Ford patent filing date was 5/22.
LQMT first PR of LM106c was in October
Until then it was named DC-106c in previous design guide back in 2018.
LM105 was still alive back in 2018 due to cry wolf medical contract hence electric upgrade for potential MIM oven addition.
During early 2019, Ford must have been disclosed the name of LM107 (instead of DC-106c). LQMT has decided at that point it shall be labeled with LM preface for branding reason.
At the time, LM106 will not be a good name since Materion already had licensed public domain Vit106a.
Some time past 5/22, LQMT obviously have finalized the name back to LM106c to go HEAD ON against Materion.
As we all know, it needs both machine and alloy to create the end product.
LQMT potential Customer would be informed that Vit106a will not work with Eon machine (that truly can produce BulkMG) while competitors can produce (non bulk) amorphous alloy.
Eg. If one wants >200 grams part, they have two choices.
Netshaping in one shot in less than 2 minute
According to latest Engel demo, Netshaping multiple 200 grams parts in up to 70 seconds each, one at a time, and then use robots to concatenate together and fused them with silicon plastic.
Your choice, customer. Not all 106 class alloy are created equal.
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