Tekniker to showcase large-scale Titan DED Additive Manufacturing machine at BIEMH 2024
May 23, 2024
Tekniker, a technology centre based in Eibar, Spain, and member of the Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), will showcase its Titan metal Additive Manufacturing machine at this year’s International Machine Tool Biennial Exhibition (BIEMH), which will take place June 3-7 in Barakaldo, Spain.
The Titan is a wire-based Directed Energy Deposition (DED) Additive Manufacturing machine with the capacity to build large metal components up to 1900 x 800 x 750 mm. The equipment has been specifically designed to process a range of metal alloys, such as titanium, nickel, iron, aluminium etc, under normal pressure and temperature conditions, in inert and vacuum atmospheres.
The machine features a controlled atmosphere enclosure to simulate different environmental conditions, making it useful for sectors such as aeronautics, shipbuilding and space missions, where operations must be carried out in extreme climates.
Carlos Soriano, a Tekniker researcher, explained, “Titan is a piece of innovative advanced manufacturing equipment fully developed by Tekniker to produce large parts that incorporate a range of metal alloys to withstand extreme operating conditions. Consequently, we will showcase a rocket engine nozzle currently being manufactured on a machine that simulates environmental conditions on planet Mars.”
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