Materials Consortium event “Unlocking Key Materials in Metal 3D Printing” is a success!
On June 24th, the Materials Consortium (MC) hosted its first event at the Mimo Technik Facility in Carson, CA. The exclusive gathering of around 100 additive manufacturing (AM) suppliers and customers were treated to the unveiling of cutting-edge metal AM material and processing achievements, many networking opportunities, and tasty food from a fried chicken sandwich food truck.
The Materials Consortium is a collective group of leading metal AM powder producers working together to create and share open parameter datasets and testing results for their materials. These open parameter sets, made freely available to all end-users, are designed to enhance collaboration, improve project outcomes, and speed up the integration of new materials and techniques into industries that have been slow to take up AM.
The event featured materials updates from the MC members, which include Dyndrite, Constellium, Sandvik, and Elementum 3D. Each member showcased their latest achievements and disclosed initial sets of process parameters. Highlights of the session included updates on notable materials such as Constellium Aheadd® CP1, Sandvik Osprey C18150, and Elementum 3D A2024-RAM2TM. Moreover, the member’s presentations provided a rare opportunity to learn more about their material suppliers, corporate structure, and value proposition. The Q&A portion was also insightful; many questions were asked at the event, but it was clear that material surface finish, tensile properties, and availability were of interest to a large portion of attendees.
This was a unique opportunity for the Materials Consortium members to share their perspective on how metal 3D printing materials can elevate component performance and lower qualification and production costs. Their unified efforts to widen the range of usable materials, accelerate AM materials process development and qualification, extend productivity parts, and increase the adoption of metal AM in production environments is an obvious benefit to those in the AM industry and beyond.
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