Additive Manufacturing Equipment

Additive Manufacturing Equipment

With equipment capabilities in metal laser powder-bed fusion additive manufacturing (PB-FAM), fused deposition modeling, and pellet and DirectWrite printing, ARI can deposit a broad range of metal alloys, plastics, plastic/polymer composites, gels, and pastes. Utilizing our high-speed thermographic system and integrated high-resolution cameras, we can also measure temperature profiles and capture spatter events in real-time, enabling us to develop digital twins of the laser PB-FAM process. 

Mlab 

The Mlab can process a variety of powdered materials, ranging from stainless steel 316 and Co-Cr (CoCrW) to reactive powders as aluminum (AlSi10Mg) and titanium (Ti6Al4V). The system is configured for process parameter changes during build processing and is equipped with a high-speed thermographic system for in-situ build status monitoring. The Mlab has a 100W fiber laser and a build volume of 90 × 90 × 80 mm.

NX Pro Dual Pellet-Pellet 3D-printer

The Tumaker NX Pro Pellet 3D-printer can directly print thermoplastics from pellet form. A wide range of materials can be printed such as ABS, PLA, PCL, and PEKK. The maximum printing temperature is 350 °C. The machine is equipped with two pellet printer heads with different nozzle diameters, including 04, 0.6, and 0.8 mm. The maximum printing volume is (290x180x200) mm.

High Speed Camera

The ImageIR 8380hp is a high-end infrared camera with a temperature measuring range from -10 to 3000 °C at an accuracy of 1%. The camera has a 640 × 512 IR pixels cooled InSb detector with a 15µm pitch. The maximum frame rate is 5000 Hz and the spectral range is 1.5 – 5.7 µm. The camera is equipped with a 10 GigE interface for reliable high-speed data transmission without the need for buffering.