Our advanced cold spray and high-performance titanium additive manufacturing capabilities deliver incredibly convenient, cost-effective, robust solutions for the Oil & Gas industry.
As the world’s leading provider of cold spray solutions, Titomic is ideally placed to help the Oil & Gas industry adopt more efficient and sustainable methods when it comes to parts production, maintenance and repair, and the standardisation of additive manufacturing technologies.
Specialising in the rapid additive manufacturing of high-performance components such as titanium valves, manifolds, flanges, pump and compressor casings.
Performing secondary manufacturing operations such as adding solid metal features or thick coatings to existing parts such as flanges, ribs, and rings.
Overcoming long lead times with the in-field repair of assets such as pipelines, risers, valves, heat exchangers, bearing housings and other critical components.
Coating and repair technologies that restore geometries and overcome corrosion and wear for large scale equipment in demanding environments.
The removal of corrosion and application of cathodic or sacrificial metal coatings for long-term corrosion prevention and treatment using one compact system.
The ability to cost-effectively repair a wide range of parts in-situ, reducing maintenance downtime and the need to disassemble systems or parts.
Get in touch with the Titomic team for a free, no-obligation consultation today.
The diagram below gives you a quick tour of our innovative, patented Titomic Kinetic Fusion® cold spray technology. A remarkably high-speed, no-melt metal deposition method, it’s rapidly making traditional coating, manufacturing and metal part repair processes a thing of the past.
Discover how our advanced cold spray and additive manufacturing technologies are changing the world of industry.
Offshore asset maintenance on structures such as wind turbines is a breeze. The cold spray technique doesn’t require a heat source and repairs and coatings can be carried out by a single operator using lightweight, portable equipment. It’s an approach that eliminates risk of ignition and makes cold spray a safer, viable option for offshore repairs.
As cold spray builds parts to ‘near net shape’, only 5-10% of the final part needs to be machined away, saving 80-90% of material waste. This represents a significant reduction in material costs and manufacturing time when compared to traditional manufacturing that often requires 90% of billet material to be removed.
Woodside Energy is advancing offshore maintenance with cold spray technology. This innovative method offers unmatched corrosion resistance, safety, and repair capabilities, outperforming traditional thermal spray and epoxies. Discover how cold spray is transforming asset integrity management.
The team at Fire Island Wind – a remote wind farm in Alaska run by GE Renewable Energy – needed repairs to a wind turbine heat exchanger. Replacing these heat exchangers is a logistical challenge, as they need to be drained, removed, and replaced, requiring hours of labor and costing up to $80,000.
With hundreds of useful, faster, cost-effective applications, you’re sure to have a query or two about what’s possible. If you can’t find the answer here, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
TKF costs significantly less than traditional manufacturing methods for the following reasons:
Our compact cold spray systems cost considerably less than traditional repair and resurfacing methods for the following reasons:
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.
