Global Technology Competition: Foam Metal Innovation Accelerates Industrialization
In 2025, foam metal as a lightweight material “black technology” continues leading industrial upgrading. Recently, technology through electromagnetic field penetration to achieve efficient welding, to avoid destroying the porous structure of the material characteristics, for nuclear energy, military equipment, and other high-temperature sensitive areas to provide a safe solution. Its products have been targeting the green building and new energy automobile markets by their sound absorption, sound insulation, electromagnetic shielding, and other properties.
Performance Advantage: From “Weight Reduction” to “Multifunctional Integration”
Foam metal to ultra-low density (only 1/10 of water), high specific strength as the core advantage, while both energy absorption and shock absorption, heat and sound insulation, and other characteristics. It can be widely used in the field of electronic equipment and industrial equipment, realizing the double breakthrough of “weight reduction + friction reduction” in medical implants and robot joints, and helping humanoid robots to leap forward in flexibility.
Market outbreak: hundreds of billions of application scenarios are ready to develop
At present, foam metal has penetrated the core fields of aerospace, rail transportation, building decoration, hydrogen energy, and so on. Through the porous structure to enhance the catalytic efficiency, the clean energy track injects new momentum. According to industry forecasts, the global foam metal market size will maintain a growth rate of more than 20% in the next five years as demand for automotive lightweighting and green building surges.
Future Outlook: International Cooperation to Promote Technology Inclusion
Chinese enterprises and overseas research institutions have accelerated technology integration, promoting the application of foam metal in cutting-edge fields such as bionic medicine and intelligent robotics. With technology iteration and cost optimization, foam metal is moving from “high-end customization” to “scale popularization,” becoming an indispensable strategic material in the era of Industry 4.0.
From the laboratory to the production line, foam metal is subverting the tradition with “lightness” and defining the future with “strength”. Whether it is in the field of cutting-edge technology or people's livelihood, this material revolution has been quietly opened.
