March 22, 2021
Metallurgy Minute 006: What In the World is HIP?
There are many reasons why a manufacturer would want to minimize any internal voids or porosity in a part. This…
February 24, 2021
Metallurgy Minute 005: Which Materials Respond to Heat Treatment?
We’re often asked whether specific materials can be heat treated, and the answer is typical of most things related to…
November 26, 2019
Can you ‘HIP’ it? Investigating hot isostatic pressing
Additive manufacturing has steadily asserted itself as a viable method for producing complex components in aerospace, medical and other high-performance…
November 20, 2019
Extensive testing reveals impressive hot isostatic press (HIP) capabilities
If you’ve kept up with company news over the last several months, you’ve probably seen the announcement that we’ve added…
February 18, 2019
Enhanced property treatments: Ordinary alloys punch above their weight
Since the dawn of the industrial revolution, manufacturers have chased the innovation trifecta of better quality, higher speed and lower…
November 12, 2018
Powder bed fusion, HIP and the heat treatment of the superalloy Inconel 718
Additive manufacturing has given engineers in aerospace, power generation and many other sectors the opportunity to craft high-performance parts once…