The second funding phase of the DFG Priority Program 2122 (Materials for Additive Manufacturing) was officially launched with a kick-off meeting in Essen on March 28, 2022.

The LWT is involved together with the IAPK of RWTH Aachen University with a project on "Influence of Si3N4 powder additivation on PBF-LB processability of stainless steels and microstructural evolution during PBF-LB and a subsequent HIP-URQ densification process". Further information on the priority program can be found here.