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Do you know your

boundaries?

Get clear results from the experts to produce safe, reliable, and superior materials.

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Research

BREAKTHROUGH

DISCOVERIES

Partners

COLLABORATIVE

APPROACH

GrainBound helped us identify key factors that controlled microstructure evolution. They are a great partner to supplement internal research and provide strong fundamental insight.

 

Chuck Compson

Almatis, Inc.

TAILORED

SOLUTIONS

RESEARCH &

DEVELOPMENT

Guarantee a complete understanding of your precise needs through on-site visits with your R&D team.

PERFORMANCE

ASSESSMENT

Improve your quality control for manufacturing materials and adapt to changing environments.

PROCESS

OPTIMIZATION

Define the underlying qualities of your material

to help optimize cost, performance, and safety.

INFORMATICS

Get answers to high impact decisions by simplifying your organization of big data. 

SCALABILITY &

COMMERCIALIZATION

Identify mass-scale processing opportunities

with world-class diagnostics tools.

MACHINE LEARNING

Find hidden correlations to more quickly identify processing solutions.

SERVICES
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ABOUT

OUR

STORY

GrainBound solves the critical problems that control material behaviors.

As a result, your materials become more predictable than ever before.

 

We partner with manufacturers of ceramics, metals, and composites to achieve targeted performance goals with applications spanning many industries worldwide.

 

With our services, your materials develop enhanced mechanical strength, dielectric breakdown strength, electrical impedance, among many other attributes, all to be realized in new and prolific discoveries. 

Most important to us is that we build long-lasting partnerships, ensuring that you always have certainty in your material and its applications.

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The goal is to predict the unpredictable. Unlike any team in the world, we apply a knowledge of grain boundaries that delivers certainty about how materials actually perform.

Martin P. Harmer, PhD

Co-Founder, Chief Technical Expert

PROCESSING

CAPABILITIES

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JEOL ARM-200CF

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SPS

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FEI SCIOS

HITACHI 4300 SE/N

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HOTPRESS

ACCESS TO WORLD-CLASS LABORATORIES AND INSTRUMENTS

The experts at GrainBound have access to world-class instruments through agreements with local universities. In combination with GrainBound's unique expertise, these instruments (including one of the highest resolution transmission electron microscopes) deliver a valuable insight into material processes. 

RESOURCES
TEAM

MEET THE

TEAM

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MARTIN P. HARMER,

PhD

 

FOUNDER

CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER

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ERIC WEISS

PRESIDENT/CEO

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JEFFREY M. RICKMAN, PhD

MATERIAL INFORMATICS

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JOSHUA C. AGAR,

PhD

MACHINE LEARNING

See where you can meet the team at their next conference or expo.

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AMANDA R. KRAUSE,

PhD

CERAMIC PROCESSING

CONTACT

CONTACT US

Join us for a video conference or schedule an in-person meeting.

PHONE & EMAIL

1-855-GRAINBD (472-4623)

Info@grainbound.com

ADDRESS

301 Broadway, Suite 500
Bethlehem, PA 18015

 

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CHRISTOPHER J. MARVEL,

PhD

CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

ADVANCED CHARACTERIZATION

DEANNE HOENSCHEID

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

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