So you can solve even the most difficult problems – or make improvements to your supply chain never before thought possible.
Our TKF AM System harnesses cold spray technology (together with software and robotics) to produce high-performance metals at unprecedented speed and scale – and with improved safety and sustainability.
Cold spray is an advanced additive manufacturing technology that coats surfaces with strong layers of specialty metals – without ever melting them.
This process unlocks limitless design possibilities with minimal heat distortion. And because the materials keep their intrinsic properties, they’re comparable or superior to cast and wrought materials.
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.
To recondition or repair large fuel tanks, they often need to be taken off a vehicle, drained, made explosion proof, then welded. With cold spray, you can repair fuel tanks and parts in-situ.