Amazemet launches on-demand atomisation service for cost-effective R&D metal powders
Amazemet Sp Zoo, based in Warsaw, Poland, has announced the launch of its on-demand atomisation service, designed to provide researchers with cost-effective, small-batch production of high-quality, custom metal powders.
“We saw a clear challenge in materials innovation,” explained Dr Łukasz Żrodowski, CEO of Amazemet. “Researchers with brilliant ideas were being held back by prohibitive costs and the inability to procure small, experimental batches of high-quality spherical powders. Our new service directly removes that barrier, enabling faster discovery and development.”
The development of new materials for Powder Metallurgy technologies, especially Additive Manufacturing, is a complex and expensive process. This requires powders with qualities such as sphericity, flowability, lack of satellites, narrow particle size distribution (PSD), and low oxygen content.
Optimised for large-scale production, conventional atomisation methods, such as gas or plasma atomisation, require minimum feedstock quantities of tens of kilograms. This can make them uneconomical for the small, experimental batches needed in R&D, stated the company. The challenge is even bigger when developing next-generation alloys that incorporate high-value elements like Scandium, Hafnium, or Rhenium, where material costs can exceed €1,000 per kilogram.
Amazemet’s ultrasonic atomisation service directly addresses this challenge, providing an alternative that enables researchers to rapidly and economically explore innovative compositions.
The new atomisation service is reported to offer:
- Low barrier to entry
- High process efficiency
- Advanced material capability
- Unique recycling options
- Pre-alloying service
- Multi-material orders
It was stated that all relevant processing parameters are shared with the client, and Amazemet’s application team, consisting of materials science experts, is also available to support those preparing research papers.
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