Design Guidelines for Laser Metal Deposition of Lightweight Structures By Ake Ewald and Josef Schlattmann Introduction Weight critical applications, like parts in the aerospace industry, are driven by lightweight design. Titanium alloys have great potential in lightweight design of structural parts due to their excellent specific mechanical properties. Today, structural parts are manufactured in conventional […]
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Explore the Possibilities of Laser Additive Manufacturing at LIA’s 2018 LAM Conference
ORLANDO, FL (February 16, 2018) – The Laser Institute of America is pleased to announce that the 2018 Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM®) conference will be held at the Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL, March 27–28. For the first time in its 10-year history, the conference will be co-located with the Lasers in Manufacturing Event® […]
3D Printing of Net Shape Geometries by Laser Metal Deposition
By Carl Hauser Introduction An additive manufacturing method developed by TWI within the framework of an EU-funded project could drastically reduce component manufacturing times. TWI engineers have been using laser metal deposition (LMD) to produce net shape thin-walled engine casings, aiming to reduce the environmental impact of civil aerospace manufacturing. In LMD, a weld track […]
Laser Metal Deposition & Laser Metal Fusion: Comparison of Processes & Their Uses
By Frank Geyer Additive manufacturing, especially “3D printing”, is a hot topic for many industries. While 3D printing in plastics has already reached the consumer level, additive manufacturing processes using metals are more complex and require extensive material and process knowledge. To understand 3D printing, it is important to first look at the three categories […]
Additive Manufacturing with High-Performance Materials, Lightweight Structures by Laser Metal Deposition and Infiltration
By Frank Brueckner, Mirko Riede, Thomas Finaske, André Seidel, Steffen Nowotny, Christoph Leyens, Eckhard Beyer Laser Metal Deposition (LMD) is used for repair/redesign as well as for manufacturing of new parts. Thereby, wire or powder filler material is reabsorbed in the laser-induced melt pool resulting in a strong metallurgical bond with the subjacent substrate in combination […]