Schneider Electric

Metal AM on an industrial scale: GKN Additive draws on decades of sintering expertise to commercialise Binder Jetting

Binder Jetting’s position as an accepted mass production technology for precision metal components is on the near horizon. The coming success will, however, rely as much on expertise in the sintering process as it does on expertise in jetting binder onto a powder bed to make ‘green’ parts. This article reports on how GKN Powder Metallurgy’s Additive Manufacturing division, GKN Additive, has leveraged decades of sintering expertise in high-capacity continuous furnaces, combined with its application development expertise, to deliver the series production of special filters by Binder Jetting for Schneider Electric. ... Read more »

Fig. 1 GKN Additive has produced thousands of filters for Schneider Electric using HP's metal Binder Jetting technology, Metal Jet, with sintering taking place in high-capacity continuous furnaces (Courtesy GKN PM)

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