Freeform curved metal panels meet a need in the radio communications industry for fast, flexible, and accurate fabrication.
Paramium Technologies is a startup created to meet a need in the radio communications industry for fast, flexible, and accurate fabrication of freeform curved metal panels. We leverage multiple technologies developed at the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory, James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences, the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering department, and the Systems and Industrial Engineering department. Our powerful team, deep support, and agile technology create strong solutions for curved metal fabrication applications.
Our patent-pending electromagnetic thermoforming technology is a highly energy-efficient, adaptable method of shaping precision metal panels. The hybrid effect of localized induction heating (Joule effect) and electromagnetic force (Lorentz effect) creates heat and presses the panel at the same time along the non-contact “tool” path. All of this is controlled by a Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machine.
Our team invented and developed two complementary technologies that come together in a rapid and agile system for forming complex, compound curved metal sheets. The adjustable mold adapts to the desired shape without machining or hardware changesand the induction tool dynamically heats and presses the workpiece to conform it to the adjustable mold. This will provide designers in architecture, automotive, aerospace, and radio communications industries the freedom to fabricate freeform metal panels opening a new world of possibilities.