Laser Metal Deposition & Laser Metal Fusion: Comparison of Processes & Their Uses

By Frank Geyer Additive manufacturing, especially “3D printing”, is a hot topic for many industries. While 3D printing in plastics has already reached the consumer level, additive manufacturing processes using metals are more complex and require extensive material and process knowledge. To understand 3D printing, it is important to first look at the three categories […]

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New Advancements in Direct Metal Deposition Technology

By: Dr. Bhaskar Dutta POM Group Inc. POM’s patented close loop Direct Metal Deposition (DMD) process allows precision metal deposition using a laser and a coaxial powder delivery system. Besides this, DMD systems include DMDCAM, a comprehensive 6-axis CAM software solution to generate deposition paths for contour, surface and volume geometry, adopting different deposition path […]

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