Additive Manufacturing Prominent at Hannover MESSE
Gary Parr | April 27, 2016
One of the technologies that has a very real, and I’m sure rapidly growing, presence at Hannover MESSE is additive manufacturing (3D printing). Siemens Corp. showed examples of several different approaches to additive manufacturing. This video is a simulation of how people at Hoedtke GmbH & Co. KG, Pinneberg, Germany use the directed-energy deposition technique to produce ship propellers.
The end result of this demonstration is this piece:
Here are other pieces produced by the directed-energy-deposition method:
Many other examples at the show indicate that 3D printing is going to be a major player in future manufacturing. Reliability and maintenance professionals need to start looking at how the various forms of this technology can help improve plant reliability. — Gary L. Parr, editorial director
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