melting and casting, vacuum induction melting and casting, technology development;
- Plasma – Arc melting, refinery, remelting, alloys design, shell plasma-arc melting;
- Plasma generators choices and application to the different technological solutions, technology development;
- Electron beam melting, remelting, refinery. Purification and separation of the different metallic wastes;
- The casting of metals/alloys in the protective atmospheric conditions
- Metallurgical processes design and control;
POWDER METALLURGY
- Plasma gas powder atomization technology development and plasma generator choices;
- Powders compaction, slurry, and pastes design on the powders base and application of them to the wet coating;
- Plasma Spark sintering under the load. Powders conventional sintering in a vacuum, protective atmospheric conditions, temperature-time process profiles development;
COATING
- EBPVD coating process development for Thermo-Barrier and Enviromer barrier coatings.
- EBPVD coating development for wear and corrosion-resistant compositions for cutting and stamping tools. Production of composition foils for protection and conversion purposes.
- EBPVD equipment choice and design;
- Magnetron Sputtering and Arc cathode Deposition processes development for the wear and corrosion-resistant coatings;
- Porous coating design and development or porous foils design and development for filters and adsorbents;
- Binder choice for certain coating. Wet coating development is based on a powder mixture with an organic binder—sintering the coated parts in the vacuum or protective gas atmospheres.
- Thermo-Spray and Cold Spray coating parameters development, materials are chosen for the wear and corrosion-resistant coatings;
- Thermo-Spray and Cold Spray equipment choice for certain technological processes;
WELDING AND BRAZING
- Welding process parameters development, welding compatibility of different metals/alloys;
- Electron beam welding in a vacuum;
- Ceramic metalization and brazing to ceramic or metal;
MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION AND ANALYSIS.
- Electronic microscopy phases compositions detection;
- EDX elemental analyses in the electronic microscope;
- XRD phases detection in the materials;
- Preparation of the investigation samples by grinding, polishing, and etching;
- TGA analyses performers;
- Thermo-conductivity and thermo-diffusivity analyze performers;
- Materials thermodynamic and diffusion software simulation for the research and development;
ALLOYS MELTING AND CASTING
- Alloy designing based on thermodynamic and diffusion simulation;
- Alloy casting development within casting temperature, casting methods, and casting mold choice;
- Result and control of the crystalization process;
- Casting quality evaluation and casting quality improvement by crystalization options and purity of the molten metal;
- Alloys design and modification, solving the quality issues;
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
- Process parameters development, powder bed fusion process tunning with powder properties, powder distribution, and powder composition;
- Additive manufacturing equipment choice according to the properties of the parts;
- Post additive manufacturing parts processing (heat treatment);
SURFACE MODIFICATION
- Upper surface materials property modification by application of high energy density beams. Electron beam or plasma torch surface scanning with or without additional materials, material cladding;
- Upper surface pinning by metallic or ceramic balls and upper surface heat treatment by the induction coil application;
- Surface nitridation equipment choices and process development;
CERAMIC
- Sintering of the green ceramic in the vacuum profiles development;
- Plasma Spark Sintering process parameters development for necessary ceramic;
- Ceramic composition choices for certain applications;
- Ceramic metallization techniques for the ceramic joining;
HEAT TREATMENT
- Development of the heat treatment profiles temperature-time;
- Heat treatment in vacuum for ferrous and non-ferrous alloys;
- Annealing, strengthening, and tempering for different alloys and recommendation of the heat treatment options for the necessary alloy property;
Meet the Team
Natalina Manulyk
Director & CEO
Master of Science, Licensed PMP (Project Management Professional). Over 10 years of experience as Metal Research Engineer, and 15 years of project management.
+ 1 905-429-9394
Oleksandr Manulyk
Director of operations
Master of Science, Licensed P.Eng. of Ontario, Chartered Engineer of IMMM (UK).Over 30 years of experience in Metallurgy, PDV, Materials Research and Nano-technology. Has multiple scientific publications and patents.