The Future of Advanced Materials and Manufacturing is Digital.
But how can we digitalize manufacturing while also leveraging valuable existing investments in people, equipment, and R&D?
Integrated Materials and Process Intelligence (IMPI) is key for unlocking the tremendous unrealized transformative potential of Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME). As human-centric paradigms continue to fade, and many digital-centric paradigms fail to deliver on their promises, our industry-focused approach of calibrating and validating semi-analytical process models enables manufacturers to improve both productivity and quality in real-time. These fast-acting models, and associated closed-loop sensors, are the foundation for digitally-augmented 21st century manufacturing, which enables humans to generate more value, while simultaneously reducing resource utilization and waste.
IMPI LLC provides manufacturing process optimization services industrialized ICME toolkits to support more agile and cost-effective machining and processing of high-value components and assets. With IMPI, what might have taken years of development, testing and troubleshooting in the past, can now be solved in a manner of weeks.
Our multi-disciplinary and pragmatic approach combines key insights from materials and manufacturing engineering, bridging a crucial gap that has only been widening for decades. Unlike most prevailing approaches, we do not exclusively rely on endless empirical testing, unrealistic or slow models, or data-based artificial intelligence (AI) for answers. Instead, we leverage each of these tools when appropriate, with a keen understanding of their respective strengths and limitations.
The opposite of a ‘Black Box‘ approach, IMPI allows for rapid identification of reliable, efficient and aggressive combinations of machining parameters, cutting fluids and cutting tools for novel and advanced workpiece materials by exploiting the essence of the underlying Process-specific Materials Science. Whether you are precision machining large forgings, intricate castings, or additively manufactured near-net-shape components, it is crucial to understand how the workpiece material responds to dynamically evolving conditions, such as tool-wear. Contact us today to discuss how our unique approach could help enable more profitable machining of next-generation alloys and composite materials.
-Dr. Julius Schoop, President and Founder, IMPI LLC