On the 6th and 7th of June 2024, the consortium of the EU-funded DISCO2030 project convened for their general assembly meeting hosted by our project partner Wärtsilä. The Finnish company Wärtsilä is situated on a peninsula in Vaasa close to the sea and surrounded by forest. Impressed by the huge factory hall where ship engines are assembled and by the modern open workspaces, we discussed the progress of the project and planned upcoming tests and… [read more]

We are delighted to announce a significant expansion of our research infrastructure at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). This spring, we eagerly anticipate the arrival of the first Electron Beam Melting (EBM) machine by JEOL, directly from Tokyo, Japan. This marks a milestone as the inaugural JEOL AM-E-Beam System in Europe. The collaboration between TUM and JEOL Japan opens up new possibilities for innovative research in various key… [read more]

Inspiring days at the 44th Assistant Seminar of the “Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Fügetechnik im DVS (WGF)”, (German Scientific Society for Joining)! In September, our chair participated in this fruitful seminar, which took place in the idyllic Hotel Bollmannsruh at the Beetzsee in Päwesin. This event gathered research enthusiasts from the fields of welding and joining technology, additive manufacturing, and simulation, including professors,… [read more]

Five professorships in the field of #additivemanufacturing in Munich meet for scientific exchange. At the Academic Network Munich for Additive Manufacturing (AM)² meeting, the following topics were presented and discussed: - Additive Manufacturing in reactive process atmospheres (Universität der Bundeswehr München) - Additive Manufacturing of Multi-Material Components produced by Cold Gas Spraying and Laser-based Powder Bed Fusion (Fraunhofer… [read more]

Since the end of March 2023, Dr. rer. nat. Anja Drescher supports our team at the Chair of Materials Engineering of Additive Manufacturing. She is responsible for the EU project “Combining DISsimilar materials into functional large-scale and light-weight COmponents and structures - DISCO20230” and the BMWK project “Future Sustainable Car Materials – FSCM”. Ms Drescher studied biology in Freiburg and had her doctorate at LMU in biology. Since… [read more]

Meet the new #HorizonEU funded project @Disco2030! Its goal is to make metal-based additive manufacturing faster, cheap, and more sustainable. The @DISCO2030 project aims to develop two innovative hybrid manufacturing methods for joining dissimilar metal-metal and metal-polymer materials. Both proposed methods are underpinned by #AdditiveManufacturing (AM) technologies from the emerging technology families of #PowderBedFusion (PBF) and Directed… [read more]

Producing cars with sustainable materials Research institutions and companies from various industrial sectors are developing new approaches to using sustainable materials. The core of the consortium project "Future Sustainable Car Materials" (FSCM) is to develop innovative process routes and material concepts across large parts of the value chain. The BMW Group is leading the lighthouse project, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of… [read more]

The American Welding Society (AWS) is the world's largest professional society in the field of welding and joining technology, with more than 70,000 members. The goals of the AWS is to advance the science, technology and application of welding and related joining and cutting processes worldwide, including additive manufacturing, brazing, soldering and thermal spraying. In November, Professor Peter Mayr became one of only three scientists in 2022… [read more]

New collaboration between TU Munich, Munich Aerospace and University of Bundeswehr Munich. More details can be found in the PDF document. [read more]

Impressions of Formnext 2022 can be found in Reisswolf 04/22 (page 19)! [read more]