NextGenAM Pilot Plant Now Operating in Germany
September 6, 2018
The pilot production chain includes an EOS M 400-4 four-laser system for industrial 3D printing with metal material, equipped with a powder station and connected to a stand-alone setup and unpacking station. As a result, filling and emptying the system with the aluminum material, setting up the system to prepare a new build job, and unpacking the built components from the powder bed can be carried out independently of and parallel to the actual AM build process, increasing productivity. AM components, under protective gas in a container, are transported between individual stations using an automated guided vehicle.
Downstream post-processing includes a Kuka robot that takes the build platform with parts from the setup station and places it in a furnace for subsequent heattreatment. The same robot then removes the platform again and takes it to a three-dimensional optical measurement system for quality-assurance purposes. Finally, the build platform, conveyed to a saw, separates the parts from the platform, making the components ready for further use.
See also: EOS of North America, Inc.
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