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3D printed tooling provided by BCN3D brings time and cost savings to Tecalum Industrial

西班牙工业金属制造商Tecalum Industrial已经归功于采用由3D打印工具提供的BCN3Dsystems, for delivering “remarkable” time and cost savings to its business.

Integrating 3D printing into the company’s daily activities, was found to significantly reduce the cost of producing customized tooling, jigs, and fixtures, in addition to saving time by fabricating these parts in-house.

“使用BCN3D打印机的两个主要优点是大量的时间储蓄,并降低了成本。与这些3D打印机合作的另一个好处之一是它们的多功能性。” Tecalum Industrial的生产管理代表Marc Linares说。“我们再也不会快乐。Sigmax是可靠的打印机,可帮助我们极大地优化我们的生产工作流程。”

BCN3D在3D打印中的角色

BCN3D成立于2012年,总部位于巴塞罗那,是一个正在进行的3D打印项目的结果加泰罗尼亚大学andFundacio Cim(FabLabs), where it developed custom rapid prototyping equipment. In 2015, the company transitioned from a university 3D printing research lab and service provider, into a full-fledged business with its own range of 3D printers.

这家3D打印机制造商以其3D打印机的Sigmax系列而闻名,现在它向Tecalum Industrial提供。在公司的第一年发起,Sigma FFF 3D打印机能够融合细丝以产生高质量的多色3D打印,并且比其前身BCN3D+的构建体积稍大。第二年,BCN3D通过美国分销商找到了商业成功DesignBox3D, which saw its 3D printers beingsold in the US for the first time

此后,该公司对其3D系统的Sigma系列进行了多次升级和改进。BCN3D推出了R17型号2017年的3D打印机的特色是一个新的风扇系统,可更好地冷却,并通过六种不同的热台组成。其次是其发布的新的和改进的Sigmax打印机at TCT 2017, and theR19系统,具有CNC机加工的铝和硬化的钢驱动齿轮。

此后,BCN3D一直在寻求传播其技术的影响力,并通过与伊斯坦布尔的合作伙伴关系实现这一目标3D打印机经销商3Dörtgen, andIstituto Europeo di Design(IED) 在过去的一年。现在,该公司的增材制造技术在生产Tecalum Industrial的工业夹具中发现了新的应用。

BCN3D's 3D printers are being utilized by Tecalum Industrial to produce clamps. Image via BCN3D.
BCN3D’s 3D printers are being utilized by Tecalum Industrial to produce clamps. Image via BCN3D.

Tecalum Industrial的3D印刷革命

Tecalum Industrial总部位于西班牙吉罗纳(Girona),为工业部门制造了铝制组件已有40多年了。为了生产这些零件,从头开始设计这些部分,并根据每个客户的需求量身定制,公司需要非常特定的定制夹具和固定装置。

Initially, the Tecalum Industrial commissioned an external vendor to produce mechanized tooling such as nylon clamps, but this approach was found to be slow and expensive, and the company had to wait weeks for products to arrive. Due to the drawbacks of external production, Tecalum invested in its first BCN3D Sigmax printer in 2017, and since then it hasn’t looked back. The company now has four of these systems in constant operation, to keep production moving.

在第一年的运行系统,Tecalum Industrial recorded the cost of each individual tooling piece, and it recorded a saving of €25,000 versus the equivalent costs of using an external supplier. What’s more, the wide range of nozzle sizes available for the 3D printers, with each designed to offer optimal solutions for different needs, allowed the company to produce custom-made parts for its clients. The clamps for its five-axis machine for instance, are mostly 3D printed with larger-size nozzles, because they do not require a high level of detail, but they do need to be sturdy, in order to resist wear from their daily use.

利用3D打印也为Tecalum Industrial带来了效率。由于该公司的铝挤压是在加拿大的姊妹公司进行的pexal tecalum加拿大,Girona工程师通常需要三个星期来制作必要的工具,直到挤压模具到达为止。当Tecalum使用外部供应商时,它的工程师必须第一次获得工具,但是现在他们能够反复迭代,以实现最佳的设计,同时保持内部生产的成本优势。

虽然Tecalum Industrial自2017年以来一直使用二乳酸(PLA)材料,并且灯丝已被证明是可靠的,但该公司现在正在考虑改用碳纤维或丙烯腈丁二烯苯乙烯(ABS),以尝试3D印刷的潜在。

3D打印工具零件的好处

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特色图片显示了BCN3D的Sigmax 3D打印机,Tecalum Industrial用来创建AM产品。图像通过BCN3D。

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