Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This webinar provides an overview of metallic additive manufacturing as both an emerging manufacturing route and an industrial engineering tool. It introduces the main metal additive manufacturing process families, and explains how their capabilities differ in terms of component size, deposition rate, complexity, repair potential and material efficiency. The webinar also highlights where metallic additive manufacturing is currently being applied.
A key theme is that successful additive manufacturing adoption depends not only on the ability to build a component, but also on:
understanding material behaviour
metallurgy
flaws
residual stresses
inspection
qualification and performance in service.
The session therefore connects additive manufacturing with TWI’s wider expertise in welding, joining, materials performance, failure analysis and structural integrity, and provides a foundation for the more detailed technical content that will be covered in the upcoming TWI additive manufacturing course.
This webinar provides an overview of metallic additive manufacturing as both an emerging manufacturing route and an industrial engineering tool. It introduces the main metal additive manufacturing process families, and explains how their capabilities differ in terms of component size, deposition rate, complexity, repair potential and material efficiency. The webinar also highlights where metallic additive manufacturing is currently being applied.
A key theme is that successful additive manufacturing adoption depends not only on the ability to build a component, but also on:
understanding material behaviour
metallurgy
flaws
residual stresses
inspection
qualification and performance in service.
The session therefore connects additive manufacturing with TWI’s wider expertise in welding, joining, materials performance, failure analysis and structural integrity, and provides a foundation for the more detailed technical content that will be covered in the upcoming TWI additive manufacturing course.
