IperionX Limited has agreed to an order with GKN Aerospace for the delivery of titanium plate test components manufactured with IperionX’s advanced titanium technologies.
The collaboration with GKN Aerospace builds on the successful testing and validation of IperionX 100 per cent recycled titanium powder made from GKN scrap titanium feedstocks.
This latest commercial partnership focuses on the manufacturing of high-performance titanium plate for testing by GKN Aerospace, which may also form part of further collaboration efforts between GKN Aerospace and IperionX – including projects linked to the U.S. Department of Defense.
GKN Aerospace’s titanium plate components will be manufactured with IperionX’s advanced titanium angular powder and powder metallurgy techniques.
To deliver titanium components with higher performance and durability, IperionX will employ its patented Hydrogen Sintering and Phase Transformation (HSPT) technologies, a cutting-edge process to enhance the microstructure of titanium to deliver strength and fatigue properties that are comparable to wrought titanium alloys.
IperionX offers a wide range of high-performance titanium powder and products that can be tailored to meet the exacting demands of the aerospace, defence, space, hydrogen, automotive and consumer electronics sectors.
These advanced manufacturing capabilities include traditional titanium plate, bar and rod products and high performance ‘near-net shape’ titanium components to improve manufacturing productivity and sustainability.
IperionX’s patented titanium production and manufacturing technologies can produce high-strength titanium products, with lower energy and costs, and at zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions1.
The United States has limited domestic primary titanium metal production capacity, and the U.S. currently imports over 95 per cent of the primary titanium metal required for its advanced industries.
IperionX intends to re-shore titanium mineral and metal production in the U.S., reduce the acute reliance on primary titanium imports from foreign nations and strengthen the supply chain with lower cost and more sustainable titanium products.