Brush Engineered Materials, Just not Good Enough for Me
As Precision Castparts (PCP) keeps running away from me, I’ve been searching for the “next play” in specialized/engineered metals and materials. In this new age of industrializing the world, specialized materials play a huge role behind the scenes that make this whole process possible. Working with solid materials might almost seem arcane in this digital age, but material technology has been developing at a rapid pace as well, allowing engineers to design materials down to the very molecule structures so a material can do whatever you want. This advance allows us to cut out a lot of mechanical systems in certain applications. For instance, some materials can absorb shock, thus removing the need to build a spring into a system - eliminating the hassle of installing the string, quality control of the string, and wear and tear in the connections. Today’s extreme tech all need these space-age materials. Nuclear plants need metals with unnatural properties to withstand the abuse inside. Cell phones now use antennas of just a piece of metal with all the communications properties built into the metal. In my search, I looked at Brush Engineered Materials (BW), which is okay. However, Precision Castparts is still best of breed as it’s portfolio of businesses is in all the right trends from aerospace to nuclear power with international exposure. Here’s the skinny on why I don’t like Brush Engineered Materials as much.
