Integran Defense Systems' Grain Boundary Engineering (GBE®) process enhances reliability and durability by altering the internal structure of materials on the nanometre-scale.

Via patent-protected thermomechanical processes (forming & heat treatment), the internal structure of conventional metals and alloys is optimized locally on a nanometer scale to yield breakthrough improvements in material reliability, durability and longevity.

The GBE® process can be applied:

During component forming/fabrication processes, or As a surface treatment (0.1 to 1mm case depth) to finished or semi-finished components

Resulting in:

Nanometre-scale structural-ordering at grain boundaries & elimination of disordered regions in the material Reduction in average grain size and enhanced microstructural uniformity Randomized crystallographic texture

Property Enhancements

Intergranular Corrosion & Cracking Resistance Weldability High Temperature Creep Resistance Fatigue Resistance Sulfidation Resistance