EasyCLAD® Magic LF6000 is a new laser additive manufacturing solution designed by Irepa Laser, mainly for the construction of parts for aerospace and aircraft industry. With this technique based on the CLAD® process (French acronym for ‘Construction Laser Additive Directe’ - direct additive manufacturing by laser) developed by Irepa Laser it is possible to directly manufacture functional parts without resorting to casting molds, dies, polluting and energy consuming processes.
CLAD® process consists in depositing successive layers of laser melted powders to create metallic parts, dense and homogeneous, with perfectly controlled dimensions. Manufacturing possibilities are very large from the entire construction of functional parts to the repair of complex parts with manufacturing speeds between 8 and 50 mm3/s.
How does it work? Metallic powders are injected into the CLAD nozzle to form a uniform jet. The powders melt and fuse as they move across the laser beam, resulting in a uniform and dense deposit whose technical properties are akin to parts produced by processes of forging and founding. The deposited material is protected locally against oxidation by a neutral gas. Contrarily to sintering, the machine only works on the part like a 5-axis machining center.
A new machine for large parts With its two CLAD® nozzles, this 3D manufacturing machine features high dynamic performances with 5 continuous axes. The whole is integrated in a gas enclosure with controlled atmosphere for the protection of alloys and metals reactive to O2 and H2O (<40 ppm O2 & <50 ppm H2O). The 8 m3 volume of the enclosure enables the construction of large size parts (Ø 600 mm x L. 1000 mm) with a max. weight of 300 kg.
Simple and user-friendly Coupled with PowerCLAD® software, manufacturing trajectories and ISO programmes are entirely generated from source files (ProE, Catia, SolidWorks …) or standard files (STEP, IGES …) in manufacturing or reconstruction mode.
More information? You can discover EasyCLAD at
- Industrie Paris (March 26 to 30) and
- Medtec France (April 4 to 5) in Lyon.
