Aixway

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Experts in Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing

Aixway3D GmbH is a high-tech spinoff enterprise of the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (Fraunhofer ILT). We want to build a company that would excel in laser additive manufacturing (AM) technology and equipment development, printing services and research cooperation. We also provide technical and equipment support for industrial upgrading in advanced laser manufacturing.
As the leading hub of Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) technology, Fraunhofer ILT is continually improving LPBF technology in process development, product industrialization and mass production.
Aixway3D and its outstanding team of experts enjoys close cooperation with Germany's leading research institutes and high-end enterprises in the field of advanced manufacturing.

Management Team >>

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                                    Managing Director
                                
                                    Dipl.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Liyaowei Shen M.Sc.
                                
                                    Senior research engineer at Fraunhofer ILT; Master of Mechanical Engineering; Master of Economics (RWTH Aachen University); Master of Automotive Engineering (Tsinghua University). Liyaowei has years of experience in equipment upgrading and in full chain  development of laser additive manufacturing.
                                
                                    Strategic Director
                                
                                    Prof. Dr. Reinhart Poprawe
                                
                                    Laser physicist, Board of the Laser Institute of American (LIA); Fellow of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), Fellow in the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), USA; Chair of RWTH Aachen's International Board; Representative of the RWTH-Rectorate for China; Honorary Professorship at Tsinghua University.
                                
                                    Technical Director
                                
                                    Lukas Masseling M.Sc.
                                
                                    Senior research engineer at Fraunhofer ILT; Master of Mechanical Engineering; specializes in the surface roughness optimization of 3D printing products and micro-level 3D laser printing; years of research experience in micro-scale technologies for metal additive manufacturing.

                                    Project Director
                                
                                    Dr.-Ing. Xiaoxiao Li
                                
                                    Senior research engineer at the Steel Institute of RWTH Aachen University; Master in Metal Physics (RWTH Aachen & Fraunhofer ILT); specializes in the investigation of material microstructure-property relations; expert in microstructure characterization, micro-mechanical characterization, Finite Element Method (FEM) simulation and material failure analysis.
                                
                                    Marketing Director
                                
                                    Yijun Yin M.A.
                                
                                    Master's studies at the University of Tübingen; Bachelor's studies at the Beijing Foreign Studies University (China). Specializes in marketing consulting and business planning.

Our partners >>

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Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT

Chair for Digital Additive Production DAP-RWTH Aachen

Chair for Laser Technology LLT-RWTH Aachen

Aachen Center for 3D Printing

Institute for toolless fabrication (IWF), Aachen