On demand manufacturing

Protolabs与RS组件合作,提供新的端到端3D打印服务

protolabs, a leading digital manufacturing service bureau, has announced a partnership with electronic component supplierRS组件提供新的综合3D打印服务。

The new ‘Design and Manufacturing Solution’ will allow RS Components’ engineering and design customers to design parts through the company’sDesignSpark CAD软件在使用Protolabs的3D打印设施直接转移到制造之前。因此,多合一的服务封装了从设计到交付的添加剂制造工作流的所有阶段。

Bjoern Klaas, Vice President and Managing Director at Protolabs, Europe, said, “Our speed and excellence in digital manufacturing, rapidly creating even the most complex parts in a wide range of plastics and metals, means RS Components customers can enjoy a complete start-to-finish service; a broad offering that supports clients in all fields across the industrial sphere, giving them even more choice.”

protolabs3D printing facility in Morrisville, North Carolina. Photo via Protolabs.
protolabs’ 3D printing facility in Morrisville, North Carolina. Photo via Protolabs.

端到端的3D打印与DesignSpark

DesignSpark是RS组件开发的免费使用3D CAD软件Ansys。该计划最初于2013年推出,旨在实现快速简便的产品开发和迭代,而无需用户学习复杂的传统CAD软件。使用STL文件生成功能,3D设计程序还与3D打印工作流程很好地集成在一起。

Once a part is designed in DesignSpark, customers will be able to upload their model straight to Protolabs’ established e-commerce platform. There, it will be analyzed for manufacturability, quoted, and 3D printed – all in one seamless process. Prototypes 3D printed via the Design and Manufacturing Solution can be fabricated in as little as a day (shipped within 1 – 15 days) and are guaranteed to be in accordance with predetermined functional requirements.

由于protolabs设施的扩展,客户将能够利用大量聚合物和金属3D打印技术。这包括选择性激光烧结(SLS),立体光刻(SLA),多射流融合(MJF),polyjet(3D印刷有机硅)和直接的金属激光烧结(DMLS)。

设计和制造解决方案3D打印服务最初只能向英国客户提供,但会在适当的时候扩展到更广泛的欧洲市场。

RS组件的小组负责人迈克·布雷(Mike Bray)补充说:“在迅速发展的工程空间中,可以访问可以促进快速提供原型或适合各种应用程序的零件的服务,这可以提供真正的竞争优势。在RS时,我们的使命是帮助客户最大化行业4.0周围的机会,既可以教育他们的最新技术创新,又可以使他们访问。我们与Protolabs的合作关系完美地支持了这一任务。”

DMLS parts by Protolabs. Photo via Protolabs.
DMLS零件3D由protolabs打印。通过Protolabs照片。

需要按需制造

按需制造局(例如Protolabs)为不准备投资自己的3D打印机的公司提供了无麻烦的添加剂制造路线。对于许多项目而言,将原型的3D打印外包通常是开发产品的最具成本效益的方式,并且通过RS组件伙伴关系之类的开发,这比以往任何时候都更加精简。

今年夏天早些时候,金属和碳纤维3D打印机制造商标记宣布计划建立一项基于澳大利亚的服务dedicated to producing food-contact components。The company will work with the澳大利亚肉类加工商公司(AMPC) and office printing firm柯尼卡美能达建立用于快速3D打印备用肉类加工零件的工作流程。

Elsewhere, in the UK, Yorkshire-based 3D printing consultancyAME集团recently launchedits new 3D printing service bureau, AME-3D在投资75万英镑的投资之后NPIF-MERCIA股权融资。资本注入是AME Group 20年历史的首次重大投资,将使该公司能够雇用新员工,购买其他设备并推出两个新品牌,其中第一个是AME-3D。

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特色图片显示了北卡罗来纳州莫里斯维尔的Protolabs的3D打印设施。通过Protolabs照片。