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The possibility of the pilot plant to switch between nitrogen and argon, allows CSM powder technologies to give clients the opportunity to develop and fabricate all sorts of powder metallic alloys.In this way CSM directs its efforts both towards the powder market as a supplier of specialised niche products and to research goals aimed at developing new sintered, cold and hot isostatic pressed or hardfacing and anti-corrosion coated solutions. In this case, by matching the powder metallurgy expertise with a deep tribological culture, CSM has succeeded in becoming a reference center for what concerns components reliability and exercise life improvements.
That is possible at CSM due to its wide set of tecnologies (i.e.,Hot Pressing, Hot Isostatic Pressing, Plasma Spray, HVOF, PVD and CVD) which allows the design of surfaces characterized by peculiar operational properties.
Today CSM is also active in the ceramics and ceramic composites applications development. This empowers the CSM technological offer to cover sectors in the Aerospace and Defence industry interested in developing new ceramics ballistic protections for tanks, ships, aircraft and helycopters, thermal barriers or thermal shock coatings for new generation space reusable launchers, turbine blades and ceramics for electronic applications.
In terms of surface modifications the Centro Sviluppo Materiali has also gained a well-known position in the development of organic and inorganic coatings and panels, with special electromagnetic behaviour or less toxic than hexavalent chromium- and cadmium-based ones. The CSM technological offer is completed by its capabilities and expertises on structural light alloys, polimeric composites, metallic composites, hybrid composites , intermetallics, superalloys and nanomaterials.
These include such forming technologies as Superplastic forming, Hydroforming, VRTM, hot and cold dying, Hot and cold rolling, and a deep knowledge on welding (i.e., Laser Beam and Friction Stirr Welding) and adhesive technologies. The integrated offer in the Aerospace and Defence sector is furtherly enriched by mechanical testing, corrosion and chemical and microstructural analysis services, and by computational and modelling capabilities, embracing several aspects related to the development of aerospace and defence products (i.e., static and dynamic design, crash simulation etc.).
Thus, even if Centro Sviluppo Materiali S.p.A. only recently entered the challenging world of Aerospace and Defence, its deep and well-known knowledge on materials coupled with its industrial approach to research has made it a reliable and recognised partner for a technological future together.
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