The collaboration will see ArcelorMittal use HP's Metal Jet S100 platform to 'develop steel additive manufacturing' with HP suggesting ArcelorMittal steel powers have exhibited promising results when processed on its binder jet system.
The qualification of the advanced aluminium-scandium alloy is said to be enabling APWORKS to produce lightweight, high-strength, and corrosion-resistant components with reliable and repeatable results.
The machine is the company’s first commercial product and comes after four years of development, promising ‘complex metal parts with unprecedented precision and speed.’
The part has been fitted on board the BW Epic Kosan vessel Epic Salina and was made using Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) technology in Nickel Aluminium Bronze.
The two-kilowatt laser, which features nLIGHT’s proprietary beam shaping technology, is said to ‘significantly boost productivity’ of laser powder bed fusion systems.
Both companies are renowned for their delivery of copper-based alloys and believe the acquisition deal will allow them to better serve customers across aerospace, defence and additive manufacturing.
After making its debut at TCT Asia back in May, the China-based metal additive manufacturing company will exhibit the latest version of the machine alongside its EMEA subsidiary BLT Europe GmbH at Formnext.
The Institute for Strategic Partnerships, Innovation, Research, and Education (InSPIRE) will serve as crucial hub for the AM Forward collaboration, with ASTRO America hoping the facility will support the development of critical supply chains.
