The powder-compact melting process was recently modified by incorporating titanium-hydride particles directly into an aluminum melt instead of using powders to prepare a foamable precursor material. To avoid premature hydrogen evolution the melt has to be either quickly cooled down below its melting point after mixing or the blowing agent has to be passivated to prevent it from releasing gas before solidification. The former technique, named “Foamcast,” was carried out in a die-casting machine, when the powdered hydride was injected into the die simultaneously with the melt. Normal casting alloys such as A356 without ceramic additives were used. The resulting cast part was virtually dense and could be foamed by remelting in analogy to the powder-based method described previously. However, achieving a homogeneous distribution of TiH2 powders in the die is challenging. The latter route requires that TiH2 powders be subjected to a cycle of heat treatments that form an oxide barrier on each particle and delay decomposition. The powders are then added to a melt and can be cooled at comparatively slow rates after stirring. Melts containing silicon carbide are used to obtain stable foams. The foaming process can be influenced by varying heating rates and final foaming temperatures, thus allowing for producing a variety of different pore structures (Figure 6). The process has been named “Formgrip,” which is an acronym of foaming of reinforced metals by gas release in precursors.