Equispheres Inc.

10/14/2026

Canada and Norway share a remote-operations challenge: long distances, difficult operating conditions, and equipment that still needs to stay in service.

Evan Butler-Jones looks at why remote repair is now a practical additive manufacturing military application, and why material choice has a direct impact on whether deployable production works in the field.

Read more: https://equispheres.com/additive-manufacturing-military-applications-remote-repair

10/09/2026

Additive Manufacturing gets a lot of attention for future possibilities. Remote repair deserves more attention for what it can do right now.

This article explores how safer aluminum powder and deployable production systems can support military readiness and spare-parts resilience in remote operations.

Read it here: https://equispheres.com/additive-manufacturing-military-applications-remote-repair

10/02/2026

Defence programs move faster when the supply chain is understood earlier.

That includes the materials.

For Equispheres, the connection is through advanced metal powders for Additive Manufacturing: aluminum and copper, with scandium-containing aluminum alloys becoming increasingly important for high-performance aerospace and defence applications.

Aluminum supports lightweight structures, thermal management, vehicle systems, aerospace components and deployable manufacturing.

Copper supports electrification, power systems, high-conductivity components and advanced thermal management.

Scandium helps unlock high-strength aluminum alloys that are well suited to demanding applications where weight, performance, and manufacturability are all important.

The opportunity for Canada is here: connect critical mineral supply with the downstream manufacturing capabilities needed to turn those materials into qualified, production-ready inputs.

09/28/2026

A project developed with Martinrea International Inc. has received the TCT 2026 Automotive & Rail Application Award, highlighting how Additive Manufacturing is being applied to engineering challenges in automotive.

The work focuses on integrating passive cooling directly into an e-motor housing using aluminum LPBF.

Measured results:
• 60% reduction in pressure drop
• 39°C reduction in winding temperature

A superlative example of how materials, process, and design come together in automotive AM.

Read more: https://equispheres.com/automotive-additive-manufacturing-tct-2026-award

09/16/2026

Better parts start with the material.

The TCT 2026 Automotive & Rail Application Award recognized a project where powder, process, and design were developed together to enable a new approach to thermal management in e-motors.

Congratulations to Martinrea International Inc. for this significant win.

By embedding passive cooling directly into the structure, the team was able to improve performance without adding system complexity.

Full article: https://equispheres.com/automotive-additive-manufacturing-tct-2026-award

09/04/2026

Big news in the aluminum additive manufacturing space, and we're part of it.

America Makes and National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining have announced General Atomics Aeronautical Systems as the winner of the GOTHAAM project call, a $5.5M program to develop material allowables for aerospace-grade, high-strength aluminum alloys across LPBF machine classes. Equispheres is a named project team partner.

The objective is to qualify corrosion-resistant aluminum alloys for aerospace and defense applications, and to do it in a way that enables scalable production across the full range of LPBF system sizes.
Getting the materials science right from the powder up is where we focus. This is that work, at scale.

Read the full announcement: https://www.americamakes.us/america-makes-announces-winner-of-gothaam-project-call-worth-5-5m-in-funding/

YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO – America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) are proud to announce the winner of a recent project call worth $5.5M in funding. Generation Of Technical-data for High-strength Aluminum Alloy Material (GOTHAAM) is funded by the Office of the...

07/15/2026

07/09/2026

One of the strongest signals from the Critical Minerals for Defence Forum was the calibre and breadth of the people in the room.

- Mining and critical minerals leaders
- Defence organizations like CAE
- Federal and provincial officials
- Allied representatives
- Investors and partners
- OEMs
- Advanced manufacturers
- Indigenous organizations
- Researchers
- Industry groups like CADSI

An impressive list brought together by Energy and Mines. And that mix is precisely what Canada needs at this moment.

Critical minerals strategy will succeed when the full ecosystem is aligned early: when resource developers understand defence demand, when defence and aerospace programs have visibility into secure supply, when government can direct policy and procurement toward real industrial capacity, and when manufacturers are brought in early enough to qualify the materials and processes that programs will depend on.

That is how Canada turns resource strength into strategic capability.

We have the minerals. We have the technical talent. We have a growing advanced manufacturing base. The next step is coordinated ex*****on across supply, demand, capital, policy and production.

That is the work that will determine Canada’s role in allied defence supply chains.

07/06/2026

One theme from recent defence-sector conversations is becoming hard to miss: Canada is taking defence manufacturing and sovereign capability more seriously.

That was visible at . It was also reflected at the Critical Minerals for Defence Forum in Toronto, hosted by Energy and Mines, which Kevin attended this month.

The details are still taking shape across policy, procurement, and capital. But the direction is set: critical minerals, domestic production, and advanced manufacturing are being considered together, as part of the same strategy.

That is a good thing.

Defence readiness depends on the ability to build and sustain capability over time, and that starts with secure materials, reliable supply chains, and manufacturers ready to scale.

07/02/2026

Canada has the raw materials, the technical talent, and a growing advanced manufacturing base.

The next question is how quickly those strengths can be connected into production-ready defence capability.

That was a very useful conversation coming out of the Critical Minerals for Defence Forum last month: how do we move from strategic resource potential to qualified industrial capacity?

For advanced materials, the path is practical and demanding. Producers need customer requirements early. Manufacturers need reliable supply. Defence programs need confidence in performance, traceability, and scale.