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3D Rapid + TCT 2018
Portable 3D Scanning
Faro Technologies, Inc. Booth 1618
The Faro Design ScanArm 2.0, a portable 3D-scanning unit, is tailored for 3D modeling, reverse engineering and CAD-based design applica- tions across the product-lifecy- cle-management process. It is ideal, according to company offi- cials, for users that may need to manufacture parts without existing CAD models, develop aftermarket products that must fit tightly with existing products, reverse engineer legacy parts for design changes or replacement, and create digital libraries to decrease inventory and warehouse costs. Also, use it to design
freeform surfaces or leverage the power of rapid prototyping.
www.faro.com
Printer Achieves Complex Geometries via Nanoparticle Inks
XJet, Ltd.
Booth 1604
XJet debuts its Carmel
1400 AM production sys-
tem for printing ultrafine
layers of nanoparticle inks.
The system reportedly pro-
duces metal and ceramic
parts with the ease and ver-
satility of inkjet printing.
The system can accurately pro-
duce parts with details as small as 100 μm
and smooth surfaces. It features a build tray size as large as 11 by 19.7 in. and a maximum build height of 7.9 in. www.xjet3d.com
Hybrid System Combines SLS and High-Speed Milling
Matsuura Machinery USA, Inc. Booth 318
Matsuura Machinery USA, Inc., features Lumex, a hybrid AM system that combines selective laser sintering (SLS) with high- speed milling. It can be used to produce parts and molds to 256 by 256 by 300 mm. The system’s capabilities enables dies and molds with complex geometries to be fabricated in one piece with high accuracy, according to company officials. www.matsuurausa.com
Automated Support Generation
Materialise Booth 1404
Materialise showcases e-Stage for Metal, its automated solution for creating metal support structures. The software package automates the support- generation process for metal parts, resulting in a significant cost reduction, according to company officials. The software’s algorithm reportedly reduces data-preparation time for metal builds by as much as 90 percent and finishing time by 50 percent. Also, the support-structure design allows removal of nearly 100 percent
of powder from the support structure.
www.materialise.com
Range of Resins
Formlabs, Inc. Booth 918
Formlabs dis-
cusses its newer
resins: Color Kit,
Rigid and Grey
Pro. Color Kit is
the company’s
first color-mixing
solution for resin, not filament, and enables 3D printing in a range of colors without the manual work of finishing and painting. Grey Pro resin has high-precision and versatile material prop- erties, including moderate elongation and low creep, making it ideal for concept modeling and functional testing. Rigid Resin is Formlabs’ first glass-reinforced resin and offers high stiffness and a polished finish.
www.formlabs.com
Gas Technologies to Boost Part Quality
Linde LLC Booth 1347
Linde LLC showcases new gas technologies designed to advance the reproducible quality of 3D-printed metal parts. Linde offers the ADDvance powder cabinet, which purges the storage atmos- phere with inert gas while tightly controlling temperature and humidity. The ADDvance O2 precision atmosphere-monitoring system precisely controls O2 and humidity levels by continuously analyzing the powder-chamber atmosphere. And, ADDvance Cry- oclean cleaning technology uses CO2 snow as well as blasting abra- sives to remove difficult residues economically and without water. www.lindeus.com 3DMP
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