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From The Engineer:
A new technique has been developed to produce metal/polymer hybrid materials that offer designers clear benefits over metal or plastic.
DuPont Engineering Polymers has formed an alliance with Canadian-based Morph Technologies, Integran Technologies and US-based PowerMetal Technologies to develop and commercialise a new technique that can be used to produce nanocrystalline metal/polymer hybrid materials.
The materials can be used to make extremely lightweight components with the strength and stiffness of metal combined with the design flexibility and lightweight benefits of high-performance thermoplastics.
The proprietary production process applies a high-strength nanometal to a polymer component to create lightweight components in myriad complex shapes with the stiffness of magnesium or aluminium but with higher strength.
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