Welding Journal

We are seeing an increasing number of large components made entirely from weld metal. The additive manufacturing (AM) process might be called weld metal additive, direct energy deposition (DED), or listed by the deposition process used; for example, wire-arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) or gas metal arc additive manufacturing (GMAAM). Apart from the potential to reduce lead time, reduce inventory of low volume components, or achieve designs not previously possible with traditional ma..