3D printer manufacturerStratasyshas received its largest-ever to date orders after aerospace firm我的工艺purchased four of its F900 3D printers.
AM Craft的订单增加了其现有的四个Fortus F450MC 3D打印机的投资组合，并将提高生产能力。在该公司最近进行的投资之后，AM Craft现在是欧洲，中东和非洲（EMEA）最大的以航空航天为重点的3D印刷服务提供商之一。
我的工艺CEO and Co-founder Jānis Jātnieks explained the impact of using Stratasys’ 3D printing technology: “One of the mainstay pillars that enables us to realize this business case into real-world application is Stratasys’ highly-repeatable FDM based 3D printing technology in conjunction with aerospace-grade materials like ULTEM 9085 resin. It allows us to meet strict rules and regulations around certification that require the highest level of repeatability and traceability with every part manufactured.”
The Stratasys F900 3D printer
Stratasys’ flagship F900 Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) system has been in production for ten years and has undergone three generations of improvement. Based on the foundations on theFortus 900mc，F900非常适合制造商，因为它支持广泛的应用。根据Stratasys的说法，3D打印机的主要特征包括快速生产，内部摄像头和各种材料选择，并借给航空航天，汽车和工业应用。
韦恩·本森, Director of Manufacturing Product Management at Stratasys described the 3D printer as “the most versatile, reliable, and repeatable on the market today.” It is Stratasys’ largest system and thanks to its elevated oven temperature capacity, the FDM system is capable of printing high-performance thermoplastics. The F900 is also compatible with 14 materials, enabling AM Craft to pursue either basic prototyping with their SA material or high strength printing with the Nylon 12 CF.
F900’s FDM-based technology combined with aerospace-grade materials such as ULTEM 9085 resin, also allows aerospace companies to meet a stringent set of regulations. The flame-retardant, high-performance ULTEM 9085 resin, for example, manages to fulfill the strict flame, smoke, and toxicity (FST) aerospace criteria.
Remodeling aircraft interiors
是工艺安装了F900系统to provide certifiable 3D parts for a wider range of aircraft interior applications, such as remodeling passenger planes or cargo shipments. Jānis explained that the printers have driven profits via the implementation of mobile charging stations and Wi-Fi infrastructure, which have “increased customer safety measures and inflight customer service.” AM Craft’s investment will also enhance the already existing hardware line up of four Fortus F450mc 3D printers. Collectively, the aerospace company will now operate with eight FDM-based machines, at its new facility in Riga. The complex, which is dedicated to fulfilling AM Craft’s application requirements, is expected to be fully operational in Q4 2020.
我的工艺’s new systems will enable it to fabricate a new range of aircraft interior components such as aircraft seating, paneling, and ducting. The Stratasys 3D printers will also allow its customers to customize their cabins. According to Yann Rageul, Director of Manufacturing Solutions at Stratasys this will be possible thanks to the “repeatable, cost-effective, low volume manufacturing” offered by Stratasys FDM technology.
One step ahead
Following the F900 3D printer order, Rageul said: “As the COVID-19 pandemic caused the world to re-think supply chain strategies, AM Craft was already a step ahead.” Raguel added that just as Stratasys FDM technology had rapidly adjusted to producing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), aerospace companies should also advance their goals for in-cabin customization. “Repeatable, cost-effective, low-volume manufacturing, that’s exactly what AM Craft has invested in with Stratasys,” said Rageul.
Stratasys的3D打印技术的应用
在工业领域，包装解决方案公司Marchesini Group S.p.A, is also通过3D打印来定制生产. Mirko Fortunati, responsible for Coordinating the Mechanical Workshops explained that “Integrating our industrial-grade FDM 3D printers into our production process has drastically reduced our part lead times from several weeks to a few days.”
Multinational aerospace companyBAE Systems， 有installed Stratasys F900 systems，最近购买了其第四台F900打印机。该公司认为，打印机“在这项计划中起着重要作用，因为它可以帮助我们实现整体公司的目标，以降低成本和上市时间。”在其他地方，汽车制造商，通用汽车hasincorporated 17 Stratasys FDM 3D printersin its operations, elucidating their “speed, weight, reduction and cost-efficiency” as the core advantages.
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Featured image shows AM Craft Co-founders Jānis Jātnieks and Didzis Dejus next to Stratasys F900. Photo via Reinis Inkens.
