VRC Metal Systems, LLC is a company founded in 2013 based on research performed at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in collaboration with the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to design a hand-operable high-pressure cold spray capability. The goal of advancing this technology was to allow for simple but high-quality repairs of DOD assets either in a depot or field environment. Since its founding, VRC Metal Systems has continued to develop this technology, creating more highly portable systems as well as producing robust systems for continuous commercial operation. VRC has successfully commercialized a line of high-pressure cold spray capabilities that has successfully enabled new production and repair activities in the DoD, the energy sector, the heavy industrial sector, and in research and academia. VRC is also working with ARL and other DOD entities to advance the state of the art in High Deposition Rate Additive Manufacturing (HD-RAM) processes like cold spray additive manufacturing, wire directed energy deposition, friction stir additive manufacturing, as well as developing secondary processing techniques for these processes like localized thermal processing, secondary deformation processing, or even machining. VRC is a full service cold spray provider, core capabilities include: Cold Spray Process Development; Equipment Manufacturing, Integration & Leasing; On-Site Repair and Modification; Consumables; Training and Customer Support.

Problem Statement:

Corrosion and Wear on High Dollar, Long Lead Time Parts and Components