Metal Additive Manufacturing Conference 2019

This presentation aims to give insight how Linde, the largest gas company worldwide, has invested in Additive Manufacturing (AM) over the past years. The two main insights are the development of gas-based technologies to support the industrialization of AM and the usage of the specific advantages of the technology in the development of gas applications like burners and nozzles. Atmospheric gases play an important role in AM core printing and pre- and post-production processes. Linde is researching in collaboration with leading institutes and industrial partners from the aerospace, material and automotive industry, how the utilization of new gas molecules during printing can improve the productivity and quality of the final product. This presentation will also present how Linde is successfully exploring ways to integrate AM into the production of existing and new product lines like the LINDOFLAMM burners and the CARBOTHAN heat treatment lance, whose integrated sensors measure key parameters to enable predictive maintenance.