German specialty chemicals company埃文克已经启动了第一个用于3D打印的软件工具。该应用程序旨在协助制造商为其所需部分选择适当的添加剂制造过程，具体取决于设计的几何形状，材料和财务分析，从而节省了过程中的成本。
该软件是由蓖麻, an Israeli start-up that Evonik’s Venture Capital division invested in late 2019. “With the software,” comments Thomas Große-Puppendahl, head of the innovation growth field additive manufacturing at Evonik, “broader adoption of 3D printing at a commercial scale is now possible,”.
“这将为我们提供更好的了解客户需求和偏好，以开发新的“现成”材料。”
通过蓖麻软件实现3D打印的潜力
软件开发人员Castor负责创建一个平台，使客户能够评估零件的可打印性，为特定目的选择最佳材料，并通过CAD文件分析获得成本和交货时间估算。该软件可以帮助用户找到针对传统生产方法的增材制造的收支平衡点。该平台使工程师能够确定成本降低和节省的时间，从而有助于采用3D打印，并在更广泛的制造生态系统中挖掘技术的位置。
当evonik宣布已经投资了蓖麻。Part of the investment included the combination of the company’s material expertise with Castor’s platform, resulting in Evonik’s new software tool that the company claims is “accessible for all industries.”
The tool will allow customers to identify parts that could be printed with materials such as high-performance polymer powders and filaments. It will also suggest the use of Evonik’s additives that can modify material properties, for example, improving the flowability or making the finished part more robust.
“由Castor的技术提供支持的Evonik的新软件是扩展我们的产品组合的关键步骤。我们很高兴有机会巩固与Evonik的关系，并期待实现我们的愿景，以使用增材制造来增加最终用途零件制造商的数量。” Castor的首席执行官Omer Blaier说。
3D印刷行业的Evonik
With the launch of its first software for 3D printing, Evonik continues to build its portfolio of additive manufacturing technology. It stepped up its presence in the industry in February 2018 when the company announced its intentions toincrease the production of its VESTOSINTrange of 3D printing powders by 50%. Nearing completion in February of the following year the company reported that the expanded site was worth around€4亿欧元。2019年5月，它关闭了维滕的一家工厂更多地关注Vestosint网站的构造。
Evonik还一直在为医疗部门的各种应用开发其材料。2019年11月，该公司与3D印刷脚手架开发商签署了一项长期协议Bellaseno GmbH发展3D打印的乳房脚手架using its RESOMER line of materials. Earlier in February, Evonik also announced that it had developed a Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) bioresorbable powder designed to create3D printed implantable medical devices。
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