
PM-HIP Workshop 2026
November 4โ5, 2026
Knoxville,
Tennessee
at the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at ORNL
Workshop Mission
ย This workshop builds on the momentum of the inaugural 2024 workshop to accelerate the development and adoption of Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) technology to fabricate large-scale components across various industrial sectors for nuclear, energy, oil and gas, aerospace, and national security applications.
Organizers



This workshop is facilitated by the US Department of Energy Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office and the Office of Nuclear Energy Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies program.
Goals
- Widespread implementation of near-net shape PM-HIP technology for energy (nuclear, wind, hydro, etc.), space/aerospace, and national security
- Provide an efficient and effective manufacturing route to supplement conventional large-scale cast and forged parts for critical applications
- Establish a PM-HIP Consortium: A cross-cutting platform connecting domestic industrial partners, academic institutions, and national labs with end users. The consortium will provide an adequate platform and have a legal agreement in place to:Facilitate the exchange of ideas that are currently shareable while protecting IP
- Develop new frontiers among industries, national laboratories, academic institutions, and the US government
Objectives
- Define the role of PM-HIP for energy production and national security
- Identify domestic supply chain gaps and economic considerations
- Identify/Explore industrial needs and alignment around PM-HIP
- Address technology development needs of PM-HIP such as can fabricability, inspectability, and integration of modeling methods
- Assess the coupling of AM+PM technology for large scale and complex customized geometries
Key Topics
- Modeling methodologies for multiple alloys
- Sintering, distortion, and residual stress models
- Ferritic powder quality and oxygen controls
- Getters, hydrogen, rotating kilns for annealing, storage, transportation, and more.
- Prior particle boundaries (nickel alloys and ferritics)
- Scale-up of PM-HIP technologies
- Through thickness properties and concerns
- Out-gassing thick components
- Capsule/can manufacture using AM and capsule/can removal
- Feedstock and powder usage
- Cost-out opportunities
- In-situ monitoring for part qualification
- HIP casting consolidation
- Large HIP (Atlas, Titan)
What to Expect
- Development of a roadmap that includes clear direction with short-, medium-, and long-term goals for PM-HIP in the US and UK
- An increased knowledge base to enable the adoption of PM-HIP technology for organizations
- Industry buy-in through the creation of active partnerships to address workshop goals
- Follow-up meetings after the workshop as well as a defined timeline for future activities and engagement