With an initial investment of over GB£10 million (€12 million), UK-based Wallwork Group is continuing to invest in its Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) facility, with the installation of an additional Quintus Technologies HIP.
With a rich history spanning over eight decades, Wallwork Group is a large privately-owned company specialising in thermal processes and surface engineered coatings in the UK. In response to requests from existing and potential new customers, the decision was taken to invest in HIP, with the Wallwork HIP Centre, located in Bury, opened formally in November 2023 – supporting HIP service demand across a multitude of sectors.
To keep pace with demand, the equipment for an additional Quintus Technologies HIP is now arriving at the Wallwork HIP Centre. Following installation, testing, commissioning, and certification processes, this new HIP capacity will be available in the second half of 2025. “While we knew there was great demand for more HIP capacity in the UK, companies across Europe and beyond are also finding our service competitive and compelling,” explains David Loughlin, Wallwork HIP business manager.
Suitable for metal additively manufactured, power metallurgy and cast parts, the EN9100 approved HIP service is provided standalone or can be combined with Wallwork Group’s vast array of heat treatment services, which are all easily accessible from facilities in Cambridge, Manchester, Birmingham, and Newcastle, via its own secure and dedicated commercial transport fleet.
In addition, Wallwork also offers PVD and PVECD coatings, plasma nitriding, vacuum carburising and vacuum brazing, as well as maintaining in-house, well equipped, UKAS certified, mechanical testing labs. Its research and development teams also work closely with manufacturers to create unique surface treatments in aerospace, automotive, motorsport, medical, oil and gas and other precision industries.
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