Vacuum Induction Melting; Gas Atomisation; Metal Additive Manufacturing; Recycled Metal Powders; Powder Reuse; Advanced Alloys; Resource-Efficient Manufacturing; Lightweight Design; Lattice Structures; Process Optimisation; Circular Manufacturing
Topic 3 – Efficient and effective use of raw materials in design and production
resource-efficient alloy and metal-powder production;
production of new metal powders from secondary, recycled or industrial metallic feedstocks;
closed-loop recycling of defective components, production scrap;
development of alloys with reduced critical raw-material content;
lightweight and topology-optimised designs that provide equivalent or improved performance using less material;
assessment of process–microstructure–property relationships and environmental benefits.
The Advanced Alloys Production Center offers an integrated research infrastructure covering the complete value chain from alloy development and metal powder production to additive manufacturing, materials characterisation and performance validation.
Our infrastructure and expertise include:
vacuum induction melting for the development and production of advanced metallic alloys;
gas atomisation for producing metal powders with tailored chemical composition and particle characteristics;
Laser Powder Bed Fusion for process development and manufacturing of complex metallic components;
lightweight, lattice and topology-optimised component design;
