Develop tailor-made alloys and composites for additive manufacturing and high-performance applications – with the complete powder metallurgical process chain at IFW Dresden. In addition to melt-metallurgical alloy production, the IFW Dresden offers a comprehensive infrastructure for powder metallurgical synthesis and processing. From ultrafine grinding and alloying to pressure-assisted sintering and extrusion to ultrasonic atomization of reactive metals – we supply highly spherical, application-specific powders for research, prototyping, and series production preparation. Our systems enable flexible parameter control, reproducible quality, and the processing of demanding material systems.
Your benefits
- Complete process chain from raw material to finished powder
- Flexibly adjustable parameters for tailor-made material properties
- Processing of reactive metals (e.g. Ti-based alloys)
- Industrial-oriented processes for additive manufacturing, coating and sintering technology
- Rapid scalability from laboratory to pilot scale
Methods
- Retsch PM400 planetary ball mills : dry/wet grinding, ultra-fine alloying, 50-500 ml, up to 400 rpm
- Weber PWV 30 EDS : hot pressing & extrusion, up to 350 kN, vacuum/inert gas, max. 973 K
- Nara Hybridizer NHS-0 : Coating & surface functionalization of powders
- ATO Lab Plus Ultrasonic Atomizer : Highly spherical powders, Ti & reactive metals, wire or bulk feed, up to 50 g/batch
Fields of application
- Additive manufacturing (powder bed fusion, cladding)
- Development of new alloy systems and high-performance composites
- Coating and sintering applications
- Prototype and small series production for functional and structural components
