总部位于法国的工业零件供应商setforge已经开始使用增材制造技术开发新的系列生产应用程序9T实验室。
setforgeis a specialist in conventional forging and machining processes, having provided high-volume metal components to industries like automotive and aerospace for over 100 years.
为了创新和适应，该公司最近投资了9T Labs的Red Series 3D打印机，这是一种混合系统，可生产碳纤维增强复合零件。Setforge现在正在筛选新的3D打印应用程序，以替换钢，铝和钛零件，并使用轻质和低成本的复合替代品。
“We are proud to support a venerable yet innovative company like Setforge as they begin manufacturing carbon composite parts,” said Giovanni Cavolina, co-founder and CCO of 9T Labs. “We started 9T Labs with a passion to mass-produce high-performance composites as easily as metals. We have found Setforge to be just as passionate about disruptive manufacturing of high-performance parts.”
9T实验室的红色系列3D打印平台
9T Labs的红色系列加法融合解决方案是一个端到端的3D打印软件包，其中包括硬件，软件和工程支持服务。产品的骨干是公司的构建模块，一种基于挤出的纤维上色3D打印机，专门为碳纤维增强的热塑性复合材料而设计。构建模块通常与融合模块（紧凑型压缩压力机）结合使用，以实现纤维合并。
On the software side, the Red Series Additive Fusion Solution also includes9T实验室’ Fibrify software。该程序使用户能够导入3D CAD文件，设计复合零件并优化光纤上篮，同时还将与第三方结构分析程序集成在一起，以允许进行结构性验证。
该技术既适用于功能性原型制作和高量最终用途的生产，均与包括PA12，PPS，PEKK和PEEK在内的大量增强材料兼容。
Damien Felix, R&D Project Manager at Setforge, adds, “9T Labs’ expertise in composites helps us to identify the right application and to design load-tailored parts easily. We can even place metal inserts, if needed, before we densify the fibers and reduce porosity. We end up with finished, net-shape parts with high fiber ratios and low porosity that carry four-times higher specific load than steel.”
每年最多5000个复合零件
Equipped with its newly acquired composite 3D printing technology, Setforge will be able to 3D print parts up to 350mm x 270mm x 250mm in size in quantities of up to 5,000 per year. The company has also expressed plans to ramp up capacity leading into 2023 and beyond, eventually producing composite 100,000 parts annually at its facility in L’Horme, France.
Felix总结道,“红色系列,我们想propose to replace metal parts with composites for our current markets like automotive or aerospace, but we also want to propose innovative solutions for new markets to us — for example luxury goods, sports, medical, exoskeletons like wearable ergonomic lift-assist systems, and drones.”
还在复合空间中运行3D打印材料提供商CRP技术recently used its Windform SP carbon fiber material to3D打印创新的田径鞋。3D打印的Spike鞋名为Pleko，是与威尼斯中部距离赛跑者Miro Buroni合作开发的，即使在其最薄的厚度下，也具有耐形性，同时保持灵活性。
Elsewhere, in the large-format market, Israeli 3D printer manufacturerMassivit 3D最近推出了一台专门为生产巨大复合模具而设计的新机器。由公司的动力铸件（CIM）技术，巨大10000使用户能够在快速的四步凝胶分配和铸造过程中创建复杂的工具，从而简化了成型工作流程。
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特色图显示了9T实验室红色系列构建模块（左）和融合模块（右）。通过9T实验室照片。
