Hyperion has an exclusive license over the HAMR technology and is focused on scaling the technology targeting the use of titanium minerals produced in Tennessee as initial feedstock.
This presents a significant opportunity to re-shore a low cost, fully integrated titanium metal supply chain with the highest standards in sustainability, potentially zero carbon operations and full traceability in a safe jurisdiction in the U.S. This HAMR process and the non-spherical powder produced alone can feed into the current titanium metal supply chain in the U.S. and Europe but can also be used for feedstock in further downstream processing.
GSD spherical titanium metal powder technology
Following the scientific principles underpinning the HAMR technology, Prof. Fang, also developed a process which could either utilize HAMR powder, Ti-scrap or Ti-sponge to produce spherical titanium metal powders for 3D printing applications. This technology was named Granulation Sintering and Deoxygenation (“GSD”). The technology is a novel method that synergistically combines granule spheroidization, sintering, and de-oxygenation into one integrated process for producing low-cost spherical titanium powder which significantly improves the yield and produces a spherical titanium alloy powder with low oxygen content, controllable particle size distributions and excellent flowability.
This GSD process can also be utilized to recycle titanium metal powders that have been utilized in the additive manufacturing industry for low cost.
Hyperion has exclusivity over this technology and aims to commence pilot production of spherical titanium powders in the 3rd Quarter 2021. Initially utilizing titanium scrap and/or sponge but with the ability to also utilize used powders and eventually backward integrating with the HAMR powders.
Hyperion’s vision is to scale both HAMR and GSD to bring sustainably produced, low cost and zero carbon metal powders to market which when coupled with additive manufacturing can disrupt not only the current titanium parts supply chain but also the stainless steel and aluminum supply parts chains.
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