Additive manufacturing start-up D3-AM GmbH will launch its new bigger format LAB II 3D printer at Formnext.
The corporate, a subsidiary of the digital printing gear specialist Durst Group, says the machine is ready to print massive or increased volumes of small, high-performance ceramic elements because of an expanded construct quantity of 400 x 480 x 160 mm (L x W x H).
The LAB II is constructed on D3’s Micro-Particle Jetting (MPJ) know-how, which makes use of water-based suspensions to kind inexperienced elements in a ‘drop by drop’, inkjet-based course of. Elements could be sintered with out debinding, and are stated to be strong and might characteristic ‘delicate to thick, crack-free partitions with thicknesses over 20 mm.’
Anna-Katharina Hofer, Head of Materials Growth at D3, stated, “The continued use of water-based ceramic suspensions signifies that the debinding course of is not an impediment, additional simplifying the manufacturing of ceramic elements.”
In response to D3, elements printed on the LAB II are considered well-suited to demanding functions in industries akin to aerospace and semiconductor manufacturing.
“The MPJ know-how opens up fully new areas in additive manufacturing of technical ceramics,” Stefan Waldner, Chief Product Officer at D3 added. “The in-house developed inkjet printhead know-how is the important thing to course of abrasive and darkish ceramic base supplies. That is distinctive within the AM trade.”
D3-AM could be discovered at Formnext 2024 from November 19-22 at Corridor 11.1, C61. Get all the newest updates from the occasion right here.