Innovation in metal additive manufacturing continues at pace. As improvements continue in almost every process step and critical sub-system across the entire additive process chain, productivity improvement is certainly one of the most important topics today. lmproving productivity is a fundamental and necessary step to enable additive manufacturing business cases and compelling rationale to displace conventional manufacturing techniques. As a result of increasing the number of energy sources to increase productivity there is a myriad of challenges that arise. These are touching actual multi-laser machine performance, accuracy, or long-term stability.

As metal additive manufacturing continues to evolve from the embryonic stage of producing low-volume or single-part builds, manufacturers are seeing the growth and potential of AM at full-scale production. GE Additive’s M Line is more than a single machine. It is a system created specifically for metal additive production, developed around safety, reliability, repeatability, and efficiency. Instead of retrofitting existing machines, GE Additive built the M Line from the ground up, incorporating a holistic approach to understanding, measuring, and continuously improving this multi-laser production system.

Join this session to learn more about the M Line and how it is setting the standard for metal additive production.

Speaker:

Benedikt Roidl is a senior engineer at GE Additive with more than five years of experience in additive. During his career at GE Additive, he has held several different roles in engineering. Before that, he worked at RWTH Aachen University, Eovent and the University of Tokyo. Benedikt holds a PhD in numerical simulation & aerodynamics and has over 15 years of experience in engineering.