High-throughput 3D metallurgy (INSSTEK 3D)
Description
The high-throughput additive manufacturing development platform includes
- Direct Energy Deposition (DED) equipment at IJL (Nancy) equipped with 4 independent powder tanks (pure metals or alloys) which allows composition materials to be deposited “on-demand” in a localized manner (applications: screening of alloys, manufacturing of gradient materials).
- miniature Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) equipment at SIMAP (Grenoble) allowing the manufacture of a few dozen layers (a few grams are enough) and suitable for screening alloys from mixtures of powders. This equipment is compatible with characterization by 3D imaging under synchrotron radiation.
Location
Institut Jean Lamour, Nancy et SIMAP, Grenoble.
Contacts
Platform managers : Julien ZOLLINGER
Associated targeted project coordinator: Alexis DESCHAMPS
Technical characteristics
DED: INSSTEK Brand MX-LAB
Ytterbium Fiber Laser (1.07 μm) 500W, 641 cm3 construction chamber, 4 independent powder tanks, “self-purging” system for controlling oxygen content < 50 ppm.
Materials: steels, aluminum, nickel, titanium
LPBF Replicator: SIMaP design for the manufacturing chamber part. Trumpf laser adjustable in power from 50 to 1000 W (wavelength 1070 nm). Chamber under continuous argon inerting. Build plate between 16 and 6 mm in diameter. Can be used both in the laboratory and on a synchrotron beamline allowing 3D imaging (X-ray tomography). More details on how the replicator works, see https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0090623. Proof of concept using a mixture of Cu and Cr powder: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2023.115957.
Materials: Aluminum alloys, copper alloys, for other materials to discuss
Associated targeted project
