PRES-X

We, at PRES-X, are a center specialized in METAL COMPONENTS POST-PROCESSING, offering 360 degrees tailored solutions for the customer. Among our different services, SURFACE FINISHING is the start-up’s spearhead. From 2019, we have developed in this sector strategical know-how able to meet a wide variety of customers’ needs, catching the most challeging targets on the market thanks to an advanced knowledge and articulated range of processes of finishing, pre-finishing and superfinishing, We implement systems specially designed to give components a uniform surface polishing, particularly in the internal channels where the level of finishing is crucial for the final performancies of the part. The key factors that are driven our approach are a complete repeatability, reduction of lead time and costs, incresing the quality of the parts and working exclusivelly with green and sustainable technologies. We are actually working with main customers which are targeting the best surface solutions in order to get perfect their product in terms of engineering perfomancies and/or aesthetic appeal. The customers which are excited working with us are actually coming from the most demanding industries as example Energy, Fashion and Luxury, Medical Devices, Sportcar and Motorsport, Aviation Space and Defence, A complete laboratory and inspection department is in place to support the research and development of the processes and the quality control in supporting the customers.

The fact to have perfect pieces with zero defeats and the right mechanical properties is a strategic requirement for the customer. Being able to obtain both targets in one single process is a game changer and an incredible added value in terms of cutting time, reducing cost, improving the sustainability maintaining the same or higher level of quality. In order to get that specific goals metallurgical skills and an advanced equipment are both needed. PRES-X was the first company in the world to install a Quintus Technologies QIH 60 system, a technology that performs high-pressure heat treatments and hot isostatic pressing (HIP) simultaneously. This equipment allow to our metallurgists to develop specific heat treatment solutions for the customers. The system can operate at 207 MPa and 1400°C. The furnace meets Class 2 requirements according to the AMS 2750 F standard, ensuring all areas of the workload operate uniformly and enabling the temperature to be controlled with absolute precision throughout the entire process. Hot isostatic pressing Using high, uniform temperatures and pressures, hot isostatic pressing (HIP) eliminates microstructural porosity in AM components and castings, ensuring high internal density (up to 100% of theoretical density of a material) and reducing failure due to fatigue. Argon is used as a pressure media with high density in the chamber to ensure the isostatic effect on all the components, enabling dimensional and geometric tolerances to be maintained across all surfaces. The purity of the Argon is monitored for each cycle to make sure that customer specifications are met and guarantee no contamination of treated components. Multiple heat treatments can be performed in the same cycle, which means we can optimize costs, transport and the lead-time needed to produce finished components. Plus, this has less impact on the environment. We are actually working with the main international corporations, innovative oriented and targeting zero carbon footprint and sustainability, main fields are Aviations, Space & Defence, Automotive and Motorsport, Medical Devices, Energy, Packaging and Pharma.