2024-11-26 23:34:00
This year, visitors to Formnext were once again able to convince themselves of the AM innovation power in the Brainport region. The result of collaboration between the various parties could be seen live at atum3D and AMSystems as well as at AM-Flow with a number of parties.
New technology for DLP printing
AMSystems has just missed out on the (R)Evolution Award at Formnext, an award that was presented for the first time this year, together with andere awards. The TNO spin-off was nominated with the Multi-Laser Patterning (MLP) module. It is a compact module containing 10 diodes that can each be controlled separately. Several of these diodes are combined in one unit, making it easier and cheaper to cover a larger area in the X and Y directions with DLP technology. With this solution you can illuminate the resin with a 20 micron pixel regardless of the size, without having to install very expensive projectors.
Atum3D first DLP manufacturer to use MLP
AMSystems and atum3D quickly found each other when the Dutch manufacturer of DLP printers was asked by a Dutch customer to build a large format DLP printer. “They were looking for a machine with a balance between cost price, productivity and resolution that did not yet exist. And it had to be a top-down system for a large format,” says Tistram Budel, director and founder of atum3D. This is the first printer manufacturer to apply AMSystems technology. “Smaller companies often act faster than the large ones. But we are now in contact with all leading OEMs, large and small,” says Roeland Brugman, CCO and founder of AMSystems.
You will soon be able to read a more extensive interview with Tristram and Roeland here.
AM-Flow: dozens of bars in seconds
The second example of innovation that results from collaboration is entirely a concept from the Brainport region. AM-Flow knew about Fornnext with the live demos the AM-Quality system to attract the attention of many 3D printing companies where production is in large numbers. AM-Quality scans the workpiece from all sides in a 50 µm resolution within a few seconds with 8 Hexagon laser line scanners. The machine was developed by the AM-Flow team at the Brainport Industries Campus together with Sioux and Hexagon, which also integrates special measuring software.
Two types of measurements
If it concerns issues such as warping or defects in a print piece (morphology), the result is matched with a 3D model that comes from an STL, STEP or CAD model. Anyone who wants to know the correct dimensions of the features of a workpiece (metrology) can also know this within five seconds. Not based on a limited number of contact points (as with tactile measuring) but on the basis of tens of thousands of points that the laser line scanners measure. For this purpose, AM-Quality is equipped with special Hexagon MI software. The first system will soon be put into use by Oceanz 3D Printing.
Read an extensive article in Solutions Magazine about the AM-Quality module of AM-Flow and how production companies in the Brainportregio can easily test the new measuring technology
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