In episode 23 of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski, we hear from Dominic Parsonson, Head of Sales at Titomic.
The episode was recorded at Land Forces 2022 last week.
In it, Parsonson tells us about how two Australian companies have taken a technology that has been around since the 1980s, and moved it from coatings and repair into manufacturing.
As we speak during a defence industry expo, there is plenty shared about what cold spray additive manufacturing is offering defence users, as well as frontier applications of the technology.
Episode guide
1:30 – Titomic’s “friendly rivalry” with SPEE3D, and the points of difference between each company’s offering. “I think we both do a great job of promoting Australian innovation and Australian capability, and at the same time growing the cold spray additive manufacturing market.”
3:10 – What cold spray additive manufacturing (CSAM) can offer defence users.
5:40 – Narrowing the company’s focus down to 11 key areas. Three examples in ballistic shielding, weapons barrels, and radiation shielding, and what they say about the strengths of cold spray.
7:50 – How CSAM will change maintenance for defence.
9:10 – The differences across low, medium and high-pressure applications.
Relevant links
Article about Titomic's recent acquisition of Dycomet Europe
https://www.aumanufacturing.com.au/titomic-buys-european-cold-spray-technology-company
Article about the radiation shielding for Fleet Space's satellites
https://www.aumanufacturing.com.au/titomic-to-make-radiation-shielding-for-fleet-space-satellites
Article about use of cold spray to make gun barrels
https://www.aumanufacturing.com.au/titomic-and-repkon-to-make-gun-barrels-but-not-locally
