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Metal Additive Manufacturing history
First experimental set-ups and early machine concept developments in Additive Manufacturing go back to the 60s and 70s of the 20th century. However, the first commercial systems have only been available since the late 80s. Generally, Charles Hull is credited with the invention of the first commercialized AM technology Stereolithography (SLA) and was granted the first patent in Additive Manufacturing.
Metal AM Part Manufacturing Supplier
Additive Manufacturing part manufacturing supplier
External print capacity by manufacturing suppliers
Additive Manufacturing part manufacturing suppliers play an important role in the adoption of Additive Manufacturing. They lower the entry barrier for users by offering manufacturing services during the R&D and development phase. In a later stage they offer production capacities of additional alloys or economic alternatives for low volume end use parts.
Additive Manufacturing cost
Additive Manufacturing cost
How much does Additive Manufacturing cost?
Freedom of design, mass customization or lean process chains are just a few of the reasons often named for consideration of Additive Manufacturing as production technology of choice. At the end all such potential benefits have to be expressed in one deciding factor: Cost. If during the evaluation and decision process Additive Manufacturing technology cannot show its cost-effectiveness or increase the margin, other means of productions will be employed. Thus, it is critical to understand how to derive Additive Manufacturing cost on component level, but also how to consider including secondary cost saving effects in the complete analysis.
Future Metal Additive Manufacturing Technologies
Technology deep dive
Future Additive Manufacturing promises increasing productivity
Many new metal Additive Manufacturing technologies that are currently in R&D state are promising superior speed or new materials. Every year, new Additive Manufacturing technologies are announced, and it is expected that this development will continue throughout the next years. This report section introduces the most prominent of those future Additive Manufacturing technologies and evaluates their potential and maturity.
Coldspray
Technology deep dive
Coldspray Additive Manufacturing
Coldspray is an Additive Manufacturing technology based on a traditional coating technology. Powder particles are bonded in solid state only by plastic deformation due to impact. This leads to extremely high productivity but the level of details and the data preparation are challenging.
Wire Arc Deposition
Technology deep dive
Wire Arc Deposition
Wire Arc Deposition, also known as Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing, is based on conventional wire based welding processes such as MIG, MAG and TIG welding. Due to its simplicity and low cost input material, the technology promises very high build rates at low cost. However, to achieve the full flexibility that Additive Manufacturing claims, further development efforts in data preparation are still necessary.
Powder Laser Deposition
Technology deep dive
Powder Laser Deposition
Powder Feed Laser Energy Deposition, also known as Laser Metal Deposition (LMD) is a welding technology used for many years. Recently the technology is adopted as an Additive Manufacturing technology by system integrators and off-the-shelf system providers. In this report section you learn about the background of LMD.
Binder Jetting
The patents for Binder Jetting are as old as the ones from laser beam powder bed fusion. However in recent years, the technology is getting more attention due to several new players in the field who claim, Binder Jetting might enable large volume metal Additive Manufacturing production. In this report section, you learn everything about the background and state of the art of this technology.
Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion
Technology deep dive
Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion
In the shadow of LB-PBF, Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion (EB-PBF) developed as a major technology for certain industries and applications such as medical devices in form of hip cups for bone replacement. Learn all about the state of the art of EB-PBF in this report section, the advantages of the technology, further developments, and expected new market entrants of suppliers.
