Arcam AB fka AMAVF

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https://www.atimetals.com/markets/aerospace/Documents/Aeromat%202013-Contemporary%20Titanium%20Aluminides.pdf

over my head


http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.titanium.org/resource/resmgr/2010_2014_papers/Ackelid_Ulf_2010_PowderMetal.pdf

specifics on EBM and gamma titanium aluminide



3D geometries (turbine blades) fabricated with proven process stability • HIP eliminates residual porosity?• Complies with chemical spec. after 1% Al addition to powder?• Fine grain duplex microstructure after proper heat treatment
• Tensile properties equal to GE reference data?• HCF properties exceed GE reference data?• EBM serial production of ?-TiAl to be launched at AvioProp in Italy


This free to Arcam research could hurt Arcam only if it improves other forms of making titanium parts more than it improves EBM., But if it's any form of titanium I think laser sintering is out.By the time any results are available I expect that younger engineers will have started to realize the benefits of free complexity of design made possible by 3DP

Meanwhile the stock price continues to languish despite all the good news. It seems AMAVF is forever tarred with the same brush as DDD even though the business prospects are completely different. Today's price is on technical support. If that breaks the price action could be nasty. I am holding for 5 year outlook.