Hybrid Technology                   

The Comtech Casting^® process is a hybrid processing technique that combines investment casting technology with closed die forging technology to produce a product with forge quality strength and ductility by developing our own internal forged ingot. This process produces a forging identical in every characteristic to forgings derived from mill supplied wrought raw material. This invention mimics the process used by bar mills to roll ingots into bar. Due to this innovation, KomTeK Technologies is able to pass on the savings incurred by specialty mills to reduce tons of material into small diameter bars.

The data presented here reflects results achieved for Cobalt-Chrome and Metal Matrix Composites in the biomedical market. The process lends itself to "customizing" of alloys for specific applications as well as the inclusion of ceramics to create Metal Matrix Composites (MMC), KomTeK MMC.

The processes represented by this data is applicable to many different alloys and markets applications. The advantages of these hybrid technologies is reduced cost, reductions in lead time without concern of the product satisfying all the mechanical, physical and metallurgical specifications of a forged product.