Being a high-tech company operating on the cutting edge of advanced manufacturing means that our engineers frequently face technical challenges without known solutions. Therefore, NiCoForm must maintain an active research and development program. Relying on our industrial, R&D and manufacturing expertize, we find effective, practical, and simple solutions to such problems. Not only have we developed a comprehensive understanding of the materials, equipment and systems we work with, our knowledge and skill base are constantly enriched by the new solutions we generate for our customers.
Often carried out in close interaction with end users, NiCoForm development efforts are not considered complete until we have exhaustively demonstrated that our results are consistent, repeatable and can be used in production.
Such past investigations led to the development of our trademark alloy, NiColoy®. Today, they result in continuous enhancements to our net-shape electroforming and other manufacturing methods. Innovation and creativity are at the core of NiCoForm's ability to help customers solve their most challenging technical problems. Every day, new and improved manufacturing methods are being created by our talented team.
The following are some examples of our successfully completed developments:
- An advanced Nickel plating process for Titanium alloys enabled us to hermetically solder NiColoy® bellows to Titanium flanges for a spaceflight application
- Our novel Cobalt plating process assures excellent adhesion of the deposit to advanced alloys, used in fuel cell applications
- Electroforming of high hardness (50+RC), 6 mm thick, precision stamping tools for aluminum foil forming was developed for solar cell manufacturing
- Development of precision high hardness mold inserts for microfluidic applications helps researchers in medical and biomedical fields
- A spherical, rigid, light-weight multi-slit mask with a low reflectivity coating in the visible part of the spectrum, has been electroformed for use in astronomical spectrographs
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