Advanced manufacturing
After searching the globe and talking with a host of potential vendors, engineers at a US national laboratory asked Arris to produce a unique configuration of a rare earth metal. Multiple elemental impurities needed to be controlled and/or eliminated during manufacture. The metal in the fabricated item needed to be totally homogeneous. All was achieved for items that were delivered 99.9999% pure.

Ultra high purity
A researcher at a European cancer institute needed some praseodymium foil. Arris accepted his challenge: maximum reduction of a particular elemental impurity – neodymium (a neighboring element that is extremely hard to eliminate) – in the foil. He was able to proceed with his research, thanks to the Pr foil that Arris produced – with only 2ppm neodymium.

Thin foil
A major US government contractor came to Arris with a problem: make high purity, extremely thin foil of a particular refractory metal. Four years were needed to find a way to compress the layers of this element’s atoms that were preventing success. Arris delivered the foil – 0.0005” thick!

Rare earth/Al alloys
Aerospace manufacturers are trying to create lighter, stronger and more durable aircraft and missile parts using rare earth/aluminum alloys. The project got rolling with the help of Arris International. Arris has produced over 100 different master alloys. Our customers’ engineers continue to experiment and test, seeking the exact formulation for the next generation of high performance vehicles.

Zr crystal
A research lab in the Far East asked for a large high purity zirconium single crystal. One year later, a rarity was produced: a zirconium crystal over 4” long!

Rare earth wire
University and industrial users have difficulty obtaining wires made of rare earth metals. The starting material for these strands (with diameters as small as .001mm) is brittle, oxidizes rapidly and in some cases, is self-combustible. Arris International has become established as a source for wire and rods made of every rare earth metal.

Catalytic Material
A leading automotive manufacturer was researching ways to improve its vehicles’ exhaust emissions. Engineers needed powdered material consisting of particles having large surface area to maximize the efficiency of automobile catalytic converters. Arris was asked to develop a special formulation with surface area that was twice as large as is currently available. In less than six weeks Arris delivered powder with a five fold increase in surface area and with the potential to increase that measure ten times!