Metal Additive Manufacturing, Vol. 10 No. 4 Winter 2024

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In addition to the latest industry news, this 184-page issue of Metal Additive Manufacturing magazine includes the following exclusive features:

Aluminium Additive Manufacturing: How a new generation of alloys will fuel industry growth

Aluminium has emerged as a pivotal material in Additive Manufacturing, revolutionising industries such as aerospace, automotive, and beyond. Overcoming early processing challenges, advances in AM machines and alloy designs are unlocking aluminium’s potential. Today, its lightweight, high strength and thermal properties, combined with advances in powder production and sustainability efforts, are driving its rapid adoption.

As Dr Martin McMahon explains, with growing applications and ongoing materials development, aluminium is poised to play a transformative role in shaping the future of AM technologies.

Shaping a national Additive Manufacturing ecosystem: The strategic growth of metal AM in Türkiye

Türkiye’s Vision 2025 roadmap places Additive Manufacturing at the core of its aerospace innovation strategy, with a view to driving innovation in aircraft production and beyond. This article explores Türkiye’s efforts to integrate AM technologies, driven by the country’s leading aerospace producer, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), and powered by the vital contributions of organisations such as EKTAM and ALUTEAM.

With academia-industry collaboration, international partnerships, and advances in materials and processes, Ümit Aytar reports on how Türkiye is shaping a robust AM ecosystem.

How metal Additive Manufacturing is transforming modern hydraulic systems

Hydraulic systems are important across many industries, providing high power density in compact, efficient packages. However, conventional subtractive manufacturing methods restrict design and performance. Additive Manufacturing offers a solution, enabling the production of complex geometries that enhance flow dynamics whilst minimising material use.

In this article, Valeria Tirelli, CEO of Aidro Srl, considers how AM is reshaping hydraulic component design and production, offering new possibilities for enhanced performance, sustainability, and application-specific customisation.

High-performance product development in the era of computational design: a case study with nTop and NASA

The era of computational design is reshaping the engineering and product development landscape, enabling industries to tackle complex design challenges with unprecedented speed and efficiency.

This article explores how NASA, using software from nTop, leveraged cutting-edge tools and methodologies in a unique application development.

In combination with the capabilities of Additive Manufacturing, the project saw a scientific instrument component’s original material, beryllium, replaced with an aluminium alloy, providing a significant part cost reduction whilst exceeding all necessary performance requirements

The Additive Manufacturing of record-breaking pure copper heatsinks for high-performance computing applications

As high-performance computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications drive demand for more powerful processors, thermal management has become a critical challenge. This article explores the development of a generatively-designed and additively manufactured liquid nitrogen (LN2) heatsink, created by 3D Systems and Diabatix in collaboration with SkatterBencher and ElmorLabs, that achieves groundbreaking cooling performance. Thanks to Additive Manufacturing, the resulting pure copper heatsink promises to open up new markets for the technology in this rapidly growing market.

The Additive Manufacturing of tool steels: how non-linear modelling enables precise hardness control

Vibenite® steels are the hardest additively manufactured tool steels available today. Parts made of Vibenite materials are produced by Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-EB) Additive Manufacturing, followed by heat treatments that include Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP), hardening and tempering. This combination enables the efficient production of wear-resistant parts that do not require cutting or welding and are impossible to produce via conventional processes.

In this article, the authors explain how they have combined AM processing with HIP and hardening treatments optimised using non-linear models to control hardness.

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