EBuild® – Additive Manufacturing of Metals at Industrial Scale
The world’s largest build volume for large-scale parts & high-volume production
Features of EBuild®
- Electron beam Powder Bed Fusion Process
- Large Build Volume
- High Electron Beam Power
- High Productivity
- In-situ Backscattered Electron Imaging
- High Temperature Vacuum Process
- No Impurity Pick-up, e.g. Oxygen
- High Precision Powder Application System
EBuild® – the highest beam power currently available for E-PBF
The EBuild® is a completely newly developed system from ALD Vacuum Technologies for the Electron beam Powder Bed Fusion (E-PBF) process on an industrial scale. It is the first system on the market suitable for additive manufacturing of both large-scale parts and high-volume production. High productivity, robustness and superior material quality enable the step to industrial additive manufacturing.
The worlds largest Build Area
The world’s largest build volume and the highest beam power currently available in E-PBF greatly expand the possibilities for new products and materials. The advantages of the EBuild® 850 system in combination with ALD’s E-PBF process allow an increase in efficiency in end products such as turbines while significantly reducing material consumption compared to conventional manufacturing processes. The benefits generated lead to both cost reduction and a lower carbon footprint in production and product life cycle.
Powder distributed by the application system over the entire
build area of 850 x 850 mm.
An individual cycle to build metal parts with EBuild® 850 comprises the following process steps:
- Precisely lower the starting plate by the thickness of one individual powder layer
- Apply a new powder layer onto the build area
- Heat the new powder by scanning the build area with defocused electron beam
- Selectively melt powder layer with focused electron beam
- Create layer image with backscattered electron detector
- Repeat the steps until the complete AM part has been produced
In-situ Backscattered Electron Image of full build area and a 10 Euro Cent for reference.
EBuild® Pilot System available for customer process developments and trials. We are also looking forward to presenting our system in a personal meeting in Hanau or online. Please contact us for more information or to receive a quote.
Contact
Dr. Alexander Klassen
T: +49 6181 307 3311
E: Dr.Alexander.Klassen@ald-vt.de
Mr. Michael Kordik
T: +49 6181 307 3635
E: Michael.Kordik@ald-vt.de
Main Components of EBuild®
- Electron Beam Gun
- Process Chamber
- Water Cooled Powder Application System
- Build Chamber
- Extraction Unit
Technical Data EBuild 850
| Acceleration Voltage | max. 150 kV |
| Beam Power | max. 45 kW |
| Build Area | 850 x 850 mm |
| Build Height | max. 1000 mm |
| Powder Bed Temperature | max. 1200 °C |