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Selective laser meltingapplications titanium, aluminium, and steels
3D PRECISION SA – 2800 DELÉMONTDominique Beuchat, Founder and CEO
SWISSPHOTONICS – EPMT - 4.6.2015 – Geneva
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TOPICS
Goal – overview from a practical point of view
1. Who is 3D Precision SA ?2. Selective laser melting – the process3. Currents possibilities and limits4. Experiences as a manufacturing shop5. Application – examples6. Selective laser melting = „the solution of the future ?“ 7. Conclusion
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1. Who is 3D PRECISION SA ?
The company• Start-up founded in January 2014 • 250 m2 in Delémont – Jura• 3 employees
The goalto be the main CH-supplier of additive manufacturing for metal parts• for all fields – tools, machines, medical, watches, aerospace and aircraft,
private users, …• titanium, aluminum, stainless steel, hot steel and special alloys
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1. Who is 3D PRECISION SA ?
Production equipment• „Selective Laser Melting“ machine
– middle size (250x250x250)– for reactive and non reactive powder
• CNC milling machine• heat treatment furnace, microblasting and
sandblasting, tribofinition, measuring systems, …
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2. Selective laser melting – the process
Image from www.hieta.biz/metal-additive-
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3. Selective Laser Melting – Currents limits and possibilities
Main possibilities• manufacturing of functional parts• complex geometries• light parts• design „no limit“ (almost)• for classic designs – small quantities
Quelle EOS
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3. Selective Laser Melting – Currents limits and possibilities
Main limits• Surface roughness (Ra >12-40 µm
< 12 µm after finishing)• Support structures• Precision
(Standard : ISO 2768-1 middle; better possible after process optimization)
• Limited choice of alloys (…with data sheets and parameters)
• Education• Costs (machine, handling, speed,
self education/training)
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4. Experiences as a manufacturing shop
Current typical application• Tools, injection moulds• Parts for machines (cooling systems, complex parts,…)• Light parts (aircraft, aerospace, robotic/automation)• Prototyping (design, luxury, machines)• Special parts for special development• Sub assembly parts• Parts for private people
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4. Experiences as a manufacturing shop
Experiences• Many requests for „classic“ parts (from suppliers and from engineers)• High expectation from suppliers … often amazed (disappointed?) because
finishing is still needed …• Majority of possible customers not open for the „Re-design“ of existing
parts or sub assemblies
but the customers who design and let manufacture parts with additive manufacturing are usually leaders with their products …or want to be leaders !!!
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Application – examples
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• Currently not really conceivable, only for identified and redesigned parts or cases but…
• The challenge in order to take more widely advantage of the technology• integrate Additive Manufacturing (AF) in programs of technical
education of engineers, designers, mechanic• increase the performance of the AF-machines (precision, speed,
handling, …) parallel to the cost reduction• more powder suppliers, more alloys (with technical datasheet)
6. Selective laser melting = „the solution of the future ?“
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• additive manufacturing is going definitively to increase… …the question is HOW FAST ?
• the typical manufacturing process will continue to exist
• the additive manufacturing will complete the existing manufacturing processes and not really replace it !
7. Conclusion
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