Laser beam melting

Tool making – active components for forming tools

• Near-net-shape tempering in press hardening
• Process optimization in die casting

Component manufacturing – manufacturing beyond technological boundaries

• Heat exchanger with optimized structure
• Longboard carrier with optimized topology

Medical engineering and implant manufacturing

• Implant with internal channels and cavities

• Tool-free manufacturing– directly based on 3D CAD data
• No costly process engineering, no NC programming
• Direct digital manufacturing and rapid prototyping
• Almost arbitrarily complex geometries (undercuts, internal geometries, delicate cavity structures/ framework structures)
• Bionic structures and components with 100% optimized topology
• Geometries that cannot be generated by cutting/forming/casting
• Material variety (hot-work steel, stainless steel, nickel-base alloy, cobalt-chromium, aluminum, titanium)

Tool making – active components for primary shaping tools and forming tools

• Development and manufacturing of innovative tool systems with added value such as near-net-shape tempering
• Implementation of laser beam-melted tool inserts into the complete tool
• Supervision of run-in in production and evaluation of cycle time, tool life, quality and dimensional stability of the components

Component manufacturing – manufacturing beyond technological boundaries Rapid prototyping using metal production material

• Direct manufacturing of components for series application
• Development of components with lattice structure or bionic structure, for example for the aerospace industry
• Development of components and assembly groups for thermal regulation, for example for power electronics (electric mobility)
• Development of complex components for process engineering

Medical engineering and implant manufacturing

• Design, construction and manufacturing of patient-specific implants
• Feasibility studies for novel medical applications
• Integration of innovative functions into implants

Process development

• Qualification of new materials following customer requests
• Process simulation
• Quality assurance

Links to related research domains

• Medical engineering