| |
Taken as a whole,
the people and equipment capabilities of Pittsburgh Materials Technology
Inc.
(PMTI) are unique. This page details the equipment used for material processing
and characterization and has links to pages with more specific information.
Contact us for more
insight on how PMTI may be able to provide solutions to your materials
challenges.
Vacuum Arc
Melting
- Consumable electrode:
ingots to 5" diameter - PMTI's use of AC in the VAR permits the melting
of alloys unable to be melted with DC and promotes alloy homogeneity.
PMTI is working toward
making a 6" diameter mold capability operational.
- Nonconsumable electrode:
button and trough melting.
Primary
Metalworking
- High energy rate
extrusion and forging to 2200° C - The DYNAPAK system is an essential
tool in refractory alloy development and manufacture as well as consolidation
of cryo milled alloy systems.
- We recently used
a high-speed camera to capture the action of an upset forging at 2,000
frames per second. The billet was cryo-milled Aluminum powder. The upset
forging accomplishes both consolidation and disc production. Click here
to see a video.
Secondary
Metalworking
- Swaging to 1600°
C; 1" diameter limit
- Cold and hot rolling
to 1600° C; 7" width limit
- Metal foil rolling
with 7" width limit
Heat
Treating
- Air
- Inert atmosphere
- Hydrogen
- High and Ultra-High
vacuum (UHV)
- Temperatures to
as high as 2200° C.
- Higher temperatures
are possible with a demonstrated customer need and equipment modification
Materials
Joining
- Controlled atmosphere
GTA welding chamber
- Vacuum, inert
gas and hydrogen brazing
- High vacuum diffusion
bonding
Powder Metallurgy
- Cold pressing
- Cold Isostatic
Pressing (CIP)
- Sintering
- Vacuum hot pressing
- Hot energy rate
consolidation
MMC/IMC Fabrication
- Vacuum hot pressing
- CIP
- Particulate, and
short fiber reinforcement
Mechanical
Testing
- Creep: in ultra-high
vacuum to 2000° C; in air to 1000° C
- Two impact testing
systems: to 264 foot pounds and 2.0 foot pounds; cryogenic to 600°
F
- Tensile, compressive,
flexure and fatigue: in air, inert atmosphere and UHV; from cryogenic
to > 2000° C
Metallography
- Complete metallographic
services
- Light (optical)
- Electropolishing
and pickling
- Scanning Electron
Microscope equipped with an Energy Dispersive Spectrometer
- Microhardness and
macrohardness
Supporting
Capabilities
- Helium leak detection
(two Varian systems, a stationary system, and a portable cart)
- Abrasive waterjet
and waterjet cutting
- Laser engraving
- Prototype, corrosion,
life and Specialty Testing
- Moisture and oxygen
analyses
- Vacuum foil insulation
fabrication
- Laser measurement
gauging
|
