Replies to post #31263 on Liquidmetal Technologies Inc (LQMT)

[Banjo Man]

I know this has been talked about a lot, but I thought LM could not be stamped without some significant heating. Can it be stamped when heated without it going back to it's liquid form? I have not seen an adequate answer for that yet. They produce sheets. Can those sheets be pressed into form yet?

[sandy4]

That could also be for jet aircraft skin...and its supposed to have excellent welding capabilities...I believe. The uses are now limitless. We just have to be a little patient for the world to catch on. Even when APPLE computer came out...no one could see an in home use. IBM laughed at it.

[Mad Money Monkey]

I don't think you can do that with the amorphous metal sheets. Not an expert about this by any means, but from what I have read and seen online, in order to stamp the sheets, they have to be heated. Granted the heat that would be needed is lower than most metals, the sheets would have to be heated, stamped and then cooled. Cooling is the technological roadblock. The cooling has to occur almost instantaneously, or the desired composition, hence strength, is lost. Rapid cooling is not good enough. Has to be so fast, that this creates the technological issue. Pretty tough to take a heated metal plate/sheet from approx (Guessing here) about 4-500C to near room temp in a split second. Technical wizards: Is this about right?