In the field of additive manufacturing of metallic materials, more and more attention is being paid to safety aspects. The metallic raw materials are in most cases highly reactive and place maximum demands on sustainable safe handling.
Reliable and efficient filtration is necessary for sustainably safe additive manufacturing processes. The Herding® filter technology provides safe handling and constant production in almost all areas of powder bed fusion. This already starts in the production of the metal powder and continues in the component production, in which its safety properties set standards. A sophisticated modular principle allows a variety of Herding system designs, which give the possibility to adapt individually to building chamber size as well as the number and power of the lasers.
The systems with the Herding® rigid-body filter medium are also used in the field of integrated automated powder transport systems for the supply and disposal of metal powders as well as in mechanical post-processing where support structures are removed and surfaces get optimized.
