DAP at RWTH Aachen adds MUT furnace to complete Binder Jetting workflow
The Digital Additive Production (DAP) facility at RWTH Aachen University, Germany, has acquired a new debinding and sintering furnace from MUT Advanced Heating GmbH, based in Jena, Germany.
The integration enables DAP to cover the entire metal Binder Jetting process, enhancing its research capabilities and allowing it to explore the full industrial potential of the technology. The new furnace follows the purchase of a HP Metal Jet S100 Binder Jetting Additive Manufacturing machine in October 2024.
The DAP combines digital simulation and physical production in its approach to metal Binder Jetting. Advanced models enable DAP to simulate how parts will behave during critical steps, such as sintering, and to compensate for shrinkage and distortion.
These insights are fed directly into its experimental setup, covering everything from powder preparation and printing to curing, debinding and sintering. With the addition of the MUT furnace, alongside the HP Metal Jet S100 and Volkmann powder solution, DAP aims to combine digital predictions with physical realisation.
The investment was funded with support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft’s (German Research Foundation) major research instrumentation programme.
