AMufacture, an AM industry-leading contractor, has obtained a seven-figure personal fairness funding that has enabled it to considerably increase its vary of HP 3D printers.
The UK-based firm held an open day occasion on January 20 at its HQ, at which it revealed its new vary of expertise. It now has 5 HP MJF printers in operation, 4 of that are cutting-edge 5620 collection machines and a 5420 white printer – considered one of solely two within the UK, and which the corporate claims is the one one accessible for contract manufacturing.
In response to a rising demand for industrial-scale manufacturing capabilities, the brand new set-up consists of automated changeover programs and robotic arms which characterize a step up in each innovation and capability.
Companies within the protection sector are a rising consumer base for AMufacture, with drone elements a selected space of progress. That is all the way down to the corporate’s geographic location as a lot as to a basic market development, however the broader AM {industry} is seeing increasingly UAV element improvement general.
“Contemplating our location in Portsmouth, on the coronary heart of a defence and safety cluster of companies that work in collaboration with the Ministry of Defence, we weren’t shocked on the curiosity from defence {industry} suppliers,” stated AMufacture CEO Craig Pyser.
“This space has important drone manufacturing, and there’s a rising marketplace for 3D-printed UAV components, due to developments in additive manufacturing applied sciences and the necessity for light-weight and complicated drone elements.”
Alongside the expanded vary of MJF machines, AMufacture additionally has capability for Fused Deposition Modelling for specialist high-temperature materials functions, and devoted post-processing infrastructure for dyeing, vapour fusing and ending.
The corporate’s progress drive has been important in current months – together with the aforementioned funding and acquisition of latest gear, it additionally appointed former Dyson MD David Hollander in the direction of the tip of 2025 as a part of its growth plans.
AMufacture has beforehand confirmed it’s concentrating on each home progress within the UK market and worldwide growth.