SHAPING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

With over 130 years of specialty alloy product and process innovation, Carpenter Technology is a leader in each of the markets that we serve. We offer more than 500 different specialized alloys, including nickel, cobalt and titanium-based alloys, stainless steels and soft magnetic materials. In many cases, we are the sole provider of these materials worldwide.


Our product portfolio and innovative approach enables our customer to solve their greatest material challenges and meet their sustainability goals. With our stronger, lighter, and more durable materials, our customers can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption and overall material needs.

Water Management
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Aerospace

Our Custom 465® Stainless steel alloy has up to 50% higher strength versus other commonly used stainless steels, enabling the design of lighter-weight parts for improved fuel efficiency. In addition, Custom 465® Stainless can replace alloy steels that require environmentally hazardous coating and plating processes applied to common alloy steels for corrosion protection, such as 4340 or 4330+V, enabling airframe supply chains to forgo such coatings.

 

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Medical

Our solutions for medical markets play an important role as our customers seek to improve patient outcomes and the confidence of healthcare providers. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that up to 20% of joint replacement patients suffer from nickel hypersensitivity, leaving them at risk of allergic reactions following surgical procedures. We help to potentially reduce the risk through our low-nickel alloys, specifically designed for surgical designed for surgical implants. Our Biodur® 108 alloy provides higher strength and exceptional durability while being essentially nickel- and cobalt-free.

 

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Energy

We are committed to enhancing product performance in renewable energy. Our soft magnetic alloys, such as Hiperco® 50 alloys can improve efficiency in wind turbines by up to 15% by getting more power from existing turbines or enabling the use of smaller generators to achieve the same power output. Our advanced bearing and gear alloys improve the reliability of wind turbines and reduce the risk of gearbox failures the leading cause of premature turbine retirement. 

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Transportation

Our soft magnetic alloys are helping to advance the electrification of the transportation industry, from cars and trucks to electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOL). Hiperco® 50 alloys, used in power-dense motors, can reduce the size and weight of electric motors and generators by up to 30%, increasing vehicle energy efficiency.

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Industrial & Consumer

Many of our alloys are utilized in tools and machines in use throughout these industries. With special properties like corrosion-, wear- and heat-resistance, tools made with our alloys last longer, run more efficiently and improve final product performance. As a result, the process produces less waste and requires less energy.

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APPLICATIONS AND END USE
EXAMPLE END-USE SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT
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Aerospace & Defense
Aerospace & Defense
APPLICATIONS AND END USE
  • Rings, discs & other components for engines

  • Fasteners for both the airframe and engine

  • Structural components (e.g., landing gears)

  • Auxiliary power units (e.g., back-up generators)

EXAMPLE END-USE SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT
  • Improve energy efficiency of aircraft

  • Reduce GHG and other air emissions

  • Reduce material required to manufacture parts

  • Eliminate environmentally hazardous coatings & plating processes

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Medical
Medical
APPLICATIONS AND END USE
  • Orthopedic implants

  • Cardiology stents and tools

  • Surgical tools

  • Dental screws & abutments

EXAMPLE END-USE SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT
  • Improve patient outcomes

  • Reduce incidence of adverse events

  • Eliminate hazardous coatings

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Energy
Energy
APPLICATIONS AND END USE
  • Offshore wind power-generation components

  • Onshore & offshore drilling and
    completions equipment

  • Wheels, spacers, bolting & fuel nozzles for
    power-generation equipment

EXAMPLE END-USE SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT
  • Improve performance of renewable energy
    capture systems 

    Reduce emissions of power-generation equipment

  • Reduce waste with longer tool life

  • Reduce environmental exposure through high-integrity safety systems

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Transportation
Transportation
APPLICATIONS AND END USE
  • Engine components (e.g., turbochargers)

  • Structural components (e.g., suspensions)

  • Electrical motors, power electronics &
    charging systems

EXAMPLE END-USE SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT
  • Improve energy efficiency of vehicles

    Reduce material required to manufacture parts

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Industrial and Consumer
Industrial & Consumer
APPLICATIONS AND END USE
  • Flow control for manufacturing of semiconductors

  • Components that enable miniaturization
    in electronics, including smart phones,
    smart watches & wireless headphones

EXAMPLE END-USE SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT
  • Reduce waste by extending life of products

  • Reduce material required to manufacture parts

We continue to innovate new solutions for emerging technology and applications, including additive manufacturing and the electrification of vehicles. With greater, widespread adoption, we expect these technologies to have a meaningful impact on our business and overall sustainability. 

Electrification

Electric motors are set to transform the transportation industry, from cars and trucks to airplanes and drones. Our portfolio of unique soft magnetic materials and stack manufacturing capabilities offers lighter, smaller and more power-dense electric motors. 

Additive Manufacturing

We offer an end-to-end manufacturing platform — from creating standardized and specialized metal powders to material lifecycle management technology — that addresses each customer's needs. 

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Demand for high-performance electric vehicles (EV), electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOLs), and electric airplanes is rapidly growing with increased investment to accelerate development. Each of these will require improved power- and torque-dense, efficient, compact powertrain technology to meet the new requirements for these high-performance EVs.

Electric motors serve as one of the key components of the EV powertrain. There are several design options to improve the power and torque density of an efficient motor. One approach uses thin, high-induction iron cobalt (FeCo) soft magnetic alloys with low loss.

Hiperco® 50 FeCo stators and rotors can notably improve motor and vehicle performance, as compared to the thicker non-grain oriented electrical steel (NOES) commonly used in current EVs.

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