Fraunhofer IGCV

The Fraunhofer IGCV has profound and cross-industry experience in the field of additive manufacturing. Together with the iwb of the Technical University of Munich, Fraunhofer IGCV operates the AMLab (www.AMLab.de), which is one of the largest additive manufacturing laboratories in Europe. We bring additive manufacturing to your company and support you from technology selection and implementation to technology optimization.

We bring additive manufacturing to your business! Technology selection, implementation, optimization

The Fraunhofer IGCV has profound and cross-industry experience in the field of additive manufacturing. Together with the iwb of the Technical University of Munich, Fraunhofer IGCV operates the AMLab (www.amlab.de), which is one of the largest additive manufacturing laboratories in Europe. We bring additive manufacturing to your company and support you from technology selection and implementation to technology optimization.

• Component screening and identification - for which components is AM worthwhile?
• Design studies - transfer the added value of AM to your products
• Technology selection - Which AM processes are right for you?
• Technology implementation - With our support, the implementation succeeds!
• Technology optimization - Open up the limits of technologies for your company.
• Quality assurance - From starting material to testing of manufactured components
• Hybrid AM - Process chains for hybrid manufacturing of components
• Indirect AM - Additive manufacturing of molds for small and medium series
• Composite AM - 3D printing of long-fiber-reinforced plastics
• Multimaterial designs - Engineering and production for multimaterial solutions

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• Laser beam melting for the production of metal components, equipment cf. www.AMLab.de, currently 10 machines from various manufacturers such as Aconity, EOS, SLM Solutions, Trumpf etc..
• Binder jetting for processing sand materials and ceramics
• Extrusion-based processes and liquid deposition modeling for composite AM
• Cold gas spraying for application rate-intensive additive manufacturing of multi-material components and for processing pure metals
• Wire and arc-based additive manufacturing of metal components
• PowderLab - analysis and conditioning of powder materials, Powder Recycling
• Process Monitoring Technologies
• Metallography
• Smart Parts - Sensor, Actuator Integrated Printed Parts
• Material Analysis and Testing

Integrated design of a pinion with shaft in lightweight construction with self-feeding cooling. (Photo credit: Fraunhofer IGCV)