TY - GEN A1 - Alimov, Artem A1 - Sviridov, Alexander A1 - Sydow, Benjamin A1 - Jensch, Felix A1 - Härtel, Sebastian T1 - Additive Manufacturing of Hot-Forming Dies Using Laser Powder Bed Fusion and Wire Arc Direct Energy Deposition Technologies T2 - Metals N2 - Additive technologies are now widely used for the production of complex precise parts and have high potential for the production of forming dies. In this work, hot-forming dies optimized for additive manufacturing were developed and produced with wire arc direct energy deposition (WA-DED) and laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) technologies. The concept of lightweight hot-forming dies with a 2D-lattice structure was developed, which reduced the weight of each die by 56%, from 14.2 kg to 6.1 kg, in production using L-PBF. Maraging/precipitation-hardened steel 17-4PH was used as an alternative to traditional hot-working steels with slightly lower mechanical properties and a much higher processability in the additive manufacturing process. The workability of the manufactured dies was confirmed by forging tests on an industrial screw press. KW - additive manufacturing KW - hot-forming dies KW - L-PBF KW - WA-DED KW - WAAM Y1 - 2023 UR - https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/13/11/1842 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/met13111842 SN - 2075-4701 VL - 13 IS - 11 ER -