Advancing manufacturing through materials science Innovation
We partner with aerospace, automotive, and thermal system leaders to optimize performance through functionally graded materials and advanced additive manufacturing. Our expertise transforms complex thermal-structural challenges into competitive advantage.
Company Mission
We exist to advance additive manufacturing capabilities through functionally graded materials engineering. Manufacturing today is constrained by traditional design assumptions. Additive manufacturing enables new possibilities — conformal geometry, integrated properties, complex material distributions — but only if engineered with deep materials science knowledge.
We bridge research and production to unlock manufacturing potential.
We serve aerospace, automotive, and thermal systems companies solving
thermal-structural optimization challenges.
Research-Informed, Production-Validated
We believe advanced manufacturing requires three things working in concert:
Research Rigor
Our methodology is grounded in materials science principles. Every design is validated through advanced analysis (FEA, microstructural modeling, thermal simulation). This ensures recommendations are theoretically sound.
Manufacturing Reality
Designs must manufacture. We understand metal AM constraints, tolerances, material behavior, and process capabilities intimately. Your design is optimized AND actually buildable.
Real-World Validation
Theory alone isn’t enough. Every design goes through prototype validation and real-world testing. We measure actual vs. predicted performance, iterate based on results, and continuously improve our methodology.
This combination — research, manufacturing knowledge, real-world validation — is rare. It’s also essential for functional grading at production scale.
Why Functionally Graded Materials? Why Now?
Additive manufacturing has eliminated most of the traditional design constraints. But it has also created new opportunities — if the technology is approached correctly.
Functional grading is the design of structures where material properties vary across the shape of a component. Theoretically it was compelling but practically impossible with subtractive manufacturing.
Additive manufacturing makes it possible. But only if engineered properly.
Most companies either:
- Ignore the opportunity (unchanged design approach)
- Pursue it superficially (ad hoc material variation)
- Attempt it without manufacturing knowledge (unproduceable designs)
We approach it systematically by using a research-grounded, manufacturing-validated methodology that delivers real results. This is where advanced materials meet real manufacturing needs.
This is why it is the center of our focus.