Metal Additive Manufacturing vs. 3D printing at voestalpine Additive Manufacturing Center

The voestalpine Additive Manufacturing Center in Düsseldorf, an additive manufacturing center of excellence, started operations in April 2016. The additive manufacturing process produces parts by adding materials, such as metal powder, layer by layer. This is made possible using digital 3D construction data. During the laser sintering process, a laser heats the metal powder precisely at the prescribed point so that it melts as a wafer-thin layer onto the part.