Burloak Adds Capacity, Services with California Manufacturing Facility

Burloak Technologies Inc., a division of Samuel, Son & Co., has established its second additive manufacturing (AM) center in Camarillo, California. With the addition of this facility, Burloak is said to be North America's first multisite AM services provider, offering full Design for Additive Manufacturing (DFAM) expertise at scale.

The new 25,000-square-foot (2,300-square-meter) facility augments the manufacturing capacity available at the company's 65,000-square-foot (6,000-square-meter) AM Center of Excellence in Oakville, Ontario. Between the two facilities, Burloak says it offers the industry's most complete set of AM capabilities and technologies, including laser powder bed fusion, electron beam powder bed, metal binder jet and powder, and wire directed energy deposition technologies. In addition, Burloak offers engineered plastic solutions for PEEK, Ultem, PCTG, carbon fiber and nylon-based materials using selective laser sintering and high-speed extrusion technologies. These are combined with a full range of proven materials and postproduction services, including design, engineering, CNC machining, heat treatment and finishing capabilities, the company says.

Formerly operating as CalRAM, the facility, assets and equipment have been acquired from Carpenter Technology Corp. In addition to this transaction, Burloak and Carpenter Technology have formed an agreement to collaborate on future product design and development opportunities, and Carpenter Technology will become the preferred powdered metals supplier for certain DFAM projects led by Burloak.

"DFAM expertise, combined with scalable manufacturing capacity, is often the missing link for customers seeking to embrace additive," says Colin Osborne, Samuel's president and CEO. "The establishment of our multisite capacity, along with our expanded relationship with Carpenter Technology, further demonstrates our commitment to closing this gap. By leveraging the expertise Samuel has in large-scale manufacturing, along with Burloak's deep additive experience, we offer customers the easiest, most direct path to develop and scale even their most complex additive manufacturing projects."