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Steel Powders for Additive Manufacturing
- OLD about us
Through its AdM and Digital Research Centre, ArcelorMittal has already collaborated with customers and partners on various projects, such as the development of a generative design steel motorbike chassis, the optimisation of AdM productivity through software algorithms and, with a JV partner, the production of over 10 tonnes of 1,600 different spare parts per year, for its own steel plants.
Two factors helped ArcelorMittal decide that now is an appropriate time to enter the steel powders market. Firstly, the belief that additive manufacturing, while still at an embryonic phase, offers exciting growth potential, and there are significant benefits to gain from being an early participant able to foster the direction of growth.
Secondly, feedback from industrial customers was that variations in batch-to-batch quality is a significant issue that is impacting production reliability and repeatability and is thereby impeding the broader uptake of AdM in larger production runs. This, plus the trend to ever-larger AdM machines, informed the decision to build an atomiser with a large batch size.
Steel. And only steel.
ArcelorMittal has been producing Steel Powders in a pilot atomiser at its Additive Manufacturing lab in Avilés since 2018. With its dedicated R&D facilities and over 50 full-time researchers, we have developed a detailed understanding of the interactions between steel alloy design, atomization parameters, Additive Manufacturing process parameters and the final properties of the printed parts. ArcelorMittal believes that Additive Manufacturing can create new opportunities for all manufacturing industries, by enabling the production of complex, customised parts with enhanced properties while simultaneously reducing material waste.
With our participation in the Additive Manufacturing market and, mirroring our successful approach with our S-in motion ® programme in the automotive sector, we intend to scale our Steel Powders offering in collaboration with customers and industrial partners, through co-design and co-engineering projects.
Serial production, scale and productivity
At ArcelorMittal Powders we understand that productivity is the most significant issue in Additive Manufacturing. The machines are expensive, and depreciation drives up the cost of parts produced, so maximizing the output of the equipment is the best way to drive down costs per part, which also broadens the range of applications where Additive Manufacturing can be used. Talk to our experts today to find out how we can help you improve your Additive Manufacturing experience!
Our team
Colin Hautz
CEO
Alberto González
COO
Aubin Defer
CMO
Melisa Leclerc
CFO
Virgilio García
CTO
Paula Rodríguez
R&D Additive Manufacturing – 3D printing technologies
Miguel Pérez Piqueras
R&D Senior Researcher Additive Manufacturing
Elías Domingo
Digital Marketing and Online Sales
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