The SPA of Powder Metallurgy offers consumers highly porous materials for the creation of lightweight structures—sandwich panels, mechanical energy absorbers, including in armor protection elements, and sound insulation—under a manufacturing agreement and is looking for partners to conclude a distribution services agreement.

The SPA of Powder Metallurgy of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus is a leading center for the development of highly porous materials. These materials include porous permeable structures based on corrosion-resistant steel, titanium, nickel, and bronze, used for filtration, capillary systems, and heat sinks.

Research Structure.
Highly porous cellular materials based on aluminum oxide are being developed for the filtration of molten metals (aluminum, cast iron, steel), as well as porous materials made from spongy titanium powders with increased strength.

Application.
Highly porous materials are used in filtration, heat transfer (heat pipes for electronics), medicine, and protective coatings. The Powder Metallurgy Research and Production Association is a leader in the production of such complex-shaped components.

Highly porous materials are structures with a pore volume greater than 50%, including foam metals (up to 95–97% porosity), aerogels, powdered and fibrous materials. They are characterized by low density, high thermal and sound insulation, and permeability. They are used as filters, catalysts, thermal insulation, and lightweight structural elements.

Main types and characteristics of highly porous materials.
Foam metals and cellular materials: These have a mesh-cellular structure, providing high permeability and mechanical strength at low weight. Aerogels and nanocomposites: These have extremely low thermal conductivity, are often brittle, and require reinforcement.
Construction Materials: Foamed concrete, aerated concrete, and gypsum-based porous materials used for thermal insulation.
Sorbents: Highly dispersed materials used for filtration and purification.

Production Methods:
Foaming, mixing binders with foam (for concrete), sintering, direct sintering of powders or fibers, using binders.

Microwave Energy: Microwave-based production techniques for creating specialized structures.

Applications: Thermal insulation and structural elements, acoustic materials (sound absorption), mechanical energy absorbers (armor protection, dampers), filters, and catalyst carriers.

The SPA of Powder Metallurgy is the Republic of Belarus's leading interdisciplinary research and production center, operating in key areas for the country's industrial complex:
-powder metallurgy;
-composite materials, including nanostructured ones;
-use of pulse technologies for the creation and production of materials and products;
-vacuum technology and equipment;
-welding (technologies, materials, equipment, and control);
-materials and equipment for applying protective and functional coatings;
-structural ceramics;
-medical materials and instruments;
-synthesis and production of tools from superhard materials;
-injection molding;
-special technologies, including the disposal of artillery and engineering munitions, the disposal of aircraft weapons, and the production of industrial emulsion explosives.

I. The main "Institute of Powder Metallurgy named after Academician O.V. Roman" (Minsk), which includes:
OKhP "Institute of Welding and Protective Coatings" (Minsk);
OKhP "Research Institute of Pulse Processes with Pilot Production" (Minsk);
OKhP "Scientific Instrument Making" (Minsk);
and also:
Directorate for Industrial Disposal of Ammunition;
Certification Body for Pyrotechnic Products, Explosives, and Products Based on Them;
Laboratory for Ammunition Disposal Technologies and Research of Explosive Materials Properties.
II. PRUP Molodechno Powder Metallurgy Plant (Molodechno).
III. RCPAircraft Weapons Disposal Center (Gorodok).
IV. RCC Artillery and Engineering Ammunition Recycling Center (Dobrush, Mikashevichi).

The Association's scientific and business ties span Eastern, Western, and Central Europe, the USA, India, Korea, China, Vietnam, and elsewhere.

The Association has a robust research and experimental base equipped with modern research equipment, pilot production facilities at its institutes, and a powder metallurgy plant.

The Association is one of the world's leading manufacturers of:
- high-strength structural powder products of complex shapes for mechanical engineering;
- sintered friction discs for operation under lubricated and dry friction conditions based on iron and copper powders;
- porous permeable materials based on corrosion-resistant steel, titanium, nickel, and bronze powders, and products of various shapes and sizes;
- bimetals and composite multilayer metal materials produced by explosive welding;
- diamond tools for processing and cutting stone and building materials;
- heat pipes with a porous powder capillary structure and heat sinks based on them for cooling electronic components, devices, control systems, and aircraft;
- composite powders for applying heat-, corrosion-, and wear-resistant coatings;
- vacuum-plasma deposition technologies for composite functional coatings;
- production of medical dental, orthopedic, and cardiac implants based on biocompatible and bioactive materials;
- welding equipment, technologies, and materials.

Official website of the SPA of Powder Metallurgy.

Consumers interested in purchasing highly porous materials for lightweight structures, such as sandwich panels, mechanical energy absorbers, including those used in armor protection and sound insulation, under a manufacturing agreement.

Partners interested in purchasing highly porous materials for lightweight structures, such as sandwich panels, mechanical energy absorbers, including those used in armor protection and sound insulation, under a distribution services agreement.