Metal Additive Manufacturing Conference - MAMC 2021

Plasma Metal Deposition (PMD) is a Direct Energy Deposition (DED) method which allows to fabricate large and heavy parts by using wire or powder as feedstock which are fed into a plasma arc. PMD® allows the building of structures using deposition rates in the kilogram range. Besides the manufacturing of structural parts, the PMD process can be used for the fabrication of integrated cooling structures. Additionally, the combination of wire and powder feedstock allows to integrate hard facing surface directly on the 3D fabricated part. Tools or moulds used for carbon fiber composite manufacturing with integrated cooling channels allow to increase the processing speed in the manufacturing due to reduced cycle times.