Thu, 19 June, 2025
Representatives from TWI will be at LÖT 2025, which is taking place in Aachen, Germany from 24-26 June, 2025.
LÖT 2025, The 14th International Conference on Brazing, High Temperature Brazing and Diffusion Bonding, will bring together engineers, scientists and technical personnel from around the world.
Organised by the German Welding Society (DVS), the conference aims to help transfer scientific results into operational practice and present technical solutions for modern applications. This includes sharing information about the latest trends and technological developments and presenting areas of application for new materials. Networking opportunities are also embedded into the event, allowing users and researchers time to establish or intensify their contacts.
The conference includes a number of technical sessions dedicated to different topics across the three days. Thermal Processing Technologies Team Manager, James Redman is co-chairing a two-hour session dedicated to ‘Functional Surface and Additive Manufacturing in Brazing Technology’ on Wednesday, 25 June, from 13:40-15:40.
James will be joined by TWI Senior Project Leader, Kandarp Amin during the session, to present the paper, ‘Diffusion Bonding and Brazing of Additively Manufactured 316L and IN718 Components to Wrought or Additively Manufactured Substrates.’ The paper, which will be presented at 15:00, was co-written by James and Kandarp alongside TWI Senior Project Leader, Vaishali Jagannath Prabhu and TWI Section Manager, Dr Nick Ludford.
The paper details an investigation into joining additively manufactured components to either wrought/cast components or to other additively manufactured parts to build larger structures. This research helps address challenges around the limited build size of L-PBF chambers and the subsequent uptake of this technology by industry.
The research developed knowledge of vacuum brazing and uniaxial diffusion bonding of AM 316L and IN718 parts. These joining methods were selected as they are able to successfully join components that have complex internal geometries, such as heat exchangers. This work was designed to allow more industries realise the benefits of additive manufacturing for more applications and produce parts that are either impossible to make through traditional manufacturing routes, or too costly or time consuming to be economically viable.
We are delighted to be able to participate in LÖT 2025, which also demonstrates the depth of technical excellence and knowledge available at TWI.
You can find out more about LÖT 2025, here: https://www.dvs-events.com/de/events/L%C3%96T2025