Articles, insights and community posts about Wire Laser Metal 3D Printing.
Titanium alloys (like Ti6Al4V) are essential in industrial 3D printing. But with each print cycle, the powder absorbs oxygen. We share best practices for powder recycling.
Warping and part detachment are among the most expensive failures in additive manufacturing. We explain the physics behind residual stresses and how to minimize them through smart exposure strategies and heat treatments.
Does a 3D-printed aluminum part (AlSi10Mg) last as long in continuous use as a conventionally milled part? We take a look at S-N curves, porosity, and surface roughness.
An open powder container during a humid summer can ruin an entire batch of aluminum. Moisture leads to hydrogen porosity in 3D printing. How to properly store and dry your AM powders.
The manufacturing of high-performance heat exchangers benefits enormously from AM design freedom (e.g., gyroid structures). But which material wins? A technical comparison of AlSi10Mg and pure copper.
A production nightmare: Titanium traces in stainless steel powder. Cross-contamination can lead to catastrophic material failures. We discuss strategies for multi-material systems.
Why mill new injection molds when you can repair them? Directed Energy Deposition (DED) allows precise deposition of H13 tool steel onto worn molds.
Here is a small showcase of our latest topology-optimized robot gripper. Printed from AlSi10Mg on an EOS M290. We were able to reduce the weight from …
An incredible sight: We are currently printing a huge structural component made of titanium (Ti-6Al-4V) using the Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAA…
We have successfully completed certification (ISO 13485) for this titanium spinal cage! The challenge was to print the ossointegrative lattice structu…
A fantastic milestone: Today we tested our additively manufactured Inconel 718 rocket nozzle on the test bench (Static Fire Test). The internal, conto…
Our machine park is growing! We installed a new quad laser LPBF system this week. With four 1000-watt lasers working simultaneously on the same compon…
Who would have thought 5 years ago that we could print pure copper (Cu-OF) in this quality? By using a green laser (515 nm wavelength), the otherwise …
Here is our latest project for the motorsport sector: An extremely aggressively styled brake caliper made of titanium. Through topology optimization a…
We are entering the luxury goods industry. Here you can see a 3D printed platinum watch case! The microlasers have such a fine spot size (approx. 40 µ…
We have developed a new aluminum heat exchanger and cut it open for illustration. The complex internal gyroid lattice structure extremely maximizes th…
For a research project we printed this extremely light racing drone frame made of aluminum. Through bionic topology optimization, we were able to incr…
Background and technological relevance The topic of Metal 3D printing technologies in comparison: PBF, DED, WAAM and Hybrid currently represents one o…
A real masterpiece of additive manufacturing: A solid industrial deep hole drill made of high-strength tool steel. What's special are the spirally twi…
Mass production can start! Today our huge vacuum sintering furnace for the Metal Binder Jetting (MBJ) line was delivered and put into operation. In th…
To demonstrate to our customers what PBF is capable of, we printed a turbine blade from a nickel superalloy and sawn it lengthwise. This makes the inc…
Another great success for medical technology. We printed this patient-specific skull plate (cranial implant) made of titanium for a patient after a se…
High-end bicycle construction discovers 3D printing! We printed these extremely complex titanium sleeves for a tailor-made racing bike manufacturer. T…
Yesterday we had the opportunity to film Arcam's Electron Beam Melting (EBM) process while it was in operation. In contrast to the laser process, EBM …
Anyone who prints large components knows the problem: How do you get hundreds of kilos of unmelted powder completely out of the delicate cooling chann…
Desktop Metal System is running: We have now calibrated the sinter compensation to such an extent that we can achieve tolerances of less than 0.05 mm …
We armored a broken ship's shaft with Inconel 625 last week. The mobile DED system worked perfectly. No dismantling of the shaft necessary!
Conformal cooling in injection molding reduces our cycle times by 22%. The H13 tool steel powder flows extremely well. The surface after erosion is a …
Our new Arcam EBM system is running at full speed. The lattice structures on the knee implants are unbeatable for bone integration. Titanium Grade 23 …
Our gas costs are exploding due to the four LPBF systems. Does anyone here use systems for argon recovery and purification? Is the investment worth it…
We use in-situ monitoring: A high-resolution camera monitors each melt pool. The AI detects pores immediately. Saves us thousands of dollars on futu…
Our Mazak hybrid machine is amazing. First, material (DED) is applied, then the spindle head switches to milling and immediately pulls the part to siz…
Impressive project in Amsterdam: A complete pedestrian bridge was printed from stainless steel using Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM). Robot wel…
Extreme pressures prevail in offshore operations. We printed compact valve bodies from super duplex stainless steel. No sand casting can realize these…
Jewelry design without limits: With a focus spot size of 30 micrometers, we print individual platinum rings directly from the powder bed. Investment c…
Titan supports are a nightmare. A tip: Print the contact surface to the component as fine teeth (teeth support) with a thickness of only 0.1 mm. This …
No longer a secret: SpaceX is printing essential parts of the Raptor engines. We were inspired by this design and optimized our own Inconel nozzles wi…
We tested wire laser technology (Meltio) against manual TIG welding. The heat affected zone with the laser is extremely small, no distortion of the ba…
Digital dentistry: We generate the model from intraoral 3D scans and print entire crown frameworks made of CoCr on a TruPrint 1000 within 4 hours.