Metal additive manufacturing: EB-PBF and L-PBF machines, certified metal powders and engineering services for additive manufacturing
Colibrium Additive, A GE Aerospace Company
GE Aerospace corporate headquarters: Evendale, Ohio (USA)New on Amplifa
About Colibrium Additive
Colibrium Additive – a GE Aerospace Company – is a provider of metal additive manufacturing with an integrated offering of machines, expertise, services and powders. The portfolio includes Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion (EB-PBF) printers, which produce stress-free, dimensionally accurate parts with better material properties than casting in a vacuum using a high-power electron beam, as well as Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) machines in multiple sizes – including one of the largest powder-bed metal additive systems in the world – for complex geometries directly from the CAD file. Through its subsidiary AP&C, highly spherical titanium, aluminum and nickel alloy powders are produced using the Advanced Plasma Atomization (APA) process; the range includes, among others, CpTi Grade 1/2, Ti-6Al-4V, Ti-6Al-2Sn-4Zr-2Mo, Ni Alloy 718/625, Al-Si7-Mg (F357), Al-Si10-Mg, CoCrMo, 316L, M300 and 17-4 PH stainless steel as well as NiTi, molybdenum, niobium and zirconium alloys. The AddWorks team offers engineering and consulting services, training (online, on-site, off-site), process optimization, machine calibration and part qualification. Industries served include Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Dental, Energy, Industrial, Medical and Oil & Gas. The company has been wholly owned by the GE Aerospace group (NYSE: GE) since 2024 and operates a global service organization with support regions in the Americas, EMEA and APAC.
- Site
- GE Aerospace corporate headquarters: Evendale
- Processes
- Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion (EB-PBF), Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF), Additive Services / AddWorks (engineering and consulting services, training,, Metal powder production (Advanced Plasma Atomization, APA), Powder testing (sieve analysis ASTM B214, laser diffraction ASTM B822, flowability ASTM B213/B964,, Custom Powder Development including parameter development and test protocols, Service (maintenance, spare parts, support), AddWorks engineering and consulting services
- Materials
- CpTi Grade 1, CpTi Grade 2, Ti-6Al-4V Grade 5, Ti-6Al-4V Grade 23, Ti-6Al-2Sn-4Zr-2Mo, Ti-5Al-5V-5Mo-3Cr, Ti-5Al-2.5Sn (Grade 6), Nickel-Titanium (NiTi)
- Industries
- Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Dental, Energy, Industrial, Medical
- 01
Metal powder production (Advanced Plasma Atomization, AP&C)
- 02
Powder testing (ASTM standards)
- 03
EB-PBF/L-PBF machine building
- 04
Additive part production (EB-PBF, L-PBF)
- 05
AddWorks engineering and process optimization
- 06
Part qualification and certification
- 07
Global service and support
Parts
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion (EB-PBF)Additive | – | – | – | – | Titanium, high-melting-point alloys |
| Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF)Additive | – | – | – | – | Metal powders (titanium, aluminum, nickel, steel, |
| Additive Services / AddWorks (engineering and consulting services, training,Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Metal powder production (Advanced Plasma Atomization, APA)Additive | – | – | – | – | Titanium, Aluminum, Nickel alloys |
| Powder testing (sieve analysis ASTM B214, laser diffraction ASTM B822, flowability ASTM B213/B964,Testing | – | – | – | – | Metal powders |
| Custom Powder Development including parameter development and test protocolsEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
2 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-PBF printers (Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion) | Colibrium Additive (GE Aerospace) | – | – | – | – |
| L-PBF printers (Laser Powder Bed Fusion), multiple machine sizes including one of the largest | Colibrium Additive (GE Aerospace) | – | – | – | – |
Additional services
Reference customers
History
- 1892
Founding of the original General Electric Company (legal predecessor of GE Aerospace, parent company)
- 2022
GE Aviation was renamed GE Aerospace (July 2022)
- 2024
GE Aerospace, after the spin-offs of GE HealthCare and GE Vernova, became the sole business segment of the former General Electric conglomerate (April 2024)
- 2023
Alexander Schmitz CEO of Colibrium Additive
- 2024
Jan Siebert Head of Supply Chain; Jai Venkatraman Global Service Leader (August 2024)