RUNCORN, UK, Jan 14, 2016 – LPW Technology, a market leader in the development and supply of a Total Powder Management solution into the additive manufacturing (AM) industry, has launched a new product line called POWDERFLOW.
POWDERFLOW is a comprehensive powder flow measurement kit, which allows you to quickly and fully characterize the powder flow to known ASTM standards. With their extensive experience LPW know that some may confuse machine problems with powder problems and vice versa, resulting in significant time and cost being wasted before a fault is found, therefore POWDERFLOW has been developed to combat such issues and thus reducing overall down time.
POWDERFLOW is delivered in a robust case and allows you to determine the following: Apparent Density ASTM B212, Angle of Repose, Hall Flow ASTM B213 and Carney Flow ASTM B964.
Working with many of the leading companies within the Aerospace, Biomedical and Automotive industries, LPW has long been unrivaled in its provision of optimized metal powders to the AM industry and are now applying their insight and expertise to provide their Total Powder Management solution and POWDERFLOW is one in a line of new and revolutionary services now available.
Phil Kilburn, LPW commercial director said: “LPW has produced this comprehensive kit to enable its customers to monitor the health of the powder they are using in their additive manufacturing processes, quickly, simply and cost effectively. I’m sure all users of metal powders will find the POWDERFLOW Kit a useful addition to their testing regime.”
About LPW Technology
Established in 2007, LPW Technology is a market leader in the development and supply of metal powders for additive manufacturing, and provides a comprehensive range of services for the AM industry. These services range from the development of new alloys, through expert application support, to AM machine maintenance. The company has developed a full range of optimized powders specifically for selective laser melting (SLM), laser metal deposition (LMD) and electron beam melting (EBM) with standard powders supplied from stock, and custom and development alloys available on request.
LPW Technology invests heavily in cutting edge analytical technology and offers a complete powder analysis service. LPW POWDERSOLVE, a proprietary software package, supports efficient powder lifecycle management.
LPW Technology has its headquarters in Runcorn, Cheshire, UK. In June 2014 the company formally established a US subsidiary; LPW Technology Inc. situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to provide local support and sales to a growing number of customers in the US. From these locations the company supplies high quality, certified powders to a global customer base drawn from the aerospace, biomedical and automotive industries. LPW have global partnerships with official representatives in China, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Turkey; committed to supporting adoption of AM technologies globally with combined expertise and local knowledge.
The company operates to quality control standards: AS 9100 & AS 9120 for aerospace, ISO 9001, and ISO 13485 for medical.