KraussMaffei has introduced that its powerPrint large-scale 3D printer, which launched on the Ok commerce present in 2022 alongside the precisionPrint system, is now accessible for buy, in addition to asserting a print-on-demand service utilizing the system. The powerPrint can manufacture merchandise with a quantity of as much as ten cubic metres.
The corporate says that because the introduction of the 3D printer at Ok 2022, it has been efficiently examined for all kinds of fibre-reinforced and compounded supplies.
Rolf Mack, Vice President of Additive Manufacturing at KraussMaffei stated: “The powerPrint is able to produce customized components for the shopper on the buyer’s facility with the very best trade and high quality requirements.”
KraussMaffei manufactures techniques for extrusion, injection moulding and response course of equipment, and use this course of data to develop new applied sciences reminiscent of 3D printing in response to the corporate.
The powerPrint presents an output price of as much as 30 kg/h and produces parts with dimensions of as much as 2 x 2.5 x 2 m independently and with out handbook intervention at a temperature of as much as 350°C. The components are faraway from the machine from the entrance door by crane through a folding roof within the heat-resistant enclosure.
As a substitute for buying the powerPrint, the corporate additionally presents a print-on-demand service in its place. On this service, functions are designed in response to buyer specs and technical prospects after which printed, with KraussMaffei additionally dealing with post-processing. Parts already manufactured by the service embody a moulding software for the vacuum infusion course of, a sand casting mould and a charging column, amongst others.
