Sciaky's EBFFF (Electron Beam Free Form Fabrication) Featured in The Fabricator Magazine
Sciaky's Electron Beam Free Form Fabrication process is the focus of an article appearing in The Fabricator's May/June 2007 issue. This time- and money-saving process of building components and fabricating metal is attracting attention from a variety of industries, including aerospace and manufacturing. Sciaky is once again at the forefront of development of electron beam welding equipment. Find out more - Click here to read the article...
NASA Contract for New Electron Beam (EB) Gun and Controls
For many years, Sciaky has been a leader in the development and production of electron beam welding equipment.Sciaky has designed and built Low Voltage, High Voltage, fixed, and moving electron beam gun systems that continue to operate successfully in many of the aerospace, nuclear and automotive industries. Sciaky has been actively pursuing the development of small, low-power gun assemblies for the EBFFF process to complement our robust high-power welding gun designs.
Sciaky currently has a contract in place with NASA Langley Research Center for a new electron beam gun system to be used with the EBFFF process.The new moveable EB gun will be incorporated in an electron beam freeform fabrication system that will be flown on a microgravity research aircraft and, potentially, in space.Due to the criticality for minimized weight and portability of the system, Sciaky will work closely with NASA engineers to provide the new gun with supporting hardware, such as low voltage and high voltage power supplies, controllers, and cables to provide a target weight of 100 pounds.
All support hardware (including required controllers and power supplies), shall be rack-mountable. Connections between support hardware and electron beam gun shall be designed to allow quick disconnect and reconnect for enhanced portability, but have locking connectors to prevent inadvertent disconnection as a result of external vibrations from the zero gravity aircraft.
Sciaky, Inc. Opens New Washington Office
To Service Customers In Northwest United States
January, 2007 — Kitsap County, Washington
Sciaky, Inc., the world’s leader in EBFFF (Electron Beam Free Form Fabrication) and the foremost manufacturer of high-tech Electron Beam welding machines, has opened a new location in Kitsap County, Washington, to service the Northwest United States.
Sciaky’s new facility is located at:
1783 Highway 308
Suite 200
Keyport, Washington 98345
Phone/Fax: 360-626-9683
Sciaky’s presence in Washington State marks a new chapter in the company’s history, one that finds the company poised for significant growth in the burgeoning Free Form Fabricating market. From its new facility, Sciaky can better serve its customers located in the Northwest, assisting them with hands-on integration of new EBFFF technology, as well as expanding Sciaky’s reach in the electron beam welder market.
Beginning in 1939, with the shipment of Sciaky's first resistance welder, and continuing through our pioneering work with electron beam systems, Sciaky has maintained a leadership role in the welding industry. Although technology and market demands have changed over time, the Sciaky commitment to quality has not. Sciaky's business philosophy has remained consistent throughout our history: Excellence in all that we do, and absolute weld integrity-first time, every time.
Sciaky, Inc. brings to its customers a solid history of quality and dependability coupled with an innovative attitude. As we near our seventh decade in business, we remain the only company in the world capable of providing Resistance, Advanced Arc, Electron Beam and EBFFF solutions.
EBeam 20/20 Profiler: Quality Control for Electron Beam Welding
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is partnering with Sciaky, Inc., of Chicago, Illinois, to develop and commercialize its electron beam diagnostic tool. Under this commericalization effort, the diagnosic hardware will be referred to by its commercial name, EBeam 20/20 Profiler. The diagnostic tool was designed to be used in any conventional electron beam welding machine without modifying the welder. Its hardware is compact, weighing less than 2.5 lbs., and has no moving parts.
In the past, reproducing beams was essentially an art that depended on the experience of the welder operator. Similarly, precise beam parameters can for the first time be transferred from machine to machine. The LLNL diagnostic opens new avenues for designing improved electron beam welding guns, and understanding the interactions of electron beams and various materials. Data from the profiler can be fed into computer models to generate the most accurate simulations yet of electron beam welds.
The diagnostic tool consists of an enhanced modified Faraday cup and computer tomography software, which offer the first rapid means of analyzing intense electron beams. Such beams are frequently used
Developed by LLNL, the EBeam diagnostic, originally developed for internal use of the DOE complex, will be commercialized in partnership with Sciaky, Inc. the new product, EBeam 20/20 Profiler will be integrated into Sciaky's new generation of welder. in addition, the hardware will be modified to withstand the operating conditions of industrial welders.
in high-value welds in the nuclear and in high-value welds in the nuclear and aerospace manufacturing sectors. The tool provides data on the beam’s focus and power density distribution in real time.With this essential quality control information, electron beams can be precisely reproduced on the same machine. Sciaky intends to integrate the EBeam 20/20 Profiler into Sciaky’s next generation of automated welding units.
The LLNL diagnostic allowed the user to: 1) quantify the power density distribution, 2) determine the sharp focus of the electron beam, and 3) correlate weld machine settings with beam properties and ultimately the welds themselves.All of the capabilities enhance a critical need for quality assurance in high value welds.
The new partnership between Sciaky and LLNL is intended to develop the EBeam 20/20 Profiler, a commercially available tool which will be integrated into Sciaky’s new generation of welders. The robustness of the hardware will be increased to withstand the operating conditions of industrial welders.
NADCAP Accreditation Places Sciaky into Prime List of Electron Beam Contract Welding Service Providers
Service Industries, has received Nadcap (National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program) certification for its electron beam (EB) welding services.
The company has committed more than 10,000 square feet to its welding bay that includes four electron beam welding machines, an Acuweld 1000 advanced arc welding system, several resistance welding machines, plus a complete testing and evaluation laboratory. This allows the company to provide a full range of options, from welding to complete part production.
Sciaky's VX-300 welding chamber is the largest EB contract welding facility in the U.S. The machine can accommodate large parts, up to 22ft. in length and uses high-powered EB welding guns, up to 42kW. Projects can be of any size, from pilot production runs requiring quick turn-around to multi-year production programs.
The company offers manufacturing capabilities for part preparation, fixture design and building, pre-and post-weld machining. Additional operations such as heat-treating and non-destructive testing can be accommodated.
Nadcap is a quality assurance standard developed by a committee representing prime contractors, suppliers and government agencies involved in the aerospace and defense industries throughout the world.
Sciaky, certified ISO9001/AS9100, is a world-renowned manufacturer of electron beam, resistance and arc welding systems for the aerospace, manufacturing and commercial markets.
