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Aluminium as Strong as Titanium
Aluminium as strong as titanium is manufactured by RSP Technology in the Netherlands. This unique company is creating a new generation of lightweight materials with extreme functional features, by using its leading edge Rapid Solidification Processing (RSP) method, meltspinning.
Industrial partners from all parts of the world show interest for in the materials made by the unique production facility located at the Metal Parc in Delfzijl. Automotive companies, companies from the Defence industries, F1 Race Teams and Electronics and Optics firms know their way to RSP Technology.
RSP Technology is manufacturing so called ‘Rapidly Solidified Aluminium’. The spill in the production process is the ultra fast casting method by which complex aluminium alloys are produced with cooling speeds of over 1 million ºC per second. During the production process molten aluminium is casted upon a rotating copper wheel. The liquid aluminium alloy solidifies in a fraction of a second in a small ribbon, resulting in a material with a very fine, homogenous microstructure. The ribbon is chopped into flakes and compressed in a special designed press to form Billets suitable for extrusion and forging to bar, rod or tubes.
This process provides the fundamental base for the superior/advanced characteristics of RSP materials, like high strength, high stiffness, low thermal expansion and high wear resistance. RSP materials offer the ultimate solution for a variety of high-end applications in different industry segments.
RSP materials are applied in a large number of components and products worldwide such as racing and Tdi-engine pistons, products for optical tooling, bike-components, golf club shafts, mountaineering equipment, medical components, fasteners for aerospace applications, turbo wheels for automotive and jet-engine, products for electronics. A recent and pioneering development is the application of RSP material for Formula 1 components.
Last update by Pieter van der Plas, Fri 15 Aug 2008
