In the event you thought 64 lasers was so much for one steel additive manufacturing (AM) system, Eplus3D, which launched its EP-M2050 printer – configurable between 36 and 64 lasers – simply two years earlier, says, assume once more.
At TCT Asia in Shanghai this week, the Chinese language powder mattress fusion machine producer has beat its personal PB by teasing a brand new steel 3D printer that may be configured with a whopping 256 lasers.
Eplus3D says it is not disclosing any {hardware} particulars simply but – we do know it is referred to as the EP-M3050 – so there isn’t any machine current on the sales space. There may be, nevertheless, an enormous 2.8 metre casing printed in 316L chrome steel, which our former TCT Editor Oliver Johnson took a more in-depth have a look at on the present ground.
Elsewhere, Eplus3D is presenting new {hardware} within the type of its EP-M300 with completely different beam shaping capabilities. It is also introducing its EP-M300L and Manufacturing-Prepared Automation Line geared in direction of steady and batch manufacturing. Whereas it options 250 fewer lasers than the upcoming EP-M3050, the machine’s 300 x 300 x 450 mm construct quantity, clever optical system, and scanning speeds and precision, are regarded as nicely suited to industries reminiscent of 3C electronics, tooling, and aerospace.
Laser focus: The rise of and technical challenges for multi-laser steel additive manufacturing
A more in-depth have a look at the developments and technical concerns for the adoption of multi-laser steel 3D printing applied sciences.
