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This Steel Can Be Rolled in a Mill…and Fused in a 3D Printer
05/15/2020 - Special long steel maker Deutsche Edelstahlwerke has optimized a branded line of bainitic steel so that it can be used in 3D printers as well as in traditional large-scale manufacturing.
“There are currently only a few low- and medium-alloyed steels on the market that can be processed by additive manufacturing. Bainidur® AM meets this (criteria), as it can be used to print initial samples quickly and efficiently that also have the subsequent component properties,” the German company said in a statement.
“The heat treatment and thermochemical surface treatments can be tested and optimized with the same material as is done in serial production. The spare part — additively manufactured when the forging dies have long since disappeared — cannot be told apart from the original, either,” it said.
