Metal Additive Manufacturing Conference - MAMC 2023

Metal additive manufacturing (AM) is an essential technology in digital manufacturing and has been applied in various fields. Laser beam powder bed fusion (PBF-LB) is the most widely adopted AM technique. However, since the PBF-LB process inevitably generates internal defects in its built material, developing a real-time monitoring and feedback control technology is highly demanded for quality...

In high-tech industries such as nuclear and aeronautic fields, metal components are exposed to harsh environments that can cause their early failure. Preventive maintenance is therefore necessary in order to prevent any risks. This kind of intervention is costly, time consuming and can require the shutdown of the facilities. Moreover, replacements induce a need for spare parts and increase...

Automation as a Key Factor in LPBF Process Quality Assurance
The majority of the current LPBF systems were originally designed for prototyping use, hence they face challenges with reproducibility as well as many manual operations are still needed for their use. Additive Industries has developed the next-generation highly automated industrial additive manufacturing system that not only...

Additive manufacturing has long since become an essential tool in modern production processes, with an increasing focus on quality assurance and resource-efficient application. Technological advancements aim to increase manufacturing speed, batch size, quality, and ease of handling.
Despite a growing awareness of environmental and climate protection, increased customer interest in...

Rapidly advancing technologies and progressive digitalisation are posing challenges to the established quality infrastructure (QI), which is the overarching system of institutions and processes to ensure the quality and safety of products and applications. In response, the key stakeholders of the German QI established the initiative QI-Digital aimed at developing new solutions for modern...

Due to the recent boom in additive manufacturing, there has been an increased interest in, and need for, proper characterization of the powders used. One aspect of powder characterization that has often been ignored in the past is air humidity. However, with additive manufacturing, the requirements for the metal powder used have changed significantly compared to classical powder metallurgy. As...

Alloy-X is a well-established nickel-based superalloy that is extensively used in petrochemical- and aerospace industry due to its outstanding combination of corrosion resistance and high temperature performance. Since additive manufacturing is more and more establishing itself as a capable method for producing components with complex geometries, also the properties of 3D-printed samples must...