ADDEF
Additive fabrication of high performance components from titanium alloys and titanium-aluminides
Future technology and product developments will be measured by their improvements in resource efficient usage whilst adhering to effective climate and environmental protection measures. Therefore, the focus of this project is on the saving of resources and energy as well as the achievement of the required CO2 reduction. For this an important goal is energy and material savings in the production process, as well a reduction in operational energy usage and related CO2 output. These goals can be achieved with additive fabrication and related light weight construction. A requirement needed to achieve the goal is the reliable and reproducible production of components by additive manufacturing, for which the holes must be closed in knowledge about process technology and material science. Titanium alloys (figure 1) and titanium aluminides TNM-B1 form the focus point of this project.
Figure 1: REM microstructure picture of a metastable beta–titanium alloy (Ti-5-5-5-3) (additive generative fabrication)
Contact persons
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Leyens
Dr.-Ing. Axel Marquardt
Project partner
- Technische Universität Chemnitz, Department of Lightweight Structures and Polymer Technology