Engine Remanufacturing: Save Time and Costs without Heat
Titomic’s cold spray technology brings new capabilities to engine refurbishment by eliminating heat damage, reducing costs, and minimising downtime.
Our advanced cold spray and high-performance additive manufacturing
solutions enable game-changing new capabilities for maintenance, repair, and parts manufacturing in the Transportation industry.
Trusted by over 100 global customers in Aerospace, Automotive, Rail, and Heavy Equipment industries, Titomic cold spray technology delivers durable repairs and extends the life of critical components. Ensuring reliability and sustainability for the world’s leading brands, our approach is a complete overhaul of traditional parts production processes.
Specialising in the additive manufacturing of high-performance components at speed and with minimal size constraints when it comes to the dimensions of parts.
Performing secondary manufacturing operations such as adding solid metal features or thick coatings to existing parts such as flanges, ribs, and rings.
A no-melt, no-heat-generated, process that enables solid metal repairs of engine and vehicle components, including damaged or corroded shafts and much more.
The removal of corrosion and application of cathodic or sacrificial metal coatings
for long-term corrosion prevention and treatment using one compact system.
Coating and repair technologies that restore geometries and overcome corrosion and wear for large scale equipment in demanding environments.
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.
As a no-melt, solid metal deposition process, heat-related damage to the target part is totally avoided. Parts don’t exceed 90°C (194°F), so there’s zero risk of warping, cracking, or changing the target part’s metallurgical characteristics.
Reliably perform standardised repairs and coatings using Titomic’s robotic systems, or by hand while leveraging Titomic’s Augmented Reality suite for accurate data logging, operator guidance, and standard repair guidelines. Highly portable, cold spray coating systems can be applied by a single technician on site and only require compressed air and single-phase power to operate.
Titomic’s cold spray technology brings new capabilities to engine refurbishment by eliminating heat damage, reducing costs, and minimising downtime.
Titomic has developed a new method for repairing shafts by applying nickel to in-situ motor housing assemblies.
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.