Materials | Manufacturing

Main partner laboratory: Centre d’Excellence en Métallurgie des Poudres (EXCALIBURE) – Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne (ICB)

CALHIPSO is specialized in powder metallurgy and uses innovative techniques of Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) and Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) by studying powders. These technologies consist of sintering metallic or ceramic powders to obtain prototypes of parts and assemblies with a shape close to that of the part to be manufactured. We support you from the design phase (digital) to the creation of the final part, by using powder metallurgy techniques for manufacturing metallic or ceramic parts and/or assemblies. The HIP/SPS technologies (see techniques: HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING AND SPS offer the possibility of:

• producing assemblies by diffusion without material input
• conducting post-processing temperature and pressure cycles to eliminate closed porosity

Technological advantages:

• Reduce the amount of raw materials

• Achieve fine and homogeneous microstructures

• Move towards new alloy formulations

All these contributions often result in improved mechanical properties reducing the wear of parts subjected to constrained or hostile environments

Possible uses:

• Implementing heat treatments of parts from conventional manufacturing and improved properties
• Developing parts made of innovative alloys (composition and/or microstructure) in order to improve their performance in service
• Limiting machining operations and reducing the consumption of raw materials
• Producing components for nuclear, defense, Oil&Gas (Valve body, tubing, ballistic protection…).

Main partner laboratory: Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne (ICB)

We support you with expert assessments and the development of your assemblies, through the use of advanced welding techniques (see techniques: LASERS) up to the mechanical, metallographic and physico-chemical characterizations.

Our equipments allow us to manufacture your specific assemblies and we support you from the design to their commissioning. Thanks to this, you can produce your products in a safe and reliable way, and check their durability.

Technological advantages:

• A team of professionals specialized in the field of laser joining
• A state-of-the-art technology park
• From product design through optimization of the production line to the analysis and qualification of products and processes

Possible uses:

• Developing assemblies of dissimilar materials and create new functionalities
• Developing and optimizing welding operating modes or Simulating and modeling welding processes
• Developing your assemblies of low or high thickness
• Repairing your high value-added parts
• Carrying out surface design for esthetic or mechanical applications
• Training personnel in laser technology

Main partner laboratory: UMR Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne (ICB)

We offer you personalized support and we implement all our scientific and technical skills as well as our large panel of state-of-the-art equipment (see techniques: NANOFABRICATION) to satisfy your nanofabrication needs.

Our experts offer customized solutions to your industrial problems related to nanofabrication in order to improve your products and processes or to integrate nanotechnologies into your products.

Technological advantages: state-of-the-art processing and characterization equipment

Possible uses:

• Developing metallic (noble metals) and dielectric (silica, titanium oxide, etc.) thin films for protection and functionalization
• Creating surface calibration samples (from the micrometer to the ten nanometer range)
• Integrating metallic nanoparticles on lithographic supports and patterns

Main support laboratory: Laboratoire DRIVE (Département de Recherche en Ingénierie des Véhicules pour l’Environnement)

Developing powertrains, optimization, energy efficiency | Non-destructive testing by Infrared Camera | Non-destructive testing by Ultrasound | Non-destructive testing by Acoustic Emission

Technological advantages: state-of-the-art equipment (shock tube (10 tests/day), powertrain-type vehicle test bench, hemi-anechoic and reverberation chambers)

Possible uses:

• Testing bio-based composites thanks to our high-performance equipment
• Characterizing the vibratory and acoustic footprint of a structure
• Developing an alternative fuel
• Optimizing systems in order to improve safety in transport