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Burloak Technologies Commissions AM Aerospace Heat Treat Furnaces

/ AEROSPACE HEAT TREAT, FEATURED NEWS

HTD Size-PR LogoBurloak Technologies recently received and commissioned two furnace systems for use in both R&D as well as full-scale additive manufacturing production of aluminum products. Burloak reported that parts initially being processed in the two furnace systems included items for the Canadian Space Agency and revolutionary communications satellites.

The two furnace systems, from DELTA H, include a single-chamber (SCAHT®), fully-automated, horizontal quench, solution heat treating furnace capable of operating from ambient to 1200°F followed by rapid quenching in less than seven (7) seconds – a requirement for processing critical-application aluminum parts. This SCAHT® furnace is also capable of slow quenching geometrically complex AM parts. The systems provide precise duplication of heat treat cycles. Included is a comprehensive data acquisition system in full compliance with AMS2750F - Instrumentation Types A, B, or C and can produce irrefutable, scientifically defensible batch records.

Peter Adams
Founder and Chief Innovation Officer
Burloak

"DELTA H builds straightforward, easy to use heat treatment ovens that are exceeding our internal and customer quality requirements. Training personnel from operations, maintenance and quality is an easy and painless process. The transparency of the systems will be pleasing to customer, AS9100 and Nadcap auditors,"  said Peter Adams, Burloak Technologies chief innovation officer and co-founder.

Ellen Conway Merrill
Vice President
DELTA H TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Ellen Conway Merrill

"The systems provided to Burloak represent a new chapter in our dedication to the aviation and aerospace industries as well as additive manufacturing in general, explains DELTA H's vice president Ellen Conway Merrill. "It is very humbling to be among the technology providers to such an innovative and pioneering company as Burloak Technologies."

Burloak also commissioned a dual chamber (DCAHT®) aluminum aging oven system.

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High Pressure Heat Treatment Capability Goes to Burloak Technologies

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HTD Size-PR LogoCanada’s Burloak Technologies will use hot isostatic press (HIP) technologies to push the limits of additive manufacturing (AM) to deliver new levels of mechanical performance and strength properties in parts for mission-critical applications. Providing rapid cooling under pressure will minimize thermal distortion and non-uniform grain growth in components, producing finished parts with optimal material properties and allowing Burloak to significantly increase production.

Peter Adams
Founder and Chief Innovation Officer
Burloak

As a full-service additive manufacturer, Burloak works with innovative companies in the space, aerospace, automotive, and industrial markets to rapidly transition their most challenging part designs to be additively manufactured at scale. The High Pressure Heat Treatment™ (HPHT™) capability of the new QIH 60 M URC™ HIP from Quintus Technologies facilitates this rapid transition. Combining high pressure, heat treatment, and cooling in a single process makes it possible to remove several operations from the AM production line, generating significant savings in both cost and time. Additionally, the press’s highly customizable cooling cycle can be programmed to stop at a specific temperature while maintaining the desired pressure set point.

The press's capability to rapidly cool under pressure, "is critical for Burloak as a full-service supplier for all customers, and, in particular, for the development of high-strength flight components," comments Peter Adams, founder and Chief Innovation Officer at Burloak. "Without this in-house capability, outsourcing this process would slow down our project timelines, add complexity to our processes, and risk damaging critical customer components as they would need to be shipped internationally."

The model QIH 60 press features a hot zone of 16.14 x 39.37 inches (410 x 1,000 mm), an area large enough to process any component printed on most powder bed machines, Mr. Adams notes. It operates at a maximum temperature of 2,552°F (1,400°C) and maximum pressure of 207 MPa (30,000 psi).

"We are very pleased to be chosen as their strategic partner in furthering the development of additive manufacturing," says Jan Söderström, CEO of Quintus Technologies, "and we look forward to sharing our applications expertise through our Quintus Care program."

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AM Solutions Supplier Plans EBAM® System for Aerospace Applications

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A leading metal additive manufacturing (AM) group based in Chicago recently announced that it will deliver large-scale metal 3D printing system to a supplier of highly engineered AM solutions.

Sciaky, Inc., a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries, Inc. (PSI)  will deliver an industry-leading Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM®) 110 System to Burloak Technologies, a division of Samuel, Son and Co., Limited, which delivers high quality, lightweight, fully functional additive manufactured parts for a range of industries including space, aerospace, defense, energy, medical, automotive, and transportation.

Peter Adams, co-founder and president of Burloak Technologies.

“Using traditional subtractive processes, such as forging and machining, the production of titanium parts of this size could take one year while generating a significant amount of waste,” said Peter Adams, co-founder and president of Burloak Technologies. “Our EBAM 110 system will allow us to manufacture the same large-scale titanium structural parts in a matter of days. We are already engaged with several aerospace end-users who have started the qualification process with us.”

Scott Phillips, president and CEO of Sciaky, Inc.

“Sciaky’s EBAM systems are the most widely sold large-scale metal 3D printing system in the world, having qualified parts on land, sea, air, and space applications,” said Scott Phillips, president and CEO of Sciaky, Inc. “The innovators at Burloak Technologies will leverage the numerous benefits of EBAM to produce faster and cheaper parts for their customers all across the globe.”

A July 2019 delivery is scheduled for this EBAM system.

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