The additive manufacturing (AM) industry is increasing production rates and reducing costs to expand its use across more sectors. Techniques like multiple lasers in PBF-LB and optimizing melting speeds and powder layers are being used to crank up the deposition rate of PBF-processes. However, pushing the speed limits too much will eventually lead to detrimental build defects like pores, voids and lack of fusion (LoF)<\/p>\n
Post-processing methods like Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) and High-Pressure Heat Treatment (HPHT\u2122) are crucial for reliability in critical applications, such as space exploration. This whitepaper explores boosting AM build rates while maintaining quality, proposing that combining AM with HIP\/HPHT can improve rates and component performance without extra costs. A “HIP for free” strategy is demonstrated through cost-benefit scenarios for high-volume production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":33838,"menu_order":0,"template":"","knowledge-center_materials":[151,181,152,179,153,154,178,177,183,155,175,156,176,182,157],"knowledge-center_processes":[147,184,186,149,150],"knowledge-center_language":[135],"knowledge-center_type":[109],"knowledge-center_industry":[94,161,162,126,189,188,190],"knowledge-center_topic":[112],"class_list":["post-33837","knowledge-center","type-knowledge-center","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","knowledge-center_materials-alloy-steel","knowledge-center_materials-aluminium-alloy","knowledge-center_materials-ceramics","knowledge-center_materials-cobolt-alloy","knowledge-center_materials-composites","knowledge-center_materials-hard-materials","knowledge-center_materials-high-entropy-alloy","knowledge-center_materials-intermetallics","knowledge-center_materials-other","knowledge-center_materials-precious-metals","knowledge-center_materials-refractory-materials","knowledge-center_materials-stainless-steel","knowledge-center_materials-super-alloy","knowledge-center_materials-titanium-alloy","knowledge-center_materials-tool-steel","knowledge-center_processes-additive-manufacturing","knowledge-center_processes-ceramic-consolidation-and-densification","knowledge-center_processes-metal-injection-moulding","knowledge-center_processes-powder-metallurgy","knowledge-center_processes-sputtering","knowledge-center_language-english","knowledge-center_type-white-paper","knowledge-center_industry-aerospace","knowledge-center_industry-consumer-electronics","knowledge-center_industry-defence","knowledge-center_industry-medical","knowledge-center_industry-service-providers","knowledge-center_industry-space","knowledge-center_industry-vehicles","knowledge-center_topic-material-densification"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cn.quintustechnologies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-center\/33837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cn.quintustechnologies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-center"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cn.quintustechnologies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledge-center"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cn.quintustechnologies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cn.quintustechnologies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"knowledge-center_materials","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cn.quintustechnologies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-center_materials?post=33837"},{"taxonomy":"knowledge-center_processes","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cn.quintustechnologies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-center_processes?post=33837"},{"taxonomy":"knowledge-center_language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cn.quintustechnologies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-center_language?post=33837"},{"taxonomy":"knowledge-center_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cn.quintustechnologies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-center_type?post=33837"},{"taxonomy":"knowledge-center_industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cn.quintustechnologies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-center_industry?post=33837"},{"taxonomy":"knowledge-center_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cn.quintustechnologies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-center_topic?post=33837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}