Awards and Accolades for SPP
Learn more about the award-winning, manufacturing advances and the superior metal alloys and components made possible by solid phase processing techniques and tools developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
Cold Spray to Help Keep Turbines Spinning
PNNL’s suite of Solid Phase Processing tools like Cold Spray is helping to strengthen hydroelectric dam materials such as turbines.
Green Manufacturing Award Goes to PNNL Technology
An energy-efficient method to extrude metal components wins Association of Washington Business Green Manufacturing Award. PNNL’s Shear Assisted Processing and Extrusion™ technology consumes less energy and enhances material properties.
Speedier Manufacturing for Stronger Aluminum Alloys
Developed at PNNL, Shear Assisted Processing and Extrusion, or ShAPE™, uses significantly less energy and can deliver components like wire, tubes and bars 10 times faster than conventional extrusion, with no sacrifice in quality.
An Electrifying Improvement in Copper Conductivity
A newly developed, highly conductive copper wire could find applications in the electric grid, as well as in homes and businesses. The finding defies what's been thought about how metals conduct electricity.
TMS 2024
PNNL is presenting bold breakthroughs and insights at the TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, the gathering place for the global minerals, metals, and materials community.
Shear Force—How Good Materials are Made Better
Materials scientists at PNNL are demonstrating materials with improved properties using solid phase processing.