On Spark Plasma Sintering Technology - "Although there are a lot of non-equilibrium materials processing methods available, at the end of the day there are some things only SPS can do. SPS allows complete control over the processing conditions, enabling complete microstructural optimization. SPS can even be used to avoid thermodynamic and microstructural equilibrium, preventing dissociations, capturing metastable phases, or stabilizing nanocrystalline microstructures, all while achieving high densities."

-Alex Dupuy, Project Scientist

University of California Irvine

"California Nanotechnologies continues to be a critical partner in the success of our R&D projects. Their ability to rapidly prototype novel metal-matrix composite materials has allowed us to achieve significant increases in material strength and conductivities in functional formats. The team at Cal Nano brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to quickly design sintering processes and machining to prep material for testing and additional processing. We rely on Cal Nano and look forward to continuing our work with them in the future."

-Gregory Chester, Senior Materials Engineer

Mainstream Engineering

Working with California Nanotechnologies has been an experience I have not been able to find elsewhere. I spent a lot of time with Eric and Brian and they are extremely knowledgeable when it comes to spark plasma sintering. Their facility offers SPS toll services with excellent lead times, reasonable R&D pricing, and access to purchasing equipment through SUGA as their primary dealer for the United States and neighboring countries. If you are looking to invest into spark plasma sintering and need to develop your process, this is the perfect place to do it all.

-Clifford Leonard - Founder, President, CEO

SiC Technologies

"California Nanotechnologies has been a powerful partner, helping us develop next-generation components for our high temperature liquid metal batteries. Their team is professional, rapidly executing on new requests with full autonomy, and they have extensive knowledge with high temperature materials processing techniques. This has allowed us to achieve rapid cycles of learning to maximize our rate of progress and they are poised to help us transition to commercial production. We've greatly valued our partnership with California Nanotechnologies."

-David Bradwell, CTO

Ambri

“Cal Nano is our premiere supplier for high-quality alloy powders. They have provided excellent user support for components that can be manufactured with spark plasma sintering (SPS). Despite the current COVID and supply-chain issues, Cal Nano's turnaround time is reasonably short, beating much of the industry. The SPS-manufactured refractory high-temperature alloy (RHEA) components are of exceptional quality and reasonably priced. It is a pleasure doing business with Cal Nano and their professional staff. Highly recommended!”

-Salvador Rodriguez, Principal Member of the Technical Staff

Sandia National Lab

On Spark Plasma Sintering Technology - "Although there are a lot of non-equilibrium materials processing methods available, at the end of the day there are some things only SPS can do. SPS allows complete control over the processing conditions, enabling complete microstructural optimization. SPS can even be used to avoid thermodynamic and microstructural equilibrium, preventing dissociations, capturing metastable phases, or stabilizing nanocrystalline microstructures, all while achieving high densities."

-Alex Dupuy, Project Scientist

University of California Irvine