Hiperbaric S.A.

Calle Condado De Trevino 6
Burgos,  Burgos  09001

Spain
34(947)473874
http://www.hiperbaric.com
  • Booth: 2149

Hiperbaric is the global leader in industrial equipment for High Pressure Technologies, including Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP), which is a manufacturing process based on applying high levels of pressure (up to 2,000 bar/ 200 MPa) and temperature (up to 2.000°C) to mainly metal parts and components for the aerospace, energy, oil & gas, automotive and medical implant sectors. Through this process, metal and critical components are densified, developing better mechanical properties such as fatigue life, resilience and ductility. This post-processing technology is becoming a key factor for high-performance AM components. 

Hiperbaric, a world leader in high-pressure technologies and manufacturer of HIP presses, has recently opened the first HIP Innovation Center in Southern Europe. R&D projects and trials can be carried out in its facilities and is currently working with some AM actors to develop new applications. 

 Press Releases

  • Fast Cooling technology implemented on all Hiperbaric HIP (Hot Isostatic Pressing) presses allows for increased productivity and cost reduction thanks to a faster and more uniform cooling rate. Fast Cooling technology also allows for the desired microstructure to be obtained. In this article we explain how cooling the pressurized argon in this way is cooling possible using our wire-wound vessel and plugs as heat exchanging components.

    two of the key systems in an Hiperbaric HIP equipment are the cooling systems and the furnace. Thanks to these two and their components, Fast cooling technology allows to reduce the payload’s temperature quickly increasing the equpment’s productivity and obtain the desired microscrustrure.

    What is Fast Cooling technology? How does it work?

    Hiperbaric Fast Cooling technology uses a series of technical improvements in HIP vessel construction and furnace design to extract heat from the heat treated load at an evenly fast rate. This is possible thanks to Hiperbaric’s wire wound vessel.

    The precompressed vessel is not only the safest pressure containment system but also enables the possibility to include cooling channels close to the vessel’s liner increasing heat extraction.

    Furthermore a heat exchanger located at the top plug is also key in evacuating heat to the cooling system.

    How is it controlled?

    The Fast Cooling feature available on all HIP equipment from Hiperbaric is controlled thanks to a clever furnace design that employs a series of valves and a fan to control the gas flows and achieve an even mixture of the cooled gas with the hot gas inside the furnace.

    Fast Cooling technology scheme
    Fast Cooling technology scheme

    The inner hot gas is looped over a diffusor and back down again through the heating elements under normal working conditions. When Fast Cooling is activated this gas loop is mixed with the outer, cold gas loop as this gas is introduced through the valves.

    The gas can the escape through an upper path guided to the top plug’s heat exchanger and then cool down by the vessel. This is where the heat is removed.

    Advantages of the Fast Cooling technology

    The advantages are clear, faster cycles allow for higher productivity and lower costs. Furthermore the cooling rates that Fast Cooling achieves are capable of improving material properties thanks to:

    Reducing grain growth due to minimizing time at high temperature.

    Ceramic and metallic materials have a tendency to increase their grain growth size during exposure at high temperature, this is caused by net diffusion of atoms from small to larger grains. Consequently, mechanical properties worsen with larger grain growth, for example Hall-Petch’s equation correlates grain size and strength.

    Enables the possibility to retain solid solution elements on some alloying systems, this makes solubilisation heat treatment and HIP combinable.

    Aged hardenable alloys rely on forming precipitates during the aging heat treatment, however for this hardening mechanism to work properly the hardening elements must be retained in solid solution in the material, this is achieved by a certain cooling rate after the solubilisation heat treatment.

    Other heat treatment specifications where the material must undergo a certain cooling rate.

    Although the cooling rates depend on a multitude of factors, like the temperature and pressure the cycle is performed at as well as the nature of the load, Hiperbaric Fast Cooling technology provide a huge increase in productivity and make the advantages previously mentioned possible.

 Products

  • Hiperbaric HIP Presses
    Reliable HIP Technology serving the most demanding sectors...

    • Hiperbaric's range of HIP presses offers the market compact, versatile and efficient equipment without compromising safety or performance. It allows our customers to access highly demanding markets that require excellent mechanical properties of the components or materials.

    Hiperbaric's HIP equipment is designed based on the principles of efficiency. Each product comes with excellent features and a competitive price. The presses are equipped with a coiled vessel, with technology that is guaranteed by more than 20 years of Hiperbaric's experience in the field of high pressure technology. In the agri-food sector, the company has installed more than 340 pieces of industrial equipment worldwide which incorporate this coiled vessel design.

    Thanks to the winding vessel, our presses can perform heat treatments combined with the HIP process, thanks to our Fast Cooling technology. The leak before burst design ensures safe operation in the pressure vessel.

    The national and international certificates of the HIP equipment are proof that the work carried out by Hiperbaric meets the most demanding quality standards.

    HIPERBARIC HIP PRESSES:

    Hiperbaric 20 HIP:
    The smallest press for Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP), a technology dedicated to processing and post-processing metals and other materials. It has been designed to combine high performance, easy installation, small footprint and affordability. Excellent option for companies keen to integrate HIP processes for their own parts without outsourcing this critical process. 

    It is an ideal equipment for R&D purposes in both research centers or companies with a focus towards material development and innovation. Thanks to its compact design installing a HIP 20 is a “plug & play” process, it would require to connect the different supplies to get this machine up and running, making this unit the perfect entry equipment to start using HIP technology.

    The Hiperbaric 20 HIP press has a compact design and high heating and colling performance, enabling it to product the fastest combined heat treatments up to pressures of 2.000 bar/200MPa and 2.000C/3.600 F, allowing small size productions as well as research and development works. The Hiperbaric 20 HIP press is a competitive, reliable asset. Its versatility allows it to be synergistically combined with a wide variety of manufacturing techniques to develop cutting-edge materials and components. 

    Hiperbaric 30 HIP:
    The Hiperbaric HIP 30 press is the intermediate model in the Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) range for the processing and post-processing of metals and other components. It has been designed with a totally innovative and versatile approach since it allows several configurations and operating modes in a single machine. It incorporates state-of-the-art technology and has been available on the market since 2020 at a very competitive price and with very attractive feature. 

    Designed for those companies determined to commit to a piece of technology that presents synergies with a large number of manufacturing processes in the most demanding sectors such as aerospace, oil & gas, medical implants, nuclear, defense, industry or automotive. The dimensions and performance of the Hiperbaric 30 HIP press make it suitable for installation in companies with average production capacities, which need to implement HIP technology in their production process, providing added value and reliability.

    The Hiperbaric 30 HIP press has a compact design and high heating and colling performance, enabling it to product the fastest combined heat treatments up to pressures of 2.000 bar/200MPa and 2.000C/3.600 F, allowing small size productions as well as research and development works.

    Hiperbaric 42 HIP:

    The Hiperbaric HIP 42 press is the first in the Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) range for the processing and post-processing of metals and other components. It has been designed with a totally innovative and versatile approach since it allows several configurations and operating modes in a single machine. It incorporates state-of-the-art technology and has been available on the market since 2020 at a very competitive price and with very attractive features.

    TDesigned for those companies determined to commit to a piece of technology that presents synergies with a large number of manufacturing processes in the most demanding sectors such as aerospace, oil & gas, medical implants, nuclear, defense, industry or automotive. The dimensions and performance of the Hiperbaric 42 HIP press make it suitable for installation in companies with average production capacities, which need to implement HIP technology in their production process, providing added value and reliability.

    The versatile design of the Hiperbaric 42 HIP press allows it to work in a wide range of operating conditions, and even carry out combined heat treatment, saving time and maximizing the efficiency of the processes. It is also possible to incorporate the Fast Cooling and Fast Quenching options, necessary for the proper treatment of certain materials, or to improve their properties.

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