Industrial Additive Manufacturing with wire

The additive manufacturing of components using an electron beam (WEBAM – Wire Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing) enables faster production times than with other comparable AM processes. Using the principle of wire deposition welding, semi-finished products as well as large metal components can be manufactured in a flexible and highly productive manner – from a batch size of 1 up to serial production.

The production of three-dimensional industrial components is performed by continuously fusing of metal wire within the vacuum of the electron beam system. The inert environment prevents the material from being influenced by atmospheric gases. Using the electron beam also allows for the creation of near-net-shape workpieces out of metals that used to be difficult to weld in one single process step. Furthermore, the process is fast, material efficient and economic. Using our digitally controlled process, all operations can be automated and reproduced. There's another benefit: Upon request, the material can be varied throughout the fusing process so that the component can be composed of different materials.