Titomic announces strategic partnership with Metal Powder Works to integrate its DirectPowder™ technology in Titomic’s cold spray systems.
Titomic Limited (ASX: TTT), a global leader in Titomic Kinetic Fusion™, a cold spray additive manufacturing technology, is pleased to announce a strategic collaboration with Metal Powder Works (ASX: MPW), a leading innovator in metal powder production. This partnership will focus on optimizing MPW’s proprietary DirectPowder™ process for use in Titomic’s advanced manufacturing solutions, addressing critical applications in aerospace, oil & gas, energy, MRO, and other high-tech industries.
This agreement marks an important step in Titomic’s ongoing efforts to secure and refine high-quality metal powders to complement its cold spray technology. MPW’s DirectPowder™ process offers a uniquely tunable powder production method, enabling tailored solutions that enhance material performance for demanding industrial applications.
Jim Simpson, CEO & Managing Director of Titomic, stated:
“We are excited to partner and collaborate with best-in-class powder suppliers specific to applications and customer needs. This strategic collaboration with MPW will explore the unique benefits their technology brings to additive manufacturing. This aligns with our strategy to secure material sources for our customers across multiple sectors. This agreement is an important step as we continue to cultivate relationships to ensure we maintain a diverse and robust supply chain.”
Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Titomic and MPW will conduct joint material testing, performance evaluations, and process optimizations. Upon successful outcomes, the companies will negotiate an offtake agreement to establish future commercial supply arrangements.
This partnership will allow Titomic to provide customers with material test results, reducing the amount of time required during the Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) phase of a contract. The investment increases speed to market and our ability to support our customers while reducing their program cost and schedule.
John Barnes, CEO of Metal Powder Works, added:
“We’re excited to expand our relationship with Titomic to achieve better results for them and their customers with powder consistency. We have seen in other trials that cold spray users achieve high deposition rates with the DirectPowder™ process aluminum and titanium powders.”
This collaboration is part of Titomic’s broader initiative to expand its U.S. presence and further solidify its role in advanced manufacturing through strategic partnerships, research collaborations, and supply chain diversification.
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What is Titomic Kinetic Fusion™?
Kinetic Fusion is an additive manufacturing process that uses supersonic gas flow to accelerate metal powders onto a substrate, forming dense, high-strength coatings or free-standing structures without melting the material (cold spray). This enables repairs, surface enhancements, and new component manufacturing with superior material properties and minimal heat-affected zones, making it ideal for aerospace, defense, and industrial applications.
About Titomic
Titomic Limited (ASX: TTT) is the world’s leading provider of Titomic Kinetic Fusion™, a cold spray additive manufacturing technology, offering advanced manufacturing systems for aerospace, defense, energy, and industrial applications. Through its proprietary cold spray technology, Titomic enables the production, repair, and enhancement of high-performance metal components, reducing lead times and material waste while improving component longevity.
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Frequently asked questions
TKF costs significantly less than traditional manufacturing methods for the following reasons:
- It doesn’t need large-scale tooling (such as vacuum moulds) to produce parts. A simpler setup means reduced costs.
- It turns metal powder to part in just hours, by depositing the powder at supersonic speed to rapidly build up parts layer by layer – so there’s no need for casting or forging. Plus, the part you need is the part you make, saving time and materials.
- It keeps material costs down. For example, when we manufactured a 1.2m titanium ring, the ‘as built’ weight was 60kg while the final part weighed 56kg – representing a ‘buy to fly’ ratio of 1.08 with material costs of only A$3,000.
Our compact cold spray systems cost considerably less than traditional repair and resurfacing methods for the following reasons:
- You can resurface and refurbish parts in just minutes.
- Materials often cost less than $300.
- You no longer need to outsource repairs. For example, a shower floor manufacturer quoted $40,000 to ship a damaged resin transfer moulding tool overseas spent just $3,000 repairing it with Titomic’s D523 system – as well as saving months of downtime.
We’ve achieved typical density rates of 90-95% and over 99% when enhanced by post-processing.
If needed, it’s also possible to create less dense, more porous coatings for grip, abrasion, chemical processing and more through process optimisation, powder manipulation, and post-processing parameters.
Generally, you can achieve mechanical properties similar to casting and forging. While some parts may need to be processed with a heat treatment to make them more ductile, we can tailor process variables to meet your specific needs – a clear advantage compared to other methods.
It depends on what parts you need, as well as the mechanical properties the application requires. However, generally parts created with TKF will need some post-processing heat treatment.
Cold spray doesn’t require heat to melt the materials being sprayed. This is different to traditional metal spraying methods like welding or thermal spraying, which use heat to melt the material before it’s applied to a surface.
Instead, a high-pressure gas is used to accelerate tiny metal particles (which are usually less than 50 micrometres in size) to supersonic speeds. This creates heat through kinetic energy, when the particles collide with the surface of the object being sprayed.
Cold spray works by exploiting the kinetic energy of tiny metal particles. Low-to-high pressure gas is used to accelerate the particles (which are usually less than 50 micrometres in size) to supersonic speeds. These are then sprayed onto a surface where they compress and deform to create a cohesive bond.
This results in a strong, dense coating that can be used for a variety of applications – such as repairing damaged parts, improving the surface properties of a material, or creating new, complex shapes.
There are many metals that can be used in our cold spray systems. This includes aluminium, copper, nickel, titanium, stainless steel, Inconel, and more.
Since these all have different characteristics – such as strength, ductility, and resistance to corrosion – the chosen metals will depend on the application, as well as the properties needed for the final product.
Some metals may also be easier or more difficult to cold spray, depending on their melting point, ductility, and other factors.
What makes TKF so beneficial is that it can fuse dissimilar metals together. This means you can leverage the strengths of multiple metals in a single, monocoque part. For instance, you can fuse copper to titanium, nickel to cast iron, and much more.
Cold spray can be used on a variety of surfaces. This includes metals, ceramics, plastics, and composites.
The process is particularly useful for repairing worn or damaged metal parts, as it can restore the surface to its original shape and properties without causing distortion or weakening the material.
Our cold spray systems can also be used to add new features or properties to a surface, such as improved wear resistance, corrosion resistance, or thermal properties.
You can even use it to create new shapes or structures that would be difficult or impossible to achieve with traditional manufacturing methods.
- Aerospace: Repair and restore worn or damaged aircraft parts (such as engine blades, landing gear, and wing components), or add corrosion-resistant coatings to aircraft surfaces.
- Automotive: Repair and restore worn or damaged engine components (such as pistons, cylinder heads, and crankshafts), or add wear-resistant coatings to automotive parts.
- Marine: Repair and restore worn or damaged marine components (such as propellers, shafts, and rudders) or add corrosion-resistant coatings to marine structures.
- Oil & gas: Repair and restore corrosion and wear (such as shafts, bearings, piping, and valves).
- Electronics: Add conductive coatings to electronic components (such as circuit boards and antennas), as well as repair and restore electronic devices.
- Manufacturing: Create new shapes or features on metal parts (such as textured surfaces or complex geometries), or add wear-resistant coatings to industrial components (such as machine tools and moulds).
