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ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES FOR CUSTOM 3D PARTS

Materion is focused on providing materials innovation options that help our customers stay ahead of their competition. Our additive manufacturing capabilities deliver flexible and efficient options for complex 3D structures.

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INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO BUILD FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES

Designed to investigate multiple deposition technologies in a safe and expandable environment, the Materion additive manufacturing laboratory has a variety of additive manufacturing technologies and support for pre- and post- processing. 

Building on our strict engineering and environmental controls as well as our Health and Safety expertise allows Materion to develop additive manufacturing capabilities for materials that have never before been developed, including beryllium materials.

Our additive manufacturing capabilities include:

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PRINTERS

Laser printer

 

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PRINTERS

  • Laser powder bed fusion
  • Binder jetting
  • Fused deposition modeling
INPUT MATERIAL DESIGN

 

INPUT MATERIAL DESIGN

  • Gas atomization
  • Impact grinding
  • Mechanical alloying
  • Vacuum induction melting
  • Calcining
  • Powder milling and screening
POWDER CHARACTERIZATION

Powder crystals cakes

 

POWDER CHARACTERIZATION

  • SEM
  • Coulter counter
  • Surface area analysis
  • Cohesive index
  • Integrated inert sieving
POST PROCESSING

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POST PROCESSING

  • HIP
  • Vacuum sintering
  • EDM
  • Machining
  • Heat treatment and surface finishing and coating
ANALYSIS

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ANALYSIS

  • Chemistry
  • Optical microscopy
  • SEM and EBSD
  • Tensile testing
  • Thermal testing
  • 3D scanning
  • CMM
  • Radiography
DESIGN FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Design for additive manufacturing

DESIGN FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

  • Topology optimization
  • Advanced support generation
  • Material development software
  • Data analysis
  • Melt pool monitoring
  • FEA
SAFETY

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SAFETY

  • HEPA filtration for air feed and returns
  • Wet scrubber ventilation
  • Inert gloveboxes
  • Oxygen monitoring
  • Air showers
  • PPE
  • Air count monitoring
  • Environmental laboratory
  • Engineered air flow controls

TAKE A VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING LAB

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Specialized expertise to meet the most challenging requirements

Our materials expertise paired with strict safety protocols allows for the development of additive manufacturing for numerous materials. Some of the materials that have or will be explored include:

  • Beryllium-containing materials: beryllium, aluminum beryllium, beryllium oxide, beryllides
  • Copper-based materials: beryllium-copper, ToughMet® alloy, PerforMet® alloy
  • Metal matrix composites: SupremEX® metal matrix composite, aluminum-boron-nitride
  • Sputtering target materials: aluminum-scandium, gold, specialty elements and alloys
  • Inorganic materials: intermetallics, hydrides, flourides, phosphors

If you have questions or would like to learn more, please contact our experts at additive.manufacturing@materion.com.

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