Blacksand Technology LLC

Blacksand Technology LLC is a for-profit limited liability company based in Salt Lake City, Utah that specializes in materials science research and development, particularly related to titanium alloys and advanced manufacturing techniques like additive manufacturing. The company has been registered to receive federal awards since 2014.

Blacksand Technology LLC has provided goods and services to the federal government through several contract awards. In March 2021, the company received an Other Transaction IDV award worth $9,390.50 from the Department of the Army Training and Doctrine Command for THRM TI6AL4V PLATE, likely referring to thermally-treated titanium alloy plates. Blacksand Technology has also served as a subcontractor, such as when they partnered with Technical Data Analysis, Inc. to develop a new process for low-cost spherical stainless steel powder production for additive manufacturing applications.

Through federal grant awards, Blacksand Technology LLC has received funding to conduct research and development activities. In June 2021, the company was awarded a $252,648 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for their "SBIR PHASE I: PRODUCTION OF LOW-COST TI ALLOYS BY DIRECT REDUCTION AND ALLOYING" project. This 10-month grant supported R&D efforts to enable low-cost production methods for titanium alloys, with potential applications in engineering and manufacturing.

Blacksand Technology LLC currently holds an Other Transaction IDV awarded by the Department of the Army Training and Doctrine Command in March 2021. Valued at $9,390.50 with no set-aside designation, this IDV covers the provision of THRM TI6AL4V PLATE, which likely refers to thermally-treated titanium alloy 6AL4V plates for Army applications. No additional details are provided about the specific requirements or scope of this IDV.

Blacksand Technology LLC specializes in powder metallurgy of titanium. We have developed a low cost thermochemical process for production of spherical and non-spherical powder of pure Ti as well Ti alloy directly from titanium oxides to compete with the conventional Kroll process. In addition to this Blacksand has developed a sintering technology that can produce near-net-shape components of titanium alloys with wrought-like microstructure and mechanical properties at a fraction of the cost of conventional wrought Ti alloys. Blacksand has recently expanded the application areas of its powder production process technology and are now able to make spherical powders of a range of refractory metal alloys, high entropy alloys, and other specialty alloy powders. We provide R&D services as well as pilot scale production of customized alloy powders meeting customers' unique requirements.