IMTS 2022 Conference: DED Manufacturing of Large Critical Components – Pushing Boundaries of Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM)

About the presentation

This presentation focuses on large metal part additive manufacturing with newly developed multi-nozzle directed energy deposition (DED) manufacturing technology. Recent advances in technology now make large part printing economically feasible and technically superior. The presentation showcases the additive manufacturing of NASA’s RS-25 engine nozzle liner. This part is 111″ tall, has a 96″ base diameter, and weighs about 4,100 lbs. The build approach of this liner is discussed to highlight various challenges to large part printing and strategies adopted to mitigate these challenges. The goal of the presentation is to bring awareness to capability advancement of metal additive manufacturing (AM). This is achieved by demonstrating the ability to print large complex parts with difficult materials while targeting critical industry applications. At the same time, the presentation aims to educate attendees of the various challenges presented by large-scale printing, and how industry partners are working together to solve these problems. Last but not the least, the presentation shows how various industry teams came together with government agencies to advance existing technologies and develop new ones to solve difficult manufacturing challenges and advance metal AM to a new level of manufacturing.

Registration
Powered by AMT and managed by GIE Media, The IMTS 2022 Conference features 69 different sessions you won’t want to miss so register today. Focused on a range of topics that include process innovation, plant operations, quality/inspection, and automation, The IMTS 2022 Conference addresses improving productivity; improving part quality; and developing a stable, competent workforce to lower the cost of manufacturing in the United States and create new levels of market demand.

Meet your presenter
Bhaskar Dutta is the president and COO of DM3D Technology. Dutta has more than 30 years of experience in the field of metallurgy and metal processing, including 17 years in the AM industry. He has multiple technical publications and presentations in the field of AM, as well as two co-authored books and several book chapters. He also has five patents and five pending patents on metal AM. He is a member of ASM International and AMPM Program Committee. Bhaskar was on the winning team for SME’s Aubin AM Case Study Award in 2021.

About the company
DM3D Technology LLC is an additive metal 3D company that uses laser based direct metal deposition technology (DMD) to form functional metal parts directly from 3D CAD data. Unlike other technologies such as laser sintering or binder jetting, DMD technology produces fully dense metal parts with a strong metallurgical bond to the base material resulting in production parts. DM3D’s expertise and innovation, which is protected by its patents and highly proprietary trade secrets, give the company its competitive edge in the marketplace.