Aconity3D, a German firm specializing in steel 3D printing, has launched a multi-material welding head for its AconityWIRE directed power deposition (DED) platform. The part makes the processing of as much as three totally different wire supplies inside a single construct doable, with out requiring a system changeover.Â
The built-in module has been designed to cut back setup complexity for multi-material workflows which have traditionally required both separate programs, or in depth retooling between materials runs. AconityWIRE is the model’s wire-based steel 3D printing for industrial functions resolution.
The welding head helps each new-build and restore functions, and worn or broken parts might be selectively restored utilizing material-specific combos. This enables operators to deposit function-optimized supplies onto present components for reinforcement or native materials modification.
Obtainable as a manufacturing add-on for the AconityWIRE or as a standalone course of module for integration into third-party machines, the welding head is already in energetic use on the Rosenheim College of Utilized Sciences (Technische Hochschule Rosenheim).
There, it’s being utilized to analysis, course of growth, and multi-material utility testing. The college is utilizing the system to validate processes and translate analysis outcomes into application-oriented situations.
Aconity3D will show the welding head dwell at AconityXPERIENCE, its first in-house exhibition, scheduled for Might 19, 2026. The occasion will even function demonstrations of the corporate’s newest laser powder mattress fusion (LPBF) machine, the AconityX.
