AddUp and ECM Group accomplice to supply warmth therapy options

AddUp, a significant participant within the discipline of metallic additive manufacturing, and the ECM Group, the creator of progressive thermal options, have signed a partnership to develop excessive value-added options for the warmth therapy of 3D printed metallic elements.

AddUp’s experience lies in two additive applied sciences: Powder Mattress Fusion (PBF), perfect for the manufacturing of metallic elements with complicated geometries and improved efficiency, and Directed Power Deposition (DED), which is good for the restore of elements. AddUp can be a producer of additively manufactured, industrial metallic elements.

The post-processing of the half is essential, when printing with PBF know-how. Subsequently, AddUp regarded to the ECM Group to mix the pair’s expertise and information – to develop a high-value-added answer for this important step within the AM course of.

The ECM Group is a French warmth therapy tools producer and has world recognition for its progressive applied sciences, processes, and providers. ECM vacuum furnaces have been developed for greater than 50 years and represent a reference base of a number of thousand models offered, worldwide. The ECM Group gives vacuum furnace experience to the warmth therapy manufacturing wants of superior industries reminiscent of medical, aeronautics, e-mobility, and renewable energies. With distinctive expertise within the management of atmospheres, gases, and thermal purposes, the ECM Group is a well-suited accomplice for AddUp to satisfy the necessities of the talked about sectors.

“At ECM, we’re satisfied of the potential of metallic additive manufacturing, some purposes of which can result in mass manufacturing,” mentioned Yvan Trouillot, Gross sales Director for ECM. “Our alliance with the French firm, AddUp, a key participant on this market, will enable us to deliver our know-how for the event of progressive thermal options to this market, as we’ve been doing for greater than 20 years within the worldwide market of thermal therapy of standard elements. Collectively, our ambition is to develop these applied sciences to assist our prospects progress by providing them the perfect options in the marketplace.”

Throughout printing, the velocity at which the laser strikes creates a speedy heating and cooling of the fabric, which might trigger enlargement or shrinkage. This usually creates constraints contained in the produced-parts. To enhance the homogeneity of the fabric, and scale back its inside stresses to acquire the suitable mechanical properties, it’s usually vital to use a number of warmth therapy cycle to the metallic elements, post-printing.

“Warmth therapy operations are simply as essential because the 3D printing section itself, each to scale back the interior stresses generated in the course of the “lasering” section and to adapt the microstructure of the fabric and its properties,” mentioned Jean Rivoire, Elements Manufacturing Supervisor at AddUp. “This is the reason, inside AddUp, we’re in search of to strengthen this experience with one of many market leaders; each to bolster our inside manufacturing capacities and to supply a whole answer to our prospects wishing to combine the manufacturing of elements made in 3D metallic.”

The ECM Group and AddUp will create and develop options that may assist present and potential prospects scale back their manufacturing prices and lead instances, whereas bettering the efficiency of their elements produced utilizing additive know-how.

The 2 teams will work collectively on a growth program to outline the suitable specs for a warmth therapy answer tailored to additive manufacturing purposes. Subsequent, the ECM Group will design and industrialize an acceptable vacuum furnace system in accordance with the specs outlined throughout this joint growth program.