Constellium SE, Paris, announces the expansion of its portfolio of advanced aluminum solutions with the launch of Aheadd, high-performance aluminum powders that exceed industry standards for additive manufacturing productivity and component properties. Constellium’s new powders are designed and tailored based on customer needs for a wide range of applications, including aerospace, motorsports, and defense industries.
The laser powder bed process involves rapid solidification, which can be leveraged to design entirely new aluminum alloys, bringing properties unachievable with conventional alloys. Experts at C-TEC (Constellium’s R&D center) have developed Aheadd, a new generation of high-performance aluminum powders for additive manufacturing. These new products are perfectly aligned with the requirements of powder bed fusion, allowing higher printing productivity and simplified post-processing.
Constellium is part of the Aeroprint initiative, an ambitious collaborative R&D project supported by Dassault Aviation and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The project aims to develop, qualify, and implement in 2020 an industrial pilot line for the additive manufacturing of complex metal parts for aerospace.
Aheadd solutions bring unmatched thermal stability, allowing replacement of titanium in selected applications to reduce weight and cost. Constellium signed a contract with Poly-Shape, an AddUp company and a leader in the field of metal additive manufacturing, for the development and production of innovative components based on the new Constellium powders.
