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Innovation

Developing innovative metallurgical solutions

Based on its own proprietary work as well as on innovative cooperation with customers or other partners, Aubert & Duval continuously develops new processes and products that can meet technical and economic challenges, in order to deliver solutions to our customers’ needs.

Our key targets:

  • listening to our customers to anticipate their needs and develop partnerships with added value for both companies
  • developing new products
  • improving our process efficiency and costs
  • reducing production cycles for reliable, efficient solutions
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    Added Value
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Innovative materials

Aubert & Duval has long experience and solid expertise in developing new grades that provide reliable solutions to customers’ needs.

In keeping with its commitment, Aubert & Duval has launched several new grades developed in its laboratories: ML®340 (for aircraft engine shafts in collaboration with Safran Aircraft Engines), MLX®17 and MLX®19 both high-strength stainless steels for various applications, and a new Ni-based Superalloy for high temperature named AD730®. Recently, Aubert & Duval launched its new ARMAD™ steel, dedicated to the defence industry.

 

To address the challenges of additive manufacturing, Aubert & Duval is focusing on the optimization of legacy alloys, including steels, Nickel and Titanium-based alloys to improve their 3D printing processability. In addition, the company designs new metal powders specifically tailored to the unique processing conditions and material-related challenges of Additive Manufacturing.

Process development

Near Net Shape Hipped Astroloy Casing For High Speed Turbine Bionic Partition manufactured by innovative hot isostatic pressing technology

 

One of Aubert & Duval’s main missions is also to design and make parts that meet customers’ increasingly stringent requirements. The company can rely on high-performance industrial installations and cutting-edge R&D centres.

Thanks to our metallurgists’ world-renowned expertise, we continuously co-develop and optimize new products, work on new ideas and projects and find the best solutions for the future together.

Collaborative projects

To bring its research to a successful conclusion, Aubert & Duval relies on a network of partners including national and international universities, technical colleges, and research centres, as well as close development partnerships with key customers from a wide range of business segments.

We are currently involved in a dozen collaborative research projects in France and Europe, including AMANDE, MetaFensch, CleanSky, H2020 and SOFIA.

Technological institutes: IRT M2P, Metz, IRT St Exupéry Toulouse, AFRC

Competitivity clusters: Viaméca, Aerospace Valley, ASTech, Materalia

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