New Materials and Applications

Products and Services

Support to the development and optimisation of materials, product and production technologies
Solution development for ceramic shaping, with special skills for injection moulding processes
Innovation in ceramic materials for high performance service and multifunctional characteristics

Raw and final processed material characterisation

Materials:
nanomaterials, ceramics, metals, hard metals, filled and reinforced polymers and other composites

Processes:
compounding of filled plastics, injection moulding (filled plastics and ceramic or metallic powders), ceramic processing, sintering technology

Testing:
chemical, mechanical, microstructural, rheological and production of testing specimens

Powder Injection Moulding

CTCV has been carrying technology development activities of powder injection molding (PIM), with a dedicated facility and all means for component production, quality control and development. Former R&D projects has involved pre-industrial production of components in ceramics (alumina, zirconia, alumina-zirconia and steatite), metals (low alloyed and stainless steels and titanium alloys) and hard metal (tungsten carbide) for several applications, including components for the automotive industry and forming tools.

CTCV offers to community a consolidated technical knowledge and means for production projects, product development and advising in powder injection moulding.

What is PIM? What is it for ?

PIM

 

Production of precision parts with complex shape.

PIM not only represents a significant advantage in terms of time and cost of manufacture, also includes the production in a way that until now it could be impossible to achieve, or at least, by a non cost effective way.

In this multi-step process, adding a binder, the powder is processed in an injection moulding machine producing the part, with the final shape. Subsequent treatments lead to the final piece, obtaining a material with similar properties to the components produced by a conventional technology.

R&D projects exploitation - Spin-offs

Research and development results can be licensed to industrial partners who transfer them to the market.
CTCV has a successful example of full technology transfer, deploying a prototype technology and high skilled personel for the establishment of a new company.

TEandM – Tecnologia e Engenharia de Materiais, S.A.

Founded in 2000, the company began its activity in advanced coating produced by thermal spraying and physical vapour deposition (PVD). It develops innovative solutions in coatings for the radical performance improvement of materials in a wide range of services.

TEandM is certified by BVC (Bureau Veritas Certification) in accordance with ISO 9001 (Quality), AS / EN 9100 (Aerospace) and NP EN 4457 (Innovation).

Internet site: www.teandm.com

Presentation of TEandM

 

Links

FP7 – 7th Framework Programme of the European Commission cordis.europa.eu/fp7
Nanotechnology Homepage of the European Commission cordis.europa.eu/nanotechnology
NIA – Nanotechnology Industrial Association www.nanotechia.org
NanoFuture – European Initiative for Sustainable Development by Nanotechnologies www.nanofutures.eu
Nano – The magazine for Small Science www.nanomagazine.co.uk

APICER – Portuguese Ceramic Industries Association www.apicer.pt
ECERS – The European Ceramic Society www.ecers.org
ACERS – The American Ceramic Society ceramics.org

EPMA – European Powder Metallurgy Association www.epma.com
MPIF – Metal Powder Industries Federation www.mpif.org

Powder Injection Moulding International Magazine www.pim-international.com

Resultados de I&D - Spin-offs

Research and development results can be licensed to industrial partners who transfer them to the market.
CTCV has a successful example of full technology transfer, deploying a prototype technology and high skilled personel for the establishment of a new company.

TEandM – Tecnologia e Engenharia de Materiais, S.A.

Fundada em 2000, esta empresa iniciou actividade em revestimento avançados, produzidos por projecção térmica e por deposição em fase-vapor (PVD). Desenvolve soluções inovadoras em revestimentos para a melhoria do desempenho dos material em diversos tipos de solicitações.
A TEandM é certificada pela BVQI (Bureau Veritas Quality International) de acordo com as normas ISO 9001:2000 e ISO 9100.
Sítio da Internet www.teandm.com

Apresentação da TEandM