Materials
The advantages offered by powder metallurgy, which include fine-grain structures and the ability to manufacture complex alloys with tailored properties, enables materials to be designed for specific applications.
In addition to using functionally structured approaches, AIMS Ltd has a great deal of experience in the field of near-net-shape and net-shape manufacturing, applicable to nickel, titanium and ferrous alloys.
Ferrous alloys
Ferrous alloys offer a wide range of mechanical and physical properties for a range of applications; from high strength with excellent fatigue performance to high wear resistance materials to corrosion resistant materials at elevated temperatures. Many of the products are application specific.
Tool Steels
AIMS Ltd has received numerous requests for tool steel components, and we now offer our own equivalent to CPM9V and CPM10V.
Fe - 1XV (equivalent to CMP9V) - tool steel
Fe - XV (equivalent to CMP10V) - tool steel
Nickel
Extensive work has been undertaken to develop a range of nickel metal matrix composites called Sagittite® which have high corrosion/erosion/ wear properties for a range of applications. Standard ranges of nickel-based materials are also available as monolithic material or as complex functionally structured materials through surface thickness layers.
Aluminium
Aluminium products offering high mechanical strength and high fatigue performance are available. The development of these materials is ongoing and there is continuous research into increasing operating temperatures while still maintaining cost effectiveness.
Titanium
Titanium alloys and composites can be manufactured to near-net-shape or billet form. AIMS Ltd has developed techniques to keep the interstitial content of the product to a minimum and due to the powder metallurgy process, there is a fine grain size increasing the strength. Titanium composites can be incorporated into near-net-shape components to functionally structure certain areas. The addition of reinforcements into certain areas of a component increases the stiffness and strength of the final component.
The advantages offered by powder metallurgy, which include fine-grain structures and the ability to manufacture complex alloys with tailored properties, enables materials to be designed for specific applications.
In addition to using functionally structured approaches, AIMS Ltd has a great deal of experience in the field of near-net-shape and net-shape manufacturing, applicable to nickel, titanium and ferrous alloys.
Ferrous alloys
Ferrous alloys offer a wide range of mechanical and physical properties for a range of applications; from high strength with excellent fatigue performance to high wear resistance materials to corrosion resistant materials at elevated temperatures. Many of the products are application specific.
Tool Steels
AIMS Ltd has received numerous requests for tool steel components, and we now offer our own equivalent to CPM9V and CPM10V.
Fe - 1XV (equivalent to CMP9V) - tool steel
Fe - XV (equivalent to CMP10V) - tool steel
Nickel
Extensive work has been undertaken to develop a range of nickel metal matrix composites called Sagittite® which have high corrosion/erosion/ wear properties for a range of applications. Standard ranges of nickel-based materials are also available as monolithic material or as complex functionally structured materials through surface thickness layers.
Aluminium
Aluminium products offering high mechanical strength and high fatigue performance are available. The development of these materials is ongoing and there is continuous research into increasing operating temperatures while still maintaining cost effectiveness.
Titanium
Titanium alloys and composites can be manufactured to near-net-shape or billet form. AIMS Ltd has developed techniques to keep the interstitial content of the product to a minimum and due to the powder metallurgy process, there is a fine grain size increasing the strength. Titanium composites can be incorporated into near-net-shape components to functionally structure certain areas. The addition of reinforcements into certain areas of a component increases the stiffness and strength of the final component.
