OTTAWA, ONTARIO — (Marketwired) — 12/29/15 — (“Equispheres” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the successful commissioning of the Company–s flagship proprietary atomization reactor to produce metal powders for additive manufacturing (“AM,” also referred to as “3D printing”) and metal spray applications. The Company will begin marketing spherical metal powders specifically engineered for aerospace and defence applications in early 2016. Additionally, the Company announces that it has filed a patent application pertaining to its proprietary atomization technology.
Typical metal powders are produced primarily via two fluid gas atomization processes. The resultant powders produced are inherently flawed for demanding applications, such as AM and metal spray, in that the powders are irregularly shaped, have a wide size distribution, are not fully dense, and contain agglomerate particles. As a result of the aforementioned, a variety of defects can occur.
Equispheres– patent-pending atomization technology consistently produces free-flowing, uniform, monograin, agglomerate-free spherical metal powders, which bring superior control and performance efficiencies not currently available. The Company–s metal powders have a narrow particle size distribution, excellent sphericity and flowability, and consistent microstructure – as produced, without sieving or classification – and are designed to significantly improve the quality of end use products.
Equispheres President and Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Nicholds, commented, “Today marks a major milestone for Equispheres and our shareholders. With the successful commissioning of our first commercial atomization reactor, we have demonstrated our technology can successfully produce metal powders with superior performance characteristics compared to powders currently available in the marketplace. Once the commissioning of the reactor is finalized, we will scale-up production capacity and convey materials to our aerospace industry partners for further testing and validation.
“Equispheres– metal powders enable us to better support the manufacturing needs of aerospace and other industries,” stated Mr. Nicholds.
The planned commissioning phase is expected to be completed in approximately 90 days. Equispheres intends to be producing metal powders in commercial quantities by the end of the first quarter 2016.
About Equispheres Inc.
A privately held Canadian company, Equispheres was established in 2015 to develop, manufacture and market its unique product line of ultra-high-performance spherical metal powders engineered for additive manufacturing (“AM” or “3D printing”) and metal spray applications.
Equispheres– patent-pending atomization technology produces free-flowing, consistently sized, agglomerate-free spherical metal powders, which bring superior control and performance efficiencies not currently available. These metal powders have narrow particle size distribution, superior sphericity and consistent microstructure, designed to significantly improve the quality of customers– end use products.
The Company–s innovative, patent-pending technology holds the potential to advance Metal AM and metal spray applications to the next level of industrial and commercial development. In addition, Equispheres has the materials development expertise, engineering, product testing, business development, and management experience to effectively bring its innovative metal powders to market – and in the shortest time possible. Equispheres endeavours to become a world leader in the metal powders industry – the fastest-growing segment of the AM materials market – and a disruptive supply source for the aerospace, medical, oil and gas, automotive, and defence sectors, among other industries.
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Forward-Looking Information
This news release contains forward-looking statements, which relate to future events or future performance and reflect management–s current expectations and assumptions. Such forward-looking statements reflect management–s current beliefs and are based on assumptions made by and information currently available to Equispheres Inc. Investors and readers are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are neither promises nor guarantees, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause future results to differ materially from those expected. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and, except as required under applicable securities legislation, Equispheres Inc. does not assume any obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances. All of the forward-looking statements made in this news release are qualified by these cautionary statements.
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Contacts:
Kevin G. Nicholds
President and Chief Executive Officer
+1 613-903-5855
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