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Keith Murray | Business Development Manager, Product Area Powder |
Sandvik Materials Technology | SE | The Take-Aways from Additive Manufacturing: A Powder Metallurgical Perspective
5/29/18
METAL AM TECHNOLOGY LANDSCAPE
“3D PRINTING” REPRESENTS A HUGE GROWTH OPPORUNITY
POWDER BED 90% FUSION
POWDER REQUIREMENTS
Grain size 15 – 45 Micron *) METALLURGY OPTIMIZED FOR 3D PRINTING
*) Arcam require 40 – 100 Microns 14
BLOWN POWDER 5% TECHNOLOGY
POWDER REQUIREMENTS
Grain size 45 – 150 Micron METALLURGY OPTIMIZED FOR 3D PRINTING
INKJET & NEW 3DP TECHNOLOGIES
5%
Digital Metal®
POWDER REQUIREMENTS
Grain size 5 – 45 Micron METALLURGY OPTIMIZED FOR 3D PRINTING
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
KEY VALUE PROPOSITION
• Increased design freedom
• Component Light weighting
• Enhanced part functionality & performance
− ‘Complexity for Free’
• Increased Material Utilisation
• Improved costs for small series production − ‘Mass customisation’
• Shorter Manufacturing Lead-times 15
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