NASA Creates New Super Alloy 2500x Stronger with Resodyn Mixer

Powder metal products are used across a spectrum of industries such as aerospace, automotive, marine, and biomedical. Common products created with powder metals include engine components, auto brake shoes/pads, medical devices, and bearings impregnated with lubricants. Powder metals are also used in heat shields for spacecraft, high-voltage electrical contacts, and filters for gases. Parts created from powder metallurgy are often used as additive manufactured prototypes as well as fully functional components.

NASA recently invented a new 3D-printed super alloy called GRX-810 using a Resodyn Acoustic Mixer (RAM). NASA uses RAM to coat Nickel Cobalt Chrome with Yttrium Oxide powder. GRX-810 withstands temperatures exceeding 2000 ⁰F, and lasts up to 2500 times longer than traditional alloys.

GRX-810 is expected to make billions of dollars.

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“... Acoustic mixing opens up the possibility of adding oxides or ceramics to any metal, which creates a huge design space that wasn’t previously available...”

- Materials Engineer U.S. Government Research Organization

“We tried mechanical alloying, but ball-milling destroyed the morphology of the powder. What was spherical and able to flow in the 3D printer became deformed, platelet-like and had a tendency to stick in the 3D printer. Instead, we coat the metal powder with ceramic oxide using Acoustic Mixing and get a really nice, dense coating on all the powder that doesn’t deform the powder, or affect the flow through the 3D printer.”

- NASA Materials Engineer TM Smith, et al

“...[we] mix different rheologies with powder metals, highly viscous, and the LabRAM II has proven it can do that effectively. We’re very impressed with the build quality of the mixer--it’s a nice, solid, well-thought-out piece of equipment. It’s done very well for us...”

- Research Scientist U.S. Government Agency