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Aconity3D GmbH Business Units and Applications
Introduction What is Additive Manufacturing (AM)? Selective curing of material Deposition of raw material 3D-CAD Model in slices 20 mm Lowering of building platform Complex part in series material Raw material
Introduction Characteristics of AM Individualization for Free Complexity for Free Weight Reduction for Free Unit costs Unit costs Unit costs AM AM AM Conventional Manufacturing Conventional Manufacturing Conventional Manufacturing Lot size Lot size Weight reduction AM yields great potential for manufacturing of the future Fraunhofer ILT 4
Introduction Characteristics of AM Material Range Metals & polymers at 100 % density Good Quality Structure size 100 µm Mechanical Properties Comparable to conventional manufacturing methods Cross section SLM part 20 mm Fraunhofer ILT AM for Metals at the verge of industrialization 5
Application Examples Applications Medical Tooling Aerospace Automotive Turbomachinery BMW GE Aviation Fraunhofer ILT Loughborough University, Econolyst Ltd. 20 mm AM as Enabling Factor to new Applications 30 mm Fraunhofer ILT BEGO Medical 2002 6
Limitations and Challenges 1 Design Rules Missing standards for support & part orientation 2 Materials Limited spectrum of applicable materials 3 4 Industrial Standards Incomplete norms Process Stability Insufficient part quality / reproducibility Full technological potential not yet reached 7
Business Units What we do Consulting Job Shop Material Distribution Testing Facilities Equipment One Stop Shopping for Customers 8
Business Units Consulting - Training Aconity3D provides workshops & trainings Technology overview 3D printing technologies Business cases Design rules Data preparation Post processing Establishment of Best Practice Approach 9
Business Units Consulting In House Analysis of life cycle costs Identifying of customer specific business models Integration of AM technology in present process chain Cost structure analysis Integrated data preparation Sustainable quality control Holistic Approach for Application of Additive Manufacturing 10
Business Units Job Shop Access to AM equipment Commercial systems Laboratory systems Extended range of applicable materials High temperature preheating Aconity3D as Provider for End-Use Parts 11
Business Units Testing Facilities Customers can rent time on AM equipment in order to gain experience Qualification of new Materials Products Processes In collaboration with Fraunhofer ILT Aconity3D as Provider for Process Knowledge 12
Business Units Materials Aconity3D has access to equipment for powder analysis & manipulation Long term business relationships with many powder providers Aconity3D as Provider for High Quality SLM Material 13
Business Units Equipment Customer specific laboratory systems for AM of metals Open software architecture Integrated production through open interfaces Data preparation direct from CAD data Online quality control Enabling End Users for Research & Production 14
Equipment Flexible Lab System for Production Ø 400 mm build platform 1 kw laser power Processing of extended Materials High temperature preheating up to 800 C Open Configuration Alteration of all process relevant parameters Concept for Production & Research
Equipment Research System Designed in collaboration with Fraunhofer ILT Optional Process Monitoring High speed CMOS cam Multi-spot pyrometric devices High Temperature Preheating Up to 1200 C Research System for Process Design 16
Equipment Micro SLM Spot size < 30 µm Extended Material Range O 2 value < 20 ppm High material yield High Temperature Preheating Up to 800 C Research System for Material Design 17
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