The 21st century metals company.
Alloy design to production in months.
Powder to part in days.
Foundation Alloy designs and produces engineering alloys with properties beyond the reach of conventional metallurgy.
Using MetalsFIRST™, our solid-state manufacturing process, we build compositions and microstructures that melt-based processing can’t. Our molybdenum alloys and specialty steels are in customer hands today across automotive, defense, and consumer sectors. Nickel superalloys are next, all made in the US.
Alloy compositions are designed for the application, not for the limits of melting. Elements and ratios are chosen for the target performance.
Through MetalsFIRST, composition becomes finished metal in a series of solid-state steps. The metal never melts, so we can engineer microstructures conventional metallurgy can’t reach, with oxygen and other contaminants controlled throughout.
Superior engineering alloys are delivered as finished parts, near-net-shape components, and semi-finished stock through a simplified process.
A family of isotropic molybdenum-based alloys with grain structures roughly 100× finer than conventionally processed Mo.
As-sintered strength, room-temperature ductility, and thermal stability: all without post-processing and with no tradeoffs.
Isotropic molybdenum.
Ductile as sintered.
Yield Strength
600–760 MPa
Elongation
35–42%
Density
98+%
State
As-sintered
Key Applications
Advanced Manufacturing, Energy, Semiconductors, Furnace Components, Medical Devices
The strongest commercially
available molybdenum alloy.
Yield Strength
950–1250 MPa
Hardness Retention
97% @ 1000°C / 96h
Density
98+%
State
As-sintered
Key Applications
Die-Casting Molds, Rocket Nozzles, Heat Shields
Refractory thermal performance with tool-steel class strength.
Compressive Strength
1000 MPa @ 900°C
Hot Hardness
45 HRC @ 650°C
Density
98+%
State
As-sintered
Key Applications
Hot Forging Dies, Aerospace and Defense Structures, Extrusion Dies.
A new generation of specialty steels created using MetalsFIRST. Tailored properties for the most demanding applications, with near-net-shape processing for manufacturability and domestic production for rapid deployment.
