Strengthen your industrial manufacturing processes
Mold making. Die casting. Part making. Now, the ready are evaluating how additive can drive greater returns on investment. Discover your additive advantage, from new business opportunities with tool steel and pure copper to reducing warpage on molded parts with conformal cooling.
Conformal cooling strategies
Design conformal cooling channels and features unmatched by machining. Surface and parallel cooling allow for improved temperature management and unique designs, such as spiral cooling ducts on the tool bodies and small-channel diameters.
Cooling channels form a mesh structure to enable uniform surface cooling of a glass insert for spectacles, just 2 to 3 mm beneath the mold contour.
Results:
High-pressure stability throughout the part’s arched structure
Even-temperature control across large areas to minimize part distortion
Source: Werkzeugbau Siegfried Hofmann GmbH
Repair and Restoration
AM allows for the repair and optimization of existing tools and parts, which leads to longer product lifetimes and cost savings. A combination process of traditional and additive manufacturing lets you additively build on top of a conventional, pre-manufactured part. That means you can capitalize on the low costs of conventional manufacturing as well as the design freedom and increased product functionality of additive.
Advantages of AM:
• Increases efficiency while maintaining quality
• Saves time and costs
• Enables on-demand production
Supply Chain
Additive can help optimize manufacturing processes and streamline the larger supply chain. Shorten lead times and reduce costs by additively manufacturing hard-to-find and low-volume parts on-demand.
Advantages of AM:
• Reduces lead time
• Lowers expenditures
• Enables mass customization
• Extends product life span
• Streamlines the supply chain
GE Power is using AM
Learn now the power of additive manufacturing performance technology is the driving force driving force behind the newest upgrade solution for GE Power’s GT13E2 gas turbine fleet, delivering better operating performance and hardware durability.
AddWorks Engineering Support
Wherever you’re at on your path to full metal additive production, our team is ready to help you bring new innovation to market faster.
What are AddWorks Workshops?
Learn foundational knowledge and additive strategies in a classroom environment. Workshops typically run three to five days.
What are the Application Sprints?
Get comprehensive support anywhere on your path to production with workshops and training, and/or hands-on consulting with GE’s AddWorks experts.
Powders for Industrial Manufacturing
We’ve carefully developed our powders to seamlessly fit into the entire GE Additive ecosystem and provide total compatibility with our machines. We provide metal powder, process settings and support for these materials ideal for the industrial manufacturing industry:
- Stainless Steels
- Maraging Steel
- Aluminums
- Nickel Alloys
- Titanium
- Cobalt Chrome
Optimize your processes with proven metal additive solutions for industrial manufacturers.
