Material-efficient Cu wire-based 3D printing technology

Area Acceleration (D2) Segment Upscaling (D2.2) Duration 2019/01/01-2021/12/31

2024 Kaohsiung International Invention & Design EXPO (KIDE) 24 stycznia 2025

2024 Kaohsiung International Invention & Design EXPO (KIDE)2024 Kaohsiung International Invention & Design EXPO (KIDE)

Place: Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Date: 5-12 December 2024

Gold medal for Technology for manufacturing feedstock materials for applications in 3D printing technology – Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) and high-performance 3D_WAAM printing technology of components operating in a corrosive marine environment, including ship propellers.

 

Project Partners

Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals

  • Development of the Cu-based alloys
  • Development of production technology of feedstock materials for WAAM
  • Wire arc additive manufacturing at laboratory scale
  • Materials investigations

Ghent University

  • Corrosion-fatigue investigations
  • Tests of the prototypes in seawater environment
  • Educational activities

Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development

  • Material investigations
  • Mechanical proporties

Gefertec GmbH

  • Development of the production process parameters by means of 3DMP technology
  • Implementation of the results of the project (end user)
  • Manufacturing of the new products

Tecnalia Research and Innovation

  • Erosion tests
  • Non-destructive tests

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