Additive manufacturing (AM), a bottom-up approach that ‘adds’ successive layers to produce a component, has reduced the cost, time and materials’ waste of aerospace parts production while enhancing the design space and properties. Powder bed fusion-electron beam (PBF-EB) AM begins with metal powders that are melted to form the layers. The challenge is to control the AM process to ensure the desired local materials properties. The EU-funded AMELI project will integrate PBF-EB AM with powerful scanning electron microscopy widely used in research for materials’ analysis. The resulting complex heat source for melting together with unprecedented process analysis will overcome current barriers and pave the way to enhanced performance of complex aerospace parts.
Research projects
Numerical process optimization for additively tailored microstructures
(Third Party Funds Group – Sub project)
Project leader: Carolin Körner
Term: 1. June 2024 - 31. August 2027
Acronym: AMTrieb
Funding source: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK)
Voxel Based Material Design: Amalgamation of Additive Manufacturing and Scanning Electron Microscopy
(Third Party Funds Single)
Term: 1. November 2021 - 31. October 2027
Acronym: AMELI
Funding source: ERC Advanced Grant
Additive manufacturing (AM), a bottom-up approach that ‘adds’ successive layers to produce a component, has reduced the cost, time and materials’ waste of aerospace parts production while enhancing the design space and properties. Powder bed fusion-electron beam (PBF-EB) AM begins with metal powders that are melted to form the layers. The challenge is to control the AM process to ensure the desired local materials properties. The EU-funded AMELI project will integrate PBF-EB AM with powerful scanning electron microscopy widely used in research for materials’ analysis. The resulting complex heat source for melting together with unprecedented process analysis will overcome current barriers and pave the way to enhanced performance of complex aerospace parts.
2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
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