In 3D Printing Information Briefs as we speak, Stratasys introduced a number of materials and expertise updates, and EOS launched its newest steel 3D printer. Dyndrite acquired an AFWERX Award, and researchers on the College of Manchester and TU Delft developed a spatial 3D printing technique for fabrication of steady fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites (CFRTPCs).
Stratasys Publicizes Expanded Supplies & Know-how Updates
HVAC duct 3D printed with new VICTREX AM 200 materials for FDM
Updates have been introduced by Stratasys for a number of of its Industrial and Healthcare Enterprise Unit merchandise, in addition to Stratasys Direct. The aim is to speed up the pace of bringing merchandise to marketplace for its prospects, and open extra AM functionalities and alternatives. First, the corporate is making its OpenAM software program software out there for the F900 3D printer, so customers can modify machine controls to get outcomes past the usual print settings. Subsequent, a high-strength, high-performance PEEK-based materials, VICTREX AM 200, is now out there for the Fortus 450mc and the F900, and Somos NeXt resin has been validated for the NEO 3D printers. The Carbon Fiber Visible Print Choice is a brand new 5-slice layer peak for FDM ABS-CF10 throughout the F-123 Sequence, and 6 new ASA colours have been added for the F770 printer. Lastly, Stratasys launched the Components on Demand by GrabCAD integration, which is able to synchronize the corporate’s software program platform with Stratasys Direct’s 3D printer fleet.
“In making these upgrades and enhancements, we’re taking and making use of suggestions from our prospects to assist them higher meet their additive manufacturing wants. Additive manufacturing is on the cusp of a brand new period, the place it really works side-by-side with conventional means of producing. Bringing new merchandise and updates, will increase our skill to grow to be a part of the manufacturing ecosystem,” stated Wealthy Garrity, Chief Industrial Enterprise Officer, Stratasys.
EOS Introduces New M 290-2 400W Steel 3D Printer
EOS not too long ago launched the most recent member of its EOS M 290 household—the EOS M 290-2 400W steel 3D printer, which brings the road to a complete of three techniques. Developed via the corporate’s AMCM group, it’s based mostly on the EOS M 290, and will likely be provided alongside this, along with the brand new EOS M 290 1kW. With two 400 watt lasers providing full-field overlap, the dual-head printer is appropriate with the present EOS M 290 course of parameter units and contains a 250 x 250 x 325 mm construct quantity; a digital scanner with lively cooling as much as 7.0 m/s; optimized laminar fuel stream; and a fabric library and course of high quality akin to the EOS M 290 single discipline. Accessible for buy via EOS and its licensed companions, the corporate claims its new EOS M 290-2 400W will set a brand new high quality and productiveness commonplace for steel serial manufacturing.
“Whereas not at all times mentioned publicly, most of the largest and most generally identified manufacturing purposes within the historical past of steel AM have been underpinned by the EOS M 290. The heritage of the EOS M 290 household of techniques dates again twenty years with almost 2,000 M 290s put in globally, which speaks to the recognition of the system and makes this line of AM expertise maybe essentially the most adopted system on the earth,” defined Monica Smith, EOS steel product line supervisor. “The brand new EOS M 290-2 has so much to dwell as much as, and we’re each proud and assured in regards to the subsequent technology of steel AM manufacturing tales that will likely be written utilizing this technique.”
Dyndrite Will get Award from AFWERX for USAF Steel AM Challenges
Dyndrite introduced that it was chosen by AFWERX, the innovation arm of the Division of the Air Pressure (DAF) powered by the Air Pressure Analysis Laboratory (AFRL), for an AFVentures Open Subject 24.D Section I cohort award. The corporate, which supplies a GPU-accelerated computation engine used to create next-generation digital manufacturing {hardware} and software program, will work to outline and commercialize a Software program Outlined Course of Qualification (SDP Qual) Course of for laser powder mattress fusion (LPBF) 3D printing, with a purpose to handle the DAF’s prime steel AM challenges. To be able to be sure that all high quality and security requirements associated to steel AM are constantly met, a powerful qualification course of is important. Dyndrite will help this by integrating scriptable workflows into qualification and requalification to automate your complete construct structure course of, together with guide duties like half positioning, toolpath and laser parameters, labeling, and extra. With its SDP Qual strategy, the USAF can enhance its agility and flexibility.
“We’re pleased with the popularity by AFRL of the worth of Dyndrite’s fashionable strategy to additive manufacturing qualification. Our agile software-based course of is a core ingredient to creating AM a dependable, repeatable and value efficient serial manufacturing course of,” stated Steve Walton, Head of Product for Dyndrite.
Spatial 3D Printing with Steady Fiber-Strengthened Thermoplastic Composites
Lastly, a workforce of researchers from the College of Manchester and TU Delft developed a spatial 3D printing technique that permits the fabrication of steady fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites, or CFRTPCs, with wonderful mechanical efficiency. They discovered that multi-axis additive manufacturing (MAAM) can management the orientation of steady fibers in 3D printed composites higher than typical planar-layer based mostly fiber placement, as MAAC typically doesn’t present sufficient reinforcement as a result of orientations are constrained to planes. As detailed of their analysis paper, “Distinctive Mechanical Efficiency by Spatial Printing with Steady Fiber,” their computational strategy makes use of a twin robotic arm setup to generate 3D fiber toolpaths that observe maximal stress instructions in essential areas, and join a number of load-bearing areas by steady fibers.
“When evaluating to planar-layer based mostly printing ends in rigidity, as much as 644% breaking forces and 240% stiffness are noticed on shapes fabricated by our spatial printing technique (with similar quantity of fabric utilization). Materials characterization of the breaking areas proven that the fabric failure has modified from the delamination between fiber and matrix materials (up) into the fiber fracture (backside) with fiber reinforcement printed with spatial toolpath. We show the flexibility of our strategy via numerous complicated load circumstances which show their profitable implementation of steady fiber printing in numerous 3D fashions,” the researchers defined.
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