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THE MAGAZINE FOR THE METAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 5 1 0 2 R E T N I W 4 . o METAL N 1 . l o V AM in this issue FORMNEXT 2015 HIP FOR METAL AM CONFERENCE REPORT: EURO PM2015 Published by Inovar Communications Ltd www.metal-am.com Co Fe Ni Ti C M Y CM MY Metal Powders for Additive Manufacturing CY CMY At Praxair Surface Technologies, AM powders are K not a commodity – they are a specialty. We operate an industry-leading powder manufacturing facility with superior technology, unmatched capacity and quality dedicated to additive manufacturing. • Approved aerospace grade • Spherical free-flowing and fully dense powder • Standard and custom AM sizing and chemistries • Large lot sizes and R&D volumes Supporting your needs in the growing AM marketplace: Aerospace • Automotive • Industrial • Medical Contact us to find out how we are making more possible: [email protected] praxairsurfacetechnologies.com/am Publisher & Editorial Offices Inovar Communications Ltd METAL 2 The Rural Enterprise Centre Battlefield Enterprise Park Shrewsbury SY1 3FE, United Kingdom ADDITIVE Tel: +44 1743 454990 Fax: +44 1743 469909 Email: [email protected] MANUFACTURING www.metal-am.com Managing Director, Features Editor Nick Williams Tel: +44 1743 454991 Email: [email protected] Publishing Director, News Editor Paul Whittaker Tel: +44 1743 454992 Email: [email protected] The two worlds of metal AM Advertising Welcome to the Winter 2015 issue of Metal AM magazine. Jon Craxford, Advertising Sales Director Tel: +44 207 1939 749 This issue comes on the back of a busy Autumn of exhibitions Fax: +44 1743 469909 and conferences for the team at Inovar Communications. Email: [email protected] One of the most spoken about exhibitions was formnext, which took place in Frankfurt from November 17-20. As our Production review reveals, this inaugural event proved to be a resounding Hugo Ribeiro, Production Manager success and formnext has firmly established itself as the Tel: +44 (0)1743 454990 premier European exhibition on Additive Manufacturing Fax: +44 (0)1743 469909 Email: [email protected] (page 27). Whilst formnext has received significant media coverage, Subscriptions Metal Additive Manufacturing is published another event that is very different in nature and scope took on a quarterly basis as either a free digital place in the French city of Reims from October 4-7. Euro publication or via a paid print subscription. The PM2015 was the latest in the annual Euro PM conference annual print subscription charge for four issues series from the European Powder Metallurgy Association. The is £95.00 including shipping. Rates in € and US$ series, which moves to a different European destination each are available on application. year, combines an industry-oriented technical conference with an exhibition and numerous networking opportunities. Accuracy of contents Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the Although nominally a Powder Metallurgy event, there is a accuracy of the information in this publication, significant and rapidly growing volume of technical content the publisher accepts no responsibility for from those active in the metal AM industry, as can be seen errors or omissions or for any consequences from our reviews on pages 51 and 65. arising there from. Inovar Communications Ltd cannot be held responsible for views or claims What was striking about attending these two very different expressed by contributors or advertisers, which events back-to-back is how one could be forgiven for are not necessarily those of the publisher. imagining that they represent two quite separate industries. Formnext is to a large extent influenced by the major AM Advertisements Although all advertising material is expected equipment suppliers, whilst the Euro PM conference comes to conform to ethical standards, inclusion in from a background of metallurgy and the production and use this publication does not constitute a guarantee of metal powders. As the metal AM industry advances, one is or endorsement of the quality or value of left with the sense that these two seemingly disparate worlds such product or of the claims made by its - that make up a large part of the metal AM industry - are manufacturer. inevitably going to have to move closer and discover the value and knowledge that each has to offer. Reproduction, storage and usage Single photocopies of articles may be made Nick Williams for personal use in accordance with national copyright laws. All rights reserved. Except as Managing Director outlined above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, modified or extracted in any form or by any means without prior permission of the publisher and copyright owner. Printed by Cover image Cambrian Printers, Aberystwyth, UK An example of a product manufactured using Trumpf‘s Laser Metal Deposition (LMD) technology (Image courtesy ISSN 2057-3014 (print edition) Trumpf Gmbh + Co KG) ISSN 2055-7183 (digital edition) Vol. 1. 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EOS_Anzeige_Tooling_Metal_AM.indd 1 16.12.15 15:56 Winter 2015 METAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING 17 28 45 59 65 Contents 5 Industry News 51 Metal AM at Euro PM2015: EBM for aerospace and automotive, powder 27 Formnext 2015: Product launches take recycling, and advances in SLM centre stage at Europe’s new exhibition on For readers who have not yet discovered the annual Additive Manufacturing conference of the European Powder Metallurgy The much anticipated inaugural formnext exhibition Association (EPMA), the Euro PM conference series took place in Frankfurt from November 17-20, 2015. has grown to become a rich source of technical Squarely aimed at an industrial audience, the event information on the latest advances in powder-based succeeded in attracting almost all the major metal metal AM. The Euro PM2015 Congress, held in AM technology suppliers. Whilst taglined as the Reims, France, 4-7 October 2015, was no exception international exhibition on additive technologies and and Dr David Whittaker reports on a number of key tool making, there was a real sense that it was the technical presentations made during the first two AM community that most fully embraced this new Additive Manufacturing sessions at the congress. exhibition concept. As Metal AM magazine’s Nick Williams reports, AM technology suppliers took 65 Metal AM at Euro PM2015: the opportunity to make a number of new product Superalloys, powder atomisation and launches and announcements. advances in inkjet and LMD processes In part two of our report on technical advances in 41 Hot Isostatic Pressing: Improving quality metal AM at the Euro PM2015 Congress, Reims, and performance in AM parts production France, October 4-7 2015, Dr David Whittaker Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) has been used for a reports on six further papers presented at the number of decades as a method to consolidate conference’s very well attended metal AM sessions. metal powders and metal matrix composites to These papers cover the heat treatment of IN939 produce fully dense components, to eliminate superalloy parts, the production of Ni718 superalloy porosity in sintered parts, to produce metal clad powder, advances in inkjet-based metal AM and parts through diffusion bonding, and to eliminate the production of gears by Laser Metal Deposition defects in castings. HIP is now also playing an (LMD). important role in assuring and increasing the quality of critical components produced by powder-based 79 Events guide AM. In the following article Magnus Ahlfors and Johan Hjärne describe the HIP process and its influence on the microstructure and properties of 80 Advertisers’ index AM Ti-6Al-4V alloys. Vol. 1 No. 4 © 2015 Inovar Communications Ltd Metal Additive Manufacturing | Winter 2015 3 FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA AT: MOBILE DEVICE APPS NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD @HoeganaesCorp | contents page | news | events | advertisers’ index | contact | Industry News industry news Michelin and Fives join to develop variety of sectors. 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Under Michelin is reported to have been production. the terms of the agreement the new developing expertise in metal AM The new company will offer company will benefit from a financial for several years in order to produce manufacturers in different sectors, contribution of at least €25 million in mould parts that are unachievable such as automotive, aerospace, the first three years and be located using traditional means of production health, etc., a complete solution near Clermont-Ferrand, France. such as machining or welding. from the design and manufacture of Fives and Michelin plan to position Fives operates in around thirty machines and complete production Fives Michelin Additive Solutions as countries and provides both equip- lines to the related services. a key player in the growth market of ment and production systems for the www.michelin.com metal Additive Manufacturing.