Defense and Munitions Online Exclusive - 3D printing’s expanding role in the military Meltio’s managing director José Luis Sánchez Román explains why 3D printing in the military sector will be crucial for repairing equipment and extending its service life. Metal additive manufacturing is increasingly finding its way into the defense industry and the armed forces worldwide. It’s crucial for the repair or maintenance of equipment, shortening lead times of traditional supply chains, and for field deployment, producing parts directly in the field. Meltio a metal additive manufacturing company based in Linares, Spain, is dedicated to developing industrial 3D metal printing using DED technology with metal wire—no powder is used, meaning the head melts a spool of metal wire with lasers to create or repair the metal part layer by layer. Meltio has manufactured replacement parts made of #stainlesssteel , #aluminum , #titanium , #nickel , #Inconel and other validated materials for the defense and #aerospace industries and has collaborated with different NATO US Army US Navy Marine Nationale SSF - Service de Soutien de la Flotte Ejercito de Tierra Ejército del Aire Republic of Korea Marine Corps 대한민국 해병대 armies on the repair of jet engines using titanium and copper alloys, with its main solution for repairing and manufacturing metal parts, the wire-laser metal solutions for manufacturing and repairing metal parts #MeltioRobotCell #3d #3dp #metal3dprinting #additivemanufacturing #technology #innovation #defense #hybridmanufacturing #machining #military #defence #munitions #army #meltioengine #supplychain #DED #usnavy #navy #security #repairing #maintenance #manufacturing #welding #cladding #industry #factory #munitions #usarmy #nato #otan #security https://lnkd.in/e5wy-3-c
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