With 3D printing by means of laser cladding, tracks of molten metal are applied to a base plate or substrate. These metal tracks are deposited in layers by melting a powder (which can be supplied co-axially or laterally) by means of a laser. Stacking these metal tracks on top of each other enables us to create three-dimensional objects. Since we work with multi-axis laser nozzles and substrate clamps, we do not use the powder-bed principle as in Selective Laser Melting (SLM). This opens up new degrees of design flexibility.

1. Laser Metal Deposition
3D Printing Applications

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Extended building enveloppe XXL 3D printing of metallic parts
Increased productivity  cost-effective production
Hybrid manufacturing  efficient use of 3D Printing & Near-Nett-Shape manufacturing
Graded materials  functionalied parts, better wear, better toughness
LCV-Form Features

3. 3
LCV Introduction
Our Mission: Enable our customers to have better
products with sustainable manufacturing
How we work: Practice excellence in Laser Cladding
Metal
Powder
Ceramic
Powder
Powder and transport gas
Laser
Melt pool
Shield gas
Laser cladding is a high-yield 3D printing process for metallic alloys

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Large scale 3D printing
Gantry systems
3000*1500*1000 MM
Robot cell systems
4000*6000*2000 MM

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Productivity
20
163
430
1400
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600
Q4 2016
Q2 2017
Q4 2017
Q2 2018
cm³/h
Productivity roadmap

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Extrusion
Screws
Repair and increase of
lifetime
Hybrid machiningCase Dry Ice Nozzle, material 316L
Substrate on
turn-tilt
Hybrid LMD of
inlet
re-orientation
for vertical
material
deposition

7. 7Graded Materials
Case automotive gear, Cr13 steel
Bending fatigue 800-850 Mpa
Contact fatigue 110 Mpa at 25 million
cycles reached

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Materials and specifications
• Titanium ; Ti Gr2, Ti Gr 5, Ti Gr 23
• SST ; 316L, 17-4PH
• Toolsteel ; H11, H13, M2
• Ni-alloys; Inconel 625,718
• MMC; Tungsten carbide
• Resolution; 0,3 MM
• Material density; approx. 99,5%
• Max overhang; 15-20 MM
• Min roughness; Ra 10
• Remelting possible
• Substrate; metallic
• Min substrate thickness, 0,3-6 MM
TiGr5

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CONTACT
SALES
JAN LAMBRECT
CEO
Jan.Lambrecht@lcv.be
+32 89 65 10 22
ENGINEERING
Gerard Coppejans
3DP Project Manager
Gerard.Cloppejans@lc
v.be
+32 89 65 10 22

10. Thank You
Address
Laser Cladding Venture nv
Nijverheidslaan 1500
3660 Opglabbeek
Belgium
Phone & E-mail
Tel.: 32 89 65 10 22
E-mail: info@lcv.be
Website: http://www.lcv.be/