Multi-material applications place high demands on processes, systems, and integration. Different materials, complex setups, and limited flexibility make many multi-material concepts difficult to implement in practice. With the new multi-material welding head for our AconityWIRE, Aconity3D offers a solution that addresses these challenges directly โ practical, flexible, and ready for real-world applications.
More Material Freedom โ Less Complexity
The multi-material welding head enables the processing of up to three different wire materials within a single build. Material combinations can be realised without changing the system, using an integrated and stable process.
The welding head also opens up new possibilities for repair applications:
Wear or damaged areas can be selectively restored using material – optimised combination – for example, by depositing function-specific materials onto existing components. Repairs, reinforcements, and local material modifications can thus be implemented efficiently, reproducibly, and without extensive retooling.
Customers benefit from:
- Expanded design freedom through multi-material concepts
- High flexibility for build and repair applications
- Reduced system and process complexity
- Shorter development times from idea to application
The new welding head is available either:
- As a production add-on for the AconityWIRE, or
- As a stand-alone process module for flexible integration into existing machines.
Already in use: Multi-material welding in practice
The new multi-material welding head is not only available, but already being used successfully by a customer.
At the Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences, the welding head is actively used for research, process development, and multi-material applications.
There, material combinations are tested, processes are validated, and research results are transferred into application-oriented scenarios.
This implementation demonstrates that multi-material welding is no longer purely a research topic, but is ready for practical application.
Experience it live: AconityXPERIENCEย on May 19, 2026
Anyone who would like to experience the new multi-material welding head live will have the opportunity to do so on May 19, 2026.
At the first in-house exhibition, AconityXPERIENCE, Aconity3D will open its doors and present the multi-material welding head in real live demonstrations.
What else you can expect:
- Real processes instead of presentations
- Presentation of our latest LPBF machine โ AconityX
- Direct exchange with Aconity3D experts