Aitiip Know-how Middle has bought an S1 shot blasting machine from AM Options to automated its post-processing operations.
The corporate is alleged to keep up one of many largest growth labs for additive manufacturing in Europe, catering for prototyping and particular person completed components.
Aitiip sought to accumulate an S1 shot blasting system in response to its ‘quickly rising’ manufacturing volumes. By integrating the S1 machine, Aitiip is now capable of obtain higher-quality floor completed at a extra environment friendly price. The components processed with the S1 are stated to be in full compliance with buyer specs and have helped Aitiip to realize time financial savings of as much as 90%. In response to Aitiip, the typical measurement of the components it produces permits the corporate to print roughly 300 components in every construct with its HP Multi Jet Fusion platform, which might take as much as 6 hours to depowder in a guide shot blasting cupboard. Now, the corporate is ready to post-process components in simply half-hour.
“Earlier than we put in the S1, all post-processing operations needed to be carried out manually,” stated Pulao Murillo, Chief Improvement Officer at Aitiip Know-how Middle. “This precipitated not solely exceptionally excessive labour prices but additionally restricted our operational flexibility. Because of the automated S1 system, we have been capable of considerably enhance our manufacturing capability. Now we will provide the components contained in numerous assemblies for merchandise already available on the market as 3D printed parts. With our guide post-processing operation, this was unthinkable.”