UK-based post-processing specialistAdditive Manufacturing Technologies（AMT）已收盘250万英镑的资金回合，使公司筹集的总金额超过700万英镑。
资金回合由NPIF-Mercia Equity Finance, which is part of theNorthern Powerhouse Investment Fund（NPIF），由资产管理公司管理Mercia. Contributions were also received fromForesight Williams Technology，英国政府Future Fund,DSM Venturing，投资部门Royal DSM, and other private investors.
资金公告是在AMT最近与跨国印刷公司达成的合作伙伴关系之后的生命值to provide end-to-endpost-processing services for HP’s Multi Jet Fusion(MJF) printing technologies to its industrial customers.
AMT首席执行官Joseph Crabtree说：“我们的使命是成为世界上以应用程序为中心的端到端工业化自动化后处理系统的首次选择。”“这项最新的投资将帮助我们释放工业添加剂制造及其可持续影响的全部潜力。”
Automated post-processing
AMT was founded in 2017 by Crabtree and based on technology developed at theUniversity of Sheffield. Since launching itsPostpro3dsystemin 2018, AMT has entered into multiple collaborations with firms active across the 3D printing sector to develop new applications for its post-processing technology.
AMT’s PostPro technology is a patented, fully-automated chemical vapor smoothing process for 3D printed parts, that can deliver significant cost savings to manufacturers by replacing manual post-processing steps. The process smoothes over layer lines that are present on 3D printed parts in order to make them resemble injection molded parts, by blasting parts suspended in a chamber with a highly-potent solvent to remove porosities and surface imperfections.
In 2019, the firm launched itsDigital Manufacturing System（DMS）在FormNext上为整个制造工作流提供了自动化和数字解决方案。第二年，AMT与爆破设备制造商合作，Leering Hengelo, to launchtwo new de-powdering systemsfor 3D printed parts. The后种子和大容量后种子Proare designed to automatically clean excess powder off laser powder bed fused parts.
2020年7月，AMTreceived patent protection在英国，其化学蒸气平滑技术涵盖了Postpro3D系列中该公司的机器投资组合，并揭示了其与该公司的合作方式Danish Technological Institute(DTI) had creatednew food-contact applicationsfor its post-processing systems.
Investment for growth
The company’s latest partnership with HP will see AMT provide HP’s MJF customers across the automotive, industrial, medical, and sporting goods sectors with post-processing services. The partners have already started working with customers to develop new applications requiring an injection molding-like finish, such as 3D High Reusability PA 11 nasopharyngeal swabs developed to aid in combating Covid-19, and custom seating made from BASF Ultrasint TPU01 lattice structures.
据报道，AMT在2020年的收入同比增加一倍，现在在谢菲尔德总部，其在匈牙利的制造工厂和德克萨斯州的办公室雇用了80多名员工。该公司于2019年2月从NPIF获得了75万英镑的投资，此后不久，由DSM Venturing和Ineasight Williams Technology Eis Fund领导的另外420万英镑的A系列资金。
最新250万英镑的资金回合的收益将使AMT筹集的总额达到700万英镑，将用于加速该公司对工业3D印刷领域的增长和产品开发计划。
Mercia的Nigel Owens说：“ AMT的技术正在加快在许多行业中采用3D印刷和转型制造业。”“该公司已经从实力到实力，最近的HP合作协议是另一个主要里程碑，因为它代表了其技术在最高水平上的接受。
“最新的资金是使AMT能够利用其成功并继续迅速增长。”
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Featured image showsAMT创始人约瑟夫·克拉布特里（Joseph Crabtree），左，与Mercia的威尔·克拉克（Will Clark）. Photo via AMT.
