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A GE Additive Company
Arcam EBM
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SE Region Aerospace Supplier and Advanced Manufacturing Summit
Nathan Hobbs, East Region Sales Manager
A GE Additive Company
Agenda › Corporate Overview
› What is Additive Manufacturing?
› Electron Beam Advantages
› EBM in Aerospace
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Corporate Overview About the Arcam Group
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Arcam Group
Implant Sales EBM Expertise
Machine Sales Ortho Expertise
Powder Sales AM Material Expertise
Material Expertise Quality Powder
Powder Volumes, Application Expertise
Powder Material Expertise
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Arcam in the World
Arcam Cad to Metal Ltd.
Arcam Cad to Metal Inc.
AP&C Inc.
Arcam AB, HQ Functions
Arcam Cad to Metal Srl
Arcam (Beijing) Industrial Equipment Ltd
DTI Inc.
Arcam EBM
Arcam Cad to Metal GmbH
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Arcam in Aerospace
Arcam EBM serves most major aerospace companies with EBM systems, metal powders and EBM expertise
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What is Additive Manufacturing?
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Why Additive Manufacturing
1 Design potential 2 Reduce
time-to-market
3 Reduce material costs 4 Reduce
machining costs
5 You will increase
the performance of your product, thus, making it more valuable
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AM Driver
Arcam’s EBM technology is used to replace present technology
› Minimal material use
› No tooling cost
› Shorter lead time
Our customers will make their production more efficient, thus reducing their costs
Cost reduction
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AM Driver
Arcam’s EBM technology is used to produce products with new, unique properties
› Weight reduction (aero)
› Advanced cooling (aero)
› Bone ingrowth (implant)
Our customers will increase the performance of their product, thus making their product more valuable
Design optimization
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Electron Beam Advantages
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Electron Beam Melting (EBM) › High power (3.000 W)
Allows for high melting capacity High productivity
› No moving parts in the EB-gun Extremely fast & accurate beam control Power & focus continuously varied Enables EBM MultiBeam™
› Vacuum process Clean & controlled environment Allows processing reactive materials
› Hot process (650ºC for titanium) No residual stresses No heat treatment (of titanium) Faster melting
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Build chamber
Arcam EBM - Architecture
Heat shield
Powder container
Powder rake
Build platform
Build tank
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Cost-efficiency of EBM › High productivity
› No heat treatment (titanium & CoCr)
› No wire EDM cutting (titanium & CoCr)
› Allows stacking in Z-direction/full utilization of build volume
› Aggressive powder pricing strategy to compete with conventional processes
› Arcam owns powder producer AP&C › Thicker layers allow for courser powder size distribution › Course size distribution ‒ powder at lower price
› Low consumption of consumables
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Process Validation
Arcam EBM xQam™ › Today: Automatic, frequent and high precision calibration Fast system diagnostics
› Tomorrow: SEM-functionality (chemistry and topography)
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Arcam EBM LayerQam™ Defect detection
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Arcam EBM LayerQam
Camera-based quality verification system › Full build area with 100 µm resolution
› Each layer captured, analyzed and stored
› The optical system is optimized for typical defect sizes
› The contrast is very good for defects on a hot surface
› Results from each build captured in a Defect Detection report
Good layer
Layer with defects
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Arcam EBM xQam
Some of them are well known › High power ‒ high productivity › Vacuum ‒ clean process › High temp ‒ no residual stresses
Others are less known - but just as important › Low reflection/high energy absorbtion, compared to laser
Key to the high productivity of EBM › X-rays emission, carrying vast amount of useful information
about the process
X-ray emissions provides an excellent opportunity for process monitoring - if captured
Arcam EBM xQam is capable of doing exactly that!
EBM has several fundamental benefits
60keV
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EBM in Aerospace
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Aerospace Challenges The aerospace industry › Extreme requirements on product performance
› Geometric design complexity
› Extensive use of Ti alloys
› Use of advanced high-temp materials
› Small/Medium production series
Arcam EBM is the ultimate Additive Manufacturing solution for the aerospace industry › Freedom in design
› Cost-efficient production
› Excellent material properties
› Proven process for volume production
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AM Drivers in Aerospace Freedom in design › Optimize geometry for weight savings
› Optimize geometry for improved function
Cost reduction › Buy-To-Fly ratios of 20 not uncommon >> 95% scrap
› For Arcam EBM® the Buy-To-Fly ratio is close to 1
Excellent material properties › Compliant with relevant industry standards
› Better than cast, comparable to wrought material
› Suitable for static as well as dynamic/fatigue components
Proven process for volume production › Flight-tested
› Chosen technology for production of critical Aerospace components
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Arcam AB Krokslätts Fabriker 27A SE-431 37 Mölndal, Sweden Phone: +46 31 710 32 00 Web site: www.arcam.com E-mail: [email protected]
Thank you for your attention!
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