The future of manufacturing Integrating Sustainable Steel Additive Manufacturing into production

About the webinar

The manufacturing industry needs to become more sustainable, resilient, and innovative to maximise benefits for society and the economy while lowering its environmental impact. The SustainablE Steel Additive Manufacturing (SESAM) project addresses those challenges by exploring integrating Laser-beam Directed Energy Deposition with wire (DED-LB/w), into duplex stainless-steel production.

In this webinar, our experts from University West will share the challenges of finding the optimum process parameters to minimise defects and tailor microstructure and properties.

Key topics will be

• The influence of wire feed rate on the presence of defects.
• The high deposition rate achieved with the process.
• The effectiveness of solution annealing in homogenising the microstructure and in dissolving intermetallics
• The energy savings when using AM 2205 wire vs conventional ER2209 wire.
  Join us for an engaging and informative session that will inspire new perspectives on the future of additive manufacturing.

After this webinar, you will be able to

• Visualise the objectives of the SESAM project and the context of the project within University West research activities.
• Understand the metallurgy of additively manufactured duplex stainless steels.
• Compare and analyse the relationship between process parameters and resulting microstructure.

About the SESAM project

The SESAM project seeks to show how DED-LB/w can be brought into real production and well-integrated into the existing supply chain – and to investigate whether such a technology could yield significant returns on investment and reduce the environmental footprint of production. By upscaling the use of the technology, the project team aims to show whether the technology can lower the climate impact of production, make large metallic structures simpler to build, and give rise to new business models.

The project is led by University West and co-funded by Vinnova, Sweden’s Innovation Agency. The project partners are University West, PROCADA, ADAXIS, Alfa Laval, Voestalpine Böhler Welding & EIT Manufacturing North.

Learn more about the project here.