波兰公司的超声雾化器AmazeMet能够从各种不同的原始材料中创建粉末状的3D打印机原料。纯元素，预先合金的材料，失败的印刷品和其他废物都可以通过系统轻松处理并回收为细金属粉。首次于2016年开发华沙技术大学(WUT), for the past three years the spinout team at Amazemet have been working to refine the process ready for commercialization.
Marking an important stage in this time to market, the company has now produced its first prototype metal powder atomizer which is undergoing testing at WUT.
一个解决方案实现潜在的摘要
The idea for Amazemet grew out of the work of Łukasz Żrodowski, a materials scientist at WUT. Working with DMLS, Żrodowski realized the potential this method had for working with materials in a way previously unprecedented by industry. “There are materials with extraordinary properties such as metallic glass from which three-dimensional solid objects are often impossible to produce with other methods,” Żrodowski explains, “This makes metal 3D printing not only a process of forming a shape, but also the synthesis of materials with improved properties.”
薄壁结构和微调化学成分是金属添加剂制造真正解锁的一些好处。然而，探索这些机会的科学家面临着材料供应的挑战。
“传统的粉末生产方法需要高资本支出或将材料形成电线形成材料的多阶段程序，” Rrodowski解释说，“在这两种情况下，都无法快速生产适合于实验室规模上的3D打印的粉末。”因此，为满足研究人员的需求而开发了AmazeMet解决方案。
Sustainable metal powders
AmazeMet使用超声原子化过程，而不是利用气体或等离子体粉碎功率的其他经常使用的方法。该方法命名为redowder，能够仅以用于研究目的指定的数量（最高10kg/h）生产粉末。通过回收用过的用途和废料，该方法还可以减少使用原始材料时的生产成本。
A full powder production cycle from, for example, a failed print through to usable material, is performed within one rePowder device. The powders created can then be directly fed to a DMLS 3D printer to created a closed loop R&D system in accordance with the principles of circular economy.
这种新型系统是不断增长的金属添加剂制造业的必要要求。随着硬件的不断改进，机器制造商和客户需要高性能的材料来验证该技术。可持续性也是一个重要的买入，尤其是在航空航天和汽车等垂直行业中，具有政府和社会压力以减少其足迹。
6K，马萨诸塞州材料制造商的品牌重塑amastan技术，是另一家最近出现的公司，采用了更可持续的粉末生产和再利用解决方案。同样，6K的过程可以使用废料作为金属粉末生产的来源。但是，此方法与AmazeMet的不同之处在于使用微波等离子体技术。
AmazeMethas now produced a prototype rePowder device that should see commercial use in the near future. Still working within WUT, immediate beneficiaries of the system are expected to be other researchers working in biomaterials, aerospace and functional materials.
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