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FEATURE 3D
World’s Largest Additive Manufacturing Event Living Up to Its Billing
BY LOUIS A. KREN, SENIOR EDITOR
With more than 800 exhibitors spread across four floor levels, Formnext 2022 has lived up to its billing. Here’s an early look at some of the technology and developments for- warded at the world’s largest additive manufacturing (AM) event, held in Frank- furt, Germany, November 15-18. Look for more at www.3dmpmag.com.
HP Announces John Deere Application for New Metal Binder Jetting Technology
Among announcements of several developments related to its metal and nonmetal binder jetting technologies, HP Inc. detailed customer applications
Together with GKN, John Deere now is manufacturing Metal Jet-printed valves on HP’s new Metal Jet S100 AM system, revealed HP Inc. officials at Formnext.
of its recently released Metal Jet S100 AM system.
Metal Jet S100 industrial customers include Domin Digital Motion, Lumenium and Schneider Electric, with HP providing additional details on the AM machine’s use by John Deere, namely for valve pro- duction in its tractor fuel systems.
Together with GKN, John Deere now is manufacturing Metal Jet-printed valves, revealed HP Inc. officials at Formnext, who noted that this production has enabled significant productivity gains and envi- ronmental benefits for John Deere, and has resulted in parts that function excep-
tionally in extreme weather conditions. To optimize its production processes, the manufacturer also is leveraging HP’s Multi Jet Fusion nonmetal-AM technology to produce prototypes of a variety of com- ponents for testing and fine tuning. In the case of windshield-holder development, this prototyping capability has resulted in a host of reductions: in pre-assembly from 30 days to 10, in delivery times by as much as 10 weeks and in overall pro-
duction costs by 20 to 25 percent.
“Our focus on innovation and sustain- ability is at the core of everything we do for our customers,” says Dr. Jochen Müller, manager of global digital engi- neering at John Deere. “We are proud to be among the first in the agricultural industry to leverage the benefits 3D print- ing for prototyping and final-parts pro- duction. Leveraging industrial 3D printing platforms for polymers and metals, we are discovering opportunities to deliver more efficient, reliable and sustainable
equipment.”
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