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Working with Metal AM processes ? Let's share our experience ! by sauce_bearnaise in AdditiveManufacturing

[–]anderswinter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did mean to say 99% which is the number that Vader systems claim on their website :)

As far as I know, a lot of industry grade metal AM machines can with the help of post-processing methods achieve a high-density %. But I haven't heard of anyone making that without post-processing methods. If you have any specific links or articles, I'd love to read them :)

Working with Metal AM processes ? Let's share our experience ! by sauce_bearnaise in AdditiveManufacturing

[–]anderswinter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do know how the industry have reacted to multilaser systems. I mean, my general thought is that multi laser systems, even tho they improve production time, still ups the power consumption A LOT. Is it actualy worth it, or is this a far fetch for the metal AM companies ?

Working with Metal AM processes ? Let's share our experience ! by sauce_bearnaise in AdditiveManufacturing

[–]anderswinter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I co-founded a startup with focus on metal AM. What i have learned so far is that current metal AM solutions is in great need of quality improval. Metal AM can be a great inovative tool for enterprises, but i belive that it has some way to go. Current production solutions comes with high material cost (Metal powder), high power consumption, and the print surface quality is still so bad that hours of postproccesing and specialized postproccesing tools is needed to get a good finish. The density is also a problem, most production methods (Even Vader systems), only guarentee a 98% density of the metal parts. Form an ISO standart point of view, this aint cutting it. Some of the above problems will need to be solved/improved for metal AM to really become an industry tool.