The Landscape of Additive Manufacturing 2020 Vision Pacific

The Landscape of Additive Manufacturing 2020 Vision Pacific Northwest

What is Additive Manufacturing? (AM), n—a process of joining materials to make objects from 3 D model data, usually layer upon layer, as opposed to subtractive manufacturing methodologies. Synonyms: additive processes, additive techniques, additive layer manufacturing, and freeform fabrication. --ASTM Designation F 2792 -12 a

Powder Bed Fusion

Laser Sintering EOSINT Series

Metal Based Laser Sintering Pro. X™ Series

Material Extrusion FDM® Fortus 250 mc

Vat Photopolymerization Stereolithography (SL) Form 1+

Material Jetting Poly. Jet™ Objet 30 Pro

Binder Jetting Color. Jet Pro. Jet 660

A Tour of the Production Floor 2020 Vision Pacific Northwest

Our newest machine, an EOS P 760

The “Break Out” stations

The shop floor, showing our P 390 & P 730 printers

The P 390 printing in PA 2201, a white nylon 12

Parts visible from where the laser has sintered the powder

The recoater moves across the bed, spreading another thin layer of powder

Computer screen showing the build in its current state

Done printing!

The inside of an EOS P 730

Taking the build chamber to the cooling rack

Builds cool to 70°C before break out to reduce warping and deformation

Putting a build into the Break Out station

These printed parts are ready to be broken out of the “partcake”

It’s like playing at the beach

A small part with its support powder

Clean and ready for bead blasting

Looking Forward 2020 Vision Pacific Northwest

Integration of AM and other manufacturing techniques

Lost patterns for investment casting

Hybrid Systems

Material Innovations

Someday…?

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