Services

Manufacture, repair or coat industrial metal components with the right additive route.

Each service starts with the same engineering logic: part fit, material, LMD/SLM/hybrid process route, post-processing, inspection and RFQ data.

Laser Metal Deposition process adding metal to a component

Three service paths

Start with the job: build, restore or protect.

Use the service overview to choose the right route quickly. Each service page adds deeper guidance, proof examples and RFQ steps.

Metal additive manufacturing component for manufacturing route context

01 / Metal AM

Manufacture metal parts with LMD, SLM or hybrid routes

Use this path when the project is a new component, prototype, compact SLM part, large LMD build, hard-to-machine alloy or hybrid additive route.

Open Metal AM service page

Industrial metal component prepared for repair or rebuild

02 / Repair and modification

Restore geometry before replacement becomes the only option

Use this path for worn, damaged, undersized or modified high-value parts where downtime, replacement lead time or salvage value matters.

Open repair service page

Laser cladding surface protection component

03 / Laser cladding

Add protective metal layers to working surfaces

Use this path when the main issue is wear, corrosion, oxidation, tribology or a local surface zone that needs a metallurgical overlay.

Open laser cladding service page

Fast selection guide

Different project need, different next step.

If the route is unclear, start with the tools before sending a request. If the route is clear, the service pages provide articles, proof examples and intake checklists.

Choose Metal AMNew part, rapid prototype, large build, compact SLM geometry, internal features, hard-to-machine material or hybrid route planning.Open Metal AM Choose RepairLocalized damage, missing material, machining error, long replacement lead time or downtime-sensitive maintenance.Open repair Choose Laser claddingKnown wear, corrosion, oxidation or sliding-contact zone where a protective metal layer is the main value.Open laser cladding Still unsureUse the pathfinder or LMD/SLM decider first, then move to the matching service page or RFQ package builder.Start pathfinder

Find your path Use the LMD or SLM decider Estimate base cost

Proof stories

LMD proof stories connect geometry, material and surface function.

These examples show rapid functional prototyping with a custom coating, a 130 mm build-and-coat drill workflow, a heat-managed rotor wedge coating route, a thin-walled multi-material nozzle design, a valve seat ring hard-coating workflow and forging hammer repair logic for high-impact wear. Final feasibility still depends on part condition, material, finishing and inspection requirements.

Large LMD-manufactured bridge node component

Duisburg bridge components

More than 750 kg of LMD-manufactured bridge nodes and handrails, showing large structural AM from CAD redesign through monitoring and validation support.

130 mm drill cover image for LMD build-and-coat workflow explanation

24-hour drill proof

Metal powder to functional drill with antimagnetic coating in under one day, shared publicly with ZIPP Industries.

130 mm drill during Laser Metal Deposition build and coating workflow

130 mm build-and-coat drill

LMD used for both drill fabrication and final wear-resistant anti-magnetic coating from a tungsten-carbide-containing alloy.

Turbo-generator rotor wedges after copper-alloy Laser Metal Deposition coating

Rotor wedge coating

CuNi2SiCr LMD coating route for copper-substrate turbo generator rotor wedges, useful for heat-management and batch-planning discussions.

Close process view of a 750 mm multi-material LMD nozzle demonstrator

750 mm nozzle proof

Water-cooled thin-wall nozzle design using Inconel 625 and Inconel 718, described with 1,070+ layers and around 50 hours of printing.

Valve seat ring after LMD coating before dye inspection

Valve seat ring coating

Preheating plus LMD coating with a hard wear-resistant material, useful for explaining crack-risk management in laser cladding.

Side view of forging hammers showing incremental LMD layers on the working surface

Forging hammer repair

Targeted LMD reinforcement for high-impact tooling, useful for explaining repair-vs-replace logic, alloy strategy and release planning.