HIP Standards
Your essential guide to Hot Isostatic Pressing specifications, quality requirements, and industrial compliance.
Hot Isostatic Pressing Standards: A Quick Reference Guide
The efficacy and safety of components subjected to Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP), particularly those in critical applications like aerospace, medical implants, and energy infrastructure, rely heavily on strict quality control. This necessity has resulted in a complex landscape of regulatory and industry-specific HIP standards.
Navigating these standards, which vary based on material type (e.g., superalloys, titanium, stainless steel) and application requirements, is essential for achieving material compliance, ensuring structural integrity, and validating manufacturing processes.
The following table provides a consolidated, quick-reference summary of the key HIP standards, specifications, and recommended practices across diverse materials and industrial applications.
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Material Group | Grade | Manufacturing Method | Standard | Designation | Title | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Various Alloy Groups | Titanium alloys, cobalt 28 chromium 6 molybdenum, IN718, IN625, 316 and AlSi10Mg | PBF-LB | ASTM | F3301-18a | Standard for Additive Manufacturing – Post Processing Methods – Standard Specification for Thermal Post-Processing Metal Parts Made Via Powder Bed Fusion | This standard specifies the requirements for thermal post-processing of parts produced via metal powder bed fusion to achieve the required material properties and microstructure to meet engineering requirements. |
Aluminum Alloy | AlSi10Mg | PBF-LB | ASTM | F3318-18 | Standard for Additive Manufacturing – Finished Part Properties – Specification for AlSi10Mg with Powder Bed Fusion – Laser Beam | This specification covers additively manufactured AlSi10Mg (similar to DIN EN 1706:2013-12 EN AC-43000) parts using powder bed fusion such as laser melting. |
Titanium Alloy | Ti64 | PBF-LB, PBF-EB | ASTM | F2924-14 | Standard Specification for Additive Manufacturing Titanium-6 Aluminum-4 Vanadium with Powder Bed Fusion | This specification covers additively manufactured titanium- 6aluminum- 4vanadium (Ti-6Al-4V) components using full-melt powder bed fusion such as electron beam melting and laser melting. |
Titanium Alloy | Ti64 ELI (Extra Low Interstitial) | PBF-LB, PBF-EB | ASTM | F3001-14 | Standard Specification for Additive Manufacturing Titanium-6 Aluminum-4 Vanadium ELI (Extra Low Interstitial) with Powder Bed Fusion | This specification covers additively manufactured titanium-6aluminum-4vanadium with extra low interstitials (Ti-6Al-4V ELI) components using full-melt powder bed fusion such as electron beam melting and laser melting. |
Nickel Alloy | IN718 (Alloy UNS N07718) | PBF-LB, PBF-EB | ASTM | F3055-14 | Standard Specification for Additive Manufacturing Nickel Alloy (UNS N07718) with Powder Bed Fusion | This specification covers additively manufactured UNS N07718 components using full-melt powder bed fusion such as electron beam melting and laser melting. |
Nickel Alloy | IN625 (Alloy UNS N06625) | PBF-LB, PBF-EB | ASTM | F3056-14 | Standard Specification for Additive Manufacturing Nickel Alloy (UNS N06625) with Powder Bed Fusion | This specification covers additively manufactured UNS N06625 components using full-melt powder bed fusion such as electron beam melting and laser melting. |
Titanium Alloy | Ti64 | PBF-LB | SAE | AMS7028 | Titanium Alloy, Ti-6Al-4V, Hot Isostatically Pressed (Low Temperature, High Pressure), Produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion | This specification covers an alpha-beta Ti-6Al-4V alloy produced by laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) additive manufacturing and subjected to hot isostatic press (HIP) operation. |
Titatnium Alloy | Ti64 | Direct Metal Deposition (DED) | SAE | AMS4999A | Titanium Alloy Direct Deposited Products 6Al – 4V Annealed | This specification covers metal products fabricated by direct metal deposition. |
Material Group | Grade | Manufacturing Method | Standard | Designation | Title | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aluminum Alloys | Various | Castings | ASTM | B998-17 | Standard Guide for Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) of Aluminum Alloy Castings | This guide covers requirements for hot isostatic pressing (HIP) of aluminum alloy castings. |
Steel, Stainless Steel, and Related Alloys | Various | Castings | ASTM | A1080/A1080M-24 | Standard Practice for Hot Isostatic Pressing of Steel, Stainless Steel, and Related Alloy Castings | This practice covers general requirements for hot isostatic pressing (HIP) of steel, stainless steel, and related alloy castings. |
Titanium Alloy | Ti64 | Castings | SAE | AMS4992 | Castings, Structural Investment, Titanium Alloy 6Al – 4V, Hot Isostatically Pressed | This specification covers titanium Ti 6Al-4V alloy in the form of investment castings. |
Titanium Alloy | Ti64 | Castings | SAE | AMS4991G | Titanium Alloy Castings, Investment 6Al – 4V Hot Isostatic Pressed, Anneal Optional | This specification covers a titanium alloy in the forms of investment castings having four grades of permissible discontinuities. |
Material Group | Grade | Manufacturing Method | Standard | Designation | Title | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steel, Stainless Steel, and Related Alloys | Various | Castings | ASTM | A1080/A1080M-24 | Standard Practice for Hot Isostatic Pressing of Steel, Stainless Steel, and Related Alloy Castings | This practice covers general requirements for hot isostatic pressing (HIP) of steel, stainless steel, and related alloy castings. |
Pyrometry | N/A | N/A | SAE | AMS2750 | Pyrometry | This specification covers pyrometric requirements for equipment used for the thermal processing of metallic materials. Specifically, it covers temperature sensors, instrumentation, thermal processing equipment, correction factors and instrument offsets, system accuracy tests, and temperature uniformity surveys. |
Audit Criteria | N/A | N/A | Nadcap | AC 7102/6 | Audit Criteria for Heat Treating for Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) | This checklist supplements AC7102. The checklist shall apply to Suppliers seeking Nadcap accreditation engaged in Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) of metal products. |
Pyrometry and Pressure | N/A | N/A | SAE | AMS2750/1 | Pyrometry and Pressure for Hot Isostatic Pressing (DRAFT) | Hot isostatic pressing (HIP) specifications have been issued by multiple aerospace industry users of the HIP process resulting in a lack of standard pyrometry and pressure requirements. This specification is intended to provide standard pyrometry and pressure requirements to be used across the industry. |
Material Group | Grade | Manufacturing Method | Standard | Designation | Title | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nickel Alloy | IN718 (Alloy UNS N07718) | Metal Injection Molded (MIM) | SAE | AMS5917 | Metal Injection Molded Nickel Based Alloy 718 Parts Hot Isostatically Pressed, Solutioned and Age | This specification covers a corrosion and heat-resistant nickel alloy in the form of metal injection molded (MIM) parts. |
Material Group | Grade | Manufacturing Method | Standard | Designation | Title | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stainless Steel Alloys | Various | PM-HIP | ASTM | A988/A988M-23 | Standard Specification for Hot Isostatically-Pressed Stainless Steel Flanges, Fittings, Valves, and Parts for High Temperature Service | This specification covers hot isostatically-pressed, powder metallurgy, stainless steel piping components for use in pressure systems. |
Steel Alloys(Cr-Mo) | Various | PM-HIP | ASTM | A989/A989M-25 | Standard Specification for Hot Isostatically-Pressed Alloy Steel Flanges, Fittings, Valves, and Parts for High Temperature Service | This specification covers hot isostatically-pressed, powder metallurgy, alloy steel piping components for use in pressure systems. |
Nickel Alloy | Various | PM-HIP | ASTM | B834-22 | Standard Specification for Pressure Consolidated Powder Nickel Alloy Pipe Flanges, Fittings, Valves, and Parts | This specification covers pressure consolidated powder metallurgy nickel alloy pipe flanges, fittings, valves, and parts intended for general corrosion or heat-resisting service. |
Titanium Alloy | Various | PM-HIP | ASTM | B988-18 | Standard Specification for Powder Metallurgy (PM) Titanium and Titanium Alloy Structural Components | This specification covers powder metallurgy (PM) structural components fabricated from: commercially pure (CP) (that is, unalloyed) titanium powder, pre-alloyed powders, mixtures of elemental powders or mixtures of elemental powders and pre-alloyed powders. |
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FAQ
The batch characteristic is an important topic for discussion. Our simulation shows that automation of the loading, unloading and densification won’t be a challenge for the implementation of isostatic pressing in the overall process. Additionally, the speed of stacking/winding is limiting the process speed before densification.
The upfront investment seems high, but is rather low compared to other machinery used in today’s battery manufacturing. Calculations with a realistic cost-model we established, put isostatic pressing in the lower cent area per KWh. The calculation model fits different parameters, the ones that show a high impact are pouch dimensions and vessel size, which can be adapted to customers preferences.
From the two vessel technologies, mono-block and wire-wound, the wire-wound technology systems can be scaled up to a cylinder volume of 2000 L.
That depends on the cells design for an in-situ (or anode-free) lithium metal anode concept Quintus proposes a densification step of whole pouch cells. This position would fit the isostatic press after stacking and pouching.
The production series of warm isostatic battery presses are able to deliver pressures up to 600 MPa, while reaching temperatures of 150 degree Celsius (pressure media can be water or oil).