Larger billets are manufactured using cold isostatic pressing and vacuum sintering. Additional development is planned in coming months, and standard grades and billet sizes are expected to be available by the end of 2001. The engineered microballoons shown above left are precursors for the finished SynFoam product shown above right. The SynFoam structure at right illustrates the uniformly spaced spherical porosity typical of Powdermet s SynFoam composite materials. Typical SynFoam Ti and SynFoam Al properties are given below.
Properties shown are representative only, and vary with the consolidation route used.