Carpenter Technology opens new Alabama-based additive manufacturing facility

Carpenter Technology has opened a new advanced additive manufacturing facility in its 500,000-square-foot Emerging Technology Center ETC in Athens, Alabama. The additive manufacturing facility will focus on the atomisation of a range of specialty alloys into 3D printing powders to enable end-use components. It represents yet another significant investment in additive manufacturing from Carpenter, who this year acquired LPW Technologies in a $81m deal and launched a dedicated business unit to the technology. Carpenter’s new additive capabilities in Athens will include a range of downstream equipment including Hot Isostatic Press and vacuum heat treating to optimise the material properties. Parts will then be put through a qualification process to facilitate their application in industries like aerospace, energy, oil and gas, and transport.