Heraeus Precious Metals, Sibanye-Stillwater launch joint R&D on Pt-Pd glass fibre bushings
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Heraeus Precious Metals, Sibanye-Stillwater launch joint R&D on Pt-Pd glass fibre bushings
  • Sibanye-Stillwater partnered with Heraeus Precious Metals on a joint R&D project to develop cost-efficient glass fibre bushings using platinum-palladium alloys.
  • Collaboration targets partial substitution of platinum with palladium to cut materials costs, supporting new industrial demand for palladium.
  • Heraeus will apply its proprietary dispersion hardening technology to improve alloy strength and service life at high operating temperatures.
  • Program covers alloy development, prototyping, customer validation over two years.
  • R&D work will be carried out in Hanau, Germany, plus Shanghai, China.


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