PBF-LB additive manufacturing laboratory

• Engineering & Technology

Tel.: +34 943 882 303

A metal additive manufacturing laboratory using Powder Bed Fusion – Laser Beam (PBF-LB) technology, equipped with three machines of different capacities to support activities ranging from the development of new materials to prototype manufacturing and small-batch production.

The facility includes a machine with four simultaneous lasers and advanced melt-pool monitoring, a standard machine, and an open-architecture machine for research. It is complemented by a vacuum induction melting furnace (ATO Cast).

Equipment

• Renishaw RenAM 500Q PBF-LB system: Four 500 W lasers, build volume of 250 × 250 × 350 mm, and melt-pool monitoring.
• Nikon SLM Solutions SLM 280HL PBF-LB system: 400 W laser, build volume of 280 × 280 × 350 mm.
• Samylabs ALBA 300 PBF-LB system: 300 W laser, build volume of Ø160 × 200 mm.
• ATO Cast vacuum melting furnace: 150 cm³ crucible, dual-wavelength pyrometer, and mold for eight bars.

• Manufacturing of prototypes and demonstrators
• Development and optimization of PBF-LB process parameters
• Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) optimization
• Microstructure optimization
• Process data monitoring and correlation with defect formation
• Design and manufacturing of customized alloys
• Small-batch production

LORTEK

Arranomendi kalea 4A, 20240, ORDIZIA (Gipuzkoa)

Additive Manufacturing:

- Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

Application sectors

• Aerospace
• Automotive
• Defense
• Energy
• Foundry and steelmaking
• Metallurgy
• Healthcare

Industry plan

• HAZI · Aerospace
• IRABAZI · Automotive Components
• IRABAZI · Energy
• IRABAZI · Metallurgy