Manufacturing of Multi‑Material Die Mold Components using Laser Metal Deposition
Boosting Thermal Efficiency via Advanced Laser Metal Deposition Multi-Material Fabrication
While powder bed fusion (PBF) excels in conformal cooling channels for mold design, laser metal deposition's flexibility in depositing different materials in one printing operation opens doors to better performance by keeping current mold design and advancing the manufacturing process.
In this whitepaper, using high pressure die casting sprue spreader as an example, we will explore
- Comparison between multi-material sprue speader and conventional sprue spreader
- Validation of deposition quality
- LMD process parameters optimization
- Part fabrication using Makino's AML500 LMD machine
