AON3D, a North American producer of business 3D printers and software program, has revealed the corporate’s newest system, Hylo, a brand new ‘good’ high-temperature 3D printer, and Foundation, an additive manufacturing software program outfitted with course of simulation, machine learning-driven thermal optimization, and half qualification instruments. Collectively, the 2 options simplify and expedite the method of printing open-market supplies, carbon fiber composites, and high-performance polymers: supplies with higher particular power than many metals, steady use temperatures as much as 260°C, excessive chemical resistance, and extra.
Hylo prints PEEK, ULTEM, and extra
With an expansive 25.6 x 17.7 x 17.7 in. construct space, a 250°C chamber, and over 8x throughput, Hylo boasts print speeds of as much as 500 mm/s and IDEX-enabled duplication/help modes. Past its spectacular specs, it’s the trade’s first ‘good’ 3D printer – that includes superior course of management and monitoring, accompanied by thermal optimization software program. Geared up with over 25 built-in sensors, Hylo manufactures dependable, correct, and exceptionally robust components in open-market supplies by frequently monitoring, controlling, and compensating for course of variability.
The problem of printing high-performance polymers
Many high-temperature 3D printers and accompanying software program battle to print high-performance polymers, like PEEK and ULTEM. That is primarily attributed to antiquated, open-loop {hardware}/software program architectures. Slicers lack material-specific thermal consciousness, 3D printers lack enough course of management/monitoring, and there are not any suggestions loops between the 2.
Present materials extrusion printers depend on workaround options, like decreasing variability by locking down supplies and course of settings or utilizing “one dimension matches all” course of parameters e.g., print speeds and thermals. When mixed with a printed half’s distinctive options, these limitations result in seen/hidden defects, print failures, variable half efficiency, and the notion that high-performance polymers are laborious to print.
AON3D’s Hylo and Foundation remedy these limits by leveraging course of simulation and automation to combine materials consciousness into the slicing course of.
Foundation – optimize half properties
Foundation is the inspiration of the AON3D’s new product ecosystem. Good {hardware} is mixed with clever slicing and in-process monitoring – turning course of variability into half confidence with just some clicks. Whereas full particulars usually are not but launched, AON3D Foundation provides material-specific thermal consciousness to the slicing course of, dynamically tuning course of parameters to optimize properties reminiscent of layer weld power, dimensional accuracy, floor end, and extra.
Along with this, AON3D Foundation customers can shortly confirm printed half high quality by viewing Hylo’s course of monitoring knowledge in three dimensions. Whereas many high-temperature 3D printer producers supply rudimentary thermal maps, AON3D’s high quality management instrument additionally captures warping/cracking, over/underneath extrusion, filament diameter variances, hidden defects, dross/particles inclusion, and extra.
