Hyperion Metals: Developing low-cost, low-to-zero carbon spherical titanium metal powders for use in 3D printing

Hyperion Metals has the exclusive rights to a breakthrough American technology that can produce low cost, low-to-zero carbon titanium metal and spherical titanium metal powders.

These patented technologies were invented by Dr. Z. Zak Fang at the University of Utah and have been advanced from a lab-scale technology to full pilot plant production scale over a six year development program. This development program was funded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (“ARPA-E”) of the U.S. Department of Energy.

Hyperion Metals wants to deliver a sustainable all-American, closed-loop solution for customers that will include:

• • • • Superior product: titanium metal is an ideal metal for advanced manufacturing applications due to the highest strength-to-weight ratio of any metal and superior corrosion resistance
      • Low-cost: Hyperion aims to produce titanium metal at cost-parity with stainless steel.  At cost-parity, titanium will achieve clear superiority, driving adoption and opening use cases beyond today’s high-value titanium parts
      • Low-to-zero carbon: low-to-zero carbon production process using 100% renewable energy, replacing the industry’s incumbent carbon-intensive Kroll process
      • Closed-loop recycling: proprietary technologies that can recycle existing titanium metal feedstock with the same zero carbon process at the required quality specifications
      • Transparent and traceable supply chain: vertically integrated all-American supply chain with full visibility from the Tennessee minerals all the way to the finished titanium metal

Speaker

Anastasios Arima

CEO and Managing Director

Hyperion Metals