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Advanced Manufacturing

Matching needs to implementation

“Each day, we develop innovative manufacturing solutions for our industrial partners thanks to our unique Direct Metal Deposition and coating tools. The development of green and sustainable manufacturing is a fast growing share of our activities devoted to repair of existing parts and development of innovative coatings to enhance the lifetime of products.”
Cédric Georges
Platform Coordinator Advanced Manufacturing

Since metal additive printing first emerged more than 30 years ago, its successful implementation, especially in industry and more specifically in the field of metals, clearly relies on involving the entire value chain.

By creating both fundamental knowledge and pragmatic competences in all aspects of design, implementation, and use, including end-of-life, sustainable approaches by combining new manufacturing technologies have also become economically relevant.

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Innovative materials

Unlocking an optimal solution in advanced manufacturing starts with the design, processing and characterisation of innovative alloys optimized for the applied technology. Exploiting the full potential requires often tailor-made alloys and in-depth analysis of powder properties like size, morphology, composition, microstructure and processability.

Hybrid multi-technology manufacturing

With three complementary direct metal deposition platforms access is offered to a wide range of technologies including powder, wire, laser, arc and plasma applications. The actual trend of even further hybridization is covered by additional techniques available either on these tools themselves or other installations under the same roof. Examples of mastered materials include ferrous, aluminium, copper, titanium, Inconel alloys and even multi-metal applications.

Repair and remanufacturing

Repair is an essential aspect of circular economy strategies to extend the life span of products and materials. Both producing cheap metallic powders with lower environmental impact as well as developing solutions for the repair of defects with laser cladding play a role in a sustainable metals future. In the energy and nuclear sector these new technologies are successfully implemented on massive parts for the first time.

Surface finishing

Improving the efficiency and performance of finishing operations for additively manufactured components, including inner channels and poorly accessible surfaces, is a key factor for full implementation. By benchmarking and characterizing commercial solutions or developing optimized processes on a number of demonstration pilots companies are assisted to select their optimal result.

Projects

Sigurd

Phase transformation measurement for mechanical properties control and assessment
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Virga

Visible Infrared Radar for Appearance Management
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Dilapro

Digital Twins of Laser Processing for Multi-Capability Manufacturing of Complex Components and Certification
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News

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ACES Project: Advancing Additive Manufacturing with printed electronic Sensors

ACES Project: Advancing Additive Manufacturing with printed electronic Sensors The ACES (Additively Manufactured Components with Embedded Sensors) project, funded by Win4Collective (Wallonia Region), has successfully ...

Revolutionizing 3D Printed and Additive Electronics for Harsh Environments: Insights from CRM Group 

Revolutionizing 3D Printed and Additive Electronics for Harsh Environments: Insights from CRM Group CRM Group is at the forefront of innovation, leveraging advanced technologies to ...

Surface Finishing Innovation: CRM Group Utilizes Cold Spray to Functionalize XL Objects in Collaboration with VLM Robotics 

Surface Finishing Innovation: CRM Group Utilizes Cold Spray to Functionalize XL Objects in Collaboration with VLM Robotics As part of the REMADE project within the ...