Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing (Metal)

Hot isostatic pressing (HIP) supports the production of complex parts made with additive manufacturing (AM) that would be difficult to achieve using conventional methods. Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, builds parts layer by layer from 3D CAD data rather than removing material like traditional machining. Techniques such as Selective Laser Melting, Electron Beam Melting, inkjet binder processes, and Laser Metal Deposition allow the creation of highly complex geometries that cannot be produced by other manufacturing methods.

Aerospace Components

Automotive Parts

Consumer Products

Industrial Parts

Machine Tools

Medical & Dental Implants

Advantages

  • Additive Manufacturing combined with hot isostatic pressing offers the possibility to produce parts from metal powders with qualities that are comparable to those resulting from conventional manufacturing methods. With the application of pressure and temperature, the parts printed from metal powders can be given longer creep life, greater fatigue resistance and enhanced toughness.
  • Parts with complex shapes and/or inner cavities, unable to be produced by traditional machining techniques, can be 3D printed and then have their properties enhanced using HIP processing.
  • Shapes and thin walled parts unable to be produced by conventional casting techniques are now possible using AM and HIP.
  • Utilizing post processing via HIP, additive manufactured parts can be built with lattice or foam inner structures reducing costs and weight without sacrificing strength.
  • By combining additive manfacturing and hot isostatic pressing, metal assemblies that previously required multiple pieces can now be made as one part resulting in significant savings in production costs.

Materials That Typically Can Be Produced Using Additive Manufacturing & Densified Using HIP:

  • Aluminium alloys
  • Titanium alloys
  • Cobalt alloys
  • Copper alloys
  • Nickel alloys
  • Low-alloy steels
  • Stainless steels
  • Tool steels

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