September 3, 2013 Contact: Jennifer Simpson, Executive Director Denver, Colorado USA 1-303-404-2221 Telephone 1-303-404-9111 Facsimile [email protected] Email DYNAMET TECHNOLOGY, INC. GARNERS ITA’S 2013 TITANIUM APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT AWARD For titanium industry veteran Stanley Abkowitz, Dynamet Technology, Inc.’s winning the International Titanium Association’s (ITA) 2013 Titanium Applications Development Award is more than just a personal honor; he feels it marks a new era for the use of titanium powder metal technology in the aerospace industry. The founder, president and chief executive officer of Dynamet Technology, Inc., Stanley Abkowitz, will accept the award at the TITANIUM 2013 conference, which will be held Oct. 6-9 at Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas. Located in Burlington, MA, Dynamet Technology, Inc. has pioneered the development and application of titanium powder metal (PM Ti) technology for four decades. Acceptance of PM Ti as a substitute for conventional Ti-6Al-4V mill products or forgings for use in aerospace components has been a long-sought objective that marks a breakthrough for the PM titanium industry. Ti-6Al-4V is the most widely used titanium alloy for both aerospace and non-aerospace applications. Dynamet Technology, Inc. recently garnered approval by aerospace giant Boeing Co. through Boeing Commercial Aircraft (BCA) after an extensive evaluation of Dynamet Technology’s Ti-6Al-4V alloy product and development of a Boeing Materials Specification for powder metal titanium alloy manufactured by Dynamet Technology’s PM Titanium processing approach. This effort resulted in Dynamet Technology, Inc. becoming the sole qualified supplier for Ti-6Al-4V powder metal products, meeting the requirements of the recently released Boeing Material Specification. This qualification, along with Dynamet Technology’s receiving AS9100C certification, includes all the requirements of ISO 9100:2008 plus further requirements relating to quality and safety. It was issued April 29 after successful completion of the quality-system audit performed by TUV Rheinland of North America Inc., Newtown, CT, an accredited third-party certification company. This qualification enables Dynamet Technology’s titanium powder metal products to be used as an alternative to conventionally processed titanium for manufacture of commercial aircraft components. Abkowitz said that winning the ITA’s Titanium Applications Development Award is a testament to his company’s persistence in proving the value of this powder metal approach as an alternative to conventional processing. He credits his team at Dynamet Technology, Inc. for the engineering, manufacturing and quality system advances and appreciates the qualification effort conducted by BCA that has led to this accomplishment. Meeting the Boeing specification opens the door for the production of PM Ti-6Al-4V aircraft parts, from fuselage to landing-gear components. The manufacturing technology offers the capability to create near-net-shape parts, which can reduce production costs and scrap rates as well as speed delivery. According to Abkowitz, this represents a significant business opportunity for the global titanium market as the aerospace sector accounts for 55 percent of all titanium business. The Dynamet Technology, Inc. EBS (Elemental Blend Sintering) process involves cold pressing, vacuum sintering plus an optional hot-isostatic pressing (HIP) step, all of which yields low-cost, high-density, preformed titanium alloy shapes. Abkowitz said there are two key breakthrough aspects in Dynamet Technology, Inc. process. First, the Dynamet Technology, Inc. powder metal process achieves tensile properties comparable to conventional wrought titanium products. Second, the process utilizes special tooling technology, developed by Dynamet Technology, Inc., to produce near-net shapes. At the heart of the process is Dynamet Technology’s capability to consistently produce high-quality titanium product in a near-net shape from raw material powders. Abkowitz said the process also supports the development of novel alloys. Since part production involves sintering rather than melting, entire new titanium alloy families, incorporating the advantages of high-performance metals such as tungsten, zirconium, tantalum and niobium as alloying elements, can be created. He declined to reveal any specific aerospace applications now under review, but did say the Dynamet Technology, Inc. material is being considered for parts used on Boeing 787 and 737 platforms. In addition, Dynamet Technology, Inc. is working with medical device manufacturers on applications for its novel titanium alloys and metal matrix composites for advanced orthopedic components. The company is currently ramping up PM production at its Burlington facility and planning for further capacity expansions. The annual ITA award recognizes exceptional contributions to the advancement of technology and applications in the titanium industry. Lorenzini SNC, an international supplier of titanium products to the medical/surgical and industrial tooling industries, was the recipient of the 2012 Applications Development Award. Brett Paddock, president of the ITA board, and the president and chief executive officer of Titanium Industries Inc., Rockaway, NJ, said that, under the leadership of Abkowitz, Dynamet Technology, Inc. has been on the cutting edge of titanium powder metal technology development. “As a result of more than 40 years of sustained effort, Dynamet Technology, Inc. has achieved acceptance for use of the technology in commercial aircraft manufacturing,” Paddock said. “The ITA is pleased to honor this significant achievement, which promises to promote the use of titanium in many future applications through efficient production of near-net shapes using this innovative technology.” Dynamet Technology, Inc. received rave reviews from industry peers regarding the milestones reached in aerospace qualification and the ITA award. “Dynamet’s proprietary discovery of a more affordable and a faster-to-market titanium powder metal process enticed Boeing metallurgists and engineers to design qualifications around these results,” Robert Hill, president of Solar Atmospheres of Western PA, said in his letter that nominated Dynamet Technology, Inc. for the application award. “(Dynamet Technology, Inc.) has achieved the Holy Grail of metallurgy.” Hill, based in Souderton, PA, was the recipient of the ITA’s 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award. “The significance of this achievement cannot be overstated,” Dr. Ma Qian, international committee chair of Powder Metallurgy Australia, Materials Australia, declared. “Dynamet Technology’s recent achievement is ground breaking and unparalleled. It can be regarded as the most important technological development in the field of powder metallurgy of titanium since 1937. Thanks to this development, powder metallurgy of titanium has entered a new era.” Samuel M. Allen, the former POSCO professor of physical metallurgy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, said Dynamet Technology’s breakthrough “will be of great benefit to the aerospace industry, in particular, and to expanding the market for titanium alloy applications in other industries.” Abkowitz expressed his gratitude for this industry-wide recognition. He said the award funding would be used to support the ASM Materials Camp Program for high school and college-bound students, the ITA Academic Scholarship Fund and construction of an updated Dynamet Technology, Inc. website. He co-authored the first book on titanium, “Titanium In Industry,” published in 1955 while working as a young engineer at Watertown Arsenal Laboratories. He’s a 1948 MIT graduate and is the recipient of numerous awards and has received over 20 patents in the field of new materials development and manufacturing technology. Abkowitz founded Dynamet Technology, Inc. in 1972. In 2008, Susan M. Abkowitz, Stanley’s daughter and a principal at Dynamet Technology, Inc. received the ITA’s Applications Development Award for her work in the development and commercialization of Dynamet’s CermeTi® high-wear resistant, titanium-matrix composite materials. She serves as Dynamet Technology’s vice president of technology and chief operating officer. Visit the ITA’s Web site (titanium.org) or call (303) 404-2221 for details on the TITANIUM conference. Jennifer Simpson is the executive director of the ITA, based in Denver, CO. ###
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