A consortium of 21 partners from eight European countries, including Wrocław University of Science and Technology, is working on the development of WAAM technology (Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing). It is a generative manufacturing technology (i.e. the popular “3D printing”) based on arc surfacing. In this process, metal components are created by layering, using a fused electrode wire. 

The consortium consists of partners from the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Denmark, Great Britain, Germany, Poland and Slovenia. They are scientists and specialists from universities and companies from the entire production chain – from companies producing wire electrodes, through hardware and software developers and producers in WAAM technology, to companies that will become end users of ready-made solutions.

The new technology can be used in the construction of large engineering structures, turbines and industrial machines, which today are made in traditional processes of forging, casting and machining.

More: https://pwr.edu.pl/uczelnia/aktualnosci/sruba-okretowa-z-druku-3d-to-jest-mozliwy-12135.html