SCANPAC makes breakthrough in powder metallurgy technology
Passionate about improving the existing processes for manufacturing high-alloyed steel components, Dr Christer Aslund invented SCANPAC, a groundbreaking powder metal production technology. Aslund, president of Hydropulsor Sweden and Metec Technologies, is eager to share this advanced powder metallurgy method with companies worldwide.
Passionate about improving the existing processes for manufacturing high-alloyed steel components, Dr Christer Aslund invented SCANPAC, a groundbreaking powder metal production technology. Aslund, president of Hydropulsor Sweden and Metec Technologies, is eager to share this advanced powder metallurgy method with companies worldwide.
Headquartered in Karlskoga - seat of the Bofors iron and armament works and home of Alfred Nobel - Hydropulsor and Metec patented the SCANPAC system. The system can mass-produce fully dense products specifically in the range of 50 to 5,000 grams with high-purity gas atomised powder as raw material. The game-changing process results in metal components that are at par or better compared with industry standards of wrought material in terms of mechanical properties, corrosion and other important properties.
With the SCANPAC system, companies can handle almost all types of steel and alloys, and produce large quantities more quickly while using less energy and minimising waste of ingoing raw material.
"Using the SCANPAC process, manufacturers can easily mould ferrous or nonferrous metals without compromising the materials' properties," Aslund says.
The SCANPAC technology is touted as a high-performing, energy- and cost-saving market solution. The dominant process is metal injection moulding for parts weighing less than 50 grams. For bigger components weighing more than 5 kilograms, the leading process is hot isostatic pressing, or HIP. SCANPAC bridges the gap in the manufacture of industrial metal parts weighing more than 50 grams but less than 5 kilograms.
The company provides the licensing know-how for the SCANPAC technology as well as machines in a single package, targeting customers in Asia and worldwide. It is also interested in supplying components to the pump, valve and fitting, and the automotive industry.
"The time is ripe to establish this energy-saving breakthrough in components production," Aslund says. "We've invested 20 years of research into this technique. We're ready to spread the know-how through licensing."
http://www.hydropulsor.com
http://www.metec.se
