Tailored solutions for high-speed coating and AM of metal parts
Ponticon offers systems and services for laser-based additive manufacturing and coating of metallic components. Our modular 3DMD technology core enables unique productivity, precision, and material diversity through the use of high-speed Directed Energy Deposition. Thanks to its modularity, the 3DMD technology core can be integrated into both our standard machines and bespoke systems tailored to individual customer needs.
Depending on your application portfolio, we select a suitable kinematic concept and implement it with perfectly matched high-performance components from our 3DMD technology core. If you wish to integrate our technology into an existing machine, we are happy to offer you a retrofit solution.
Before finalizing specifications, we validate different concepts together with you through feasibility studies. This allows us to demonstrate the technical and commercial suitability of the 3DMD process for your application at an early stage.
The following components are included as standard in the 3DMD technology core:
- Highly dynamic control systems with intuitive UI
- High-power laser with microsecond-level control
- Laser optics, including nozzles for powder supply
- Powder feeding technology for metal powder
- Software suite for toolpath planning
- Extraction system for powder and welding fumes
The following additional components are available and can be freely combined:
- Intelligent sensors for monitoring and controlling manufacturing processes
- Processing optics with variable spot sizes and shapes
- Laser beam sources with customizable beam shaping (e.g., ring-shape)
- Inert enclosures for safe processing of reactive materials
- Wire heads
- Quality assurance (QA) software for documentation, processing, and visualization of machine configurations, material properties, process parameters, and component characteristics
We are happy to assist you in selecting the right options for your application requirements. All components of the 3DMD technology core can be tested in feasibility studies at our application center.
Research institutions and R&D departments particularly appreciate the unique flexibility and open architecture of our systems. Software tools for systematically testing process parameters and new material combinations further enhance our portfolio, allowing our scientific customers to achieve significant time savings.
Build envelope
up to 4,000 x 3,000 x 2,000 mm
Feed rate
up to 200m/min
Path accuracy
0.03 mm
Laser power
up to 40 kW
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