Mechanical Characteristics For MTI 3D Printed Inconel 718 Components

Metal Technology (MTI) has been using powder-bed laser, Additive Manufacturing equipment for over two years exclusively serving the Aerospace, Defense, Electronics, and Scientific markets.  To help provide a higher level of support for complex and demanding customer additive manufacturing initiatives MTI recently completed mechanical characterization testing of Inconel 718 components printed in house using their direct metal sintering equipment.

“The test results are very similar to wrought material and in some cases better.  We were surprised to find that the tensile and yield strength were higher for the 3D printed components with only slightly lower elongation performance.” said Jason Stitzel, Director Of Engineering for Metal Technology (MTI).

While many companies are now offering metal additive manufacturing services, few have the level of industry experience that MTI provides and the ability to provide mechanical characteristics for printed components to assure the mission critical quality and reliability required by prime industry suppliers such as Aerojet Rocketdyne, ATK, Boeing, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, Moog, NASA, Orbital Sciences, Pratt & Whitney, Sierra Nevada Corp., United Launch Alliance, UTC Aerospace and others.

About Metal Technology (MTI)

With more than forty years of experience applying innovative, proprietary technologies, Metal Technology (MTI) is making possible the use of difficult alloys for a wider range of applications with greater efficiency, versatility, and reliability. Alloys include Tantalum, Niobium, Zirconium, Titanium, Tungsten and Molybdenum. MTI uses specialized deep-draw, spinning, forging, machining, EDM, and additive manufacturing methods to deliver superior products according to your exacting specifications.

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