British engineering firm Renishaw launched a brand new tech answer that can considerably enhance construct speeds for its RenAM 500 collection metallic 3D printers. The brand new know-how, known as TEMPUS, can unlock as much as 50% quicker print speeds with out compromising half high quality. Current clients of Renishaw’s RenAM 500 collection can now combine TEMPUS as a paid-for improve.
TEMPUS know-how works by enabling the printer’s lasers to sinter concurrently the powder recoater strikes. This successfully shaves off as much as 9 seconds of construct time for each layer—with many builds consisting of 1000’s of layers, customers are hours, if not tens of hours saved. The patented know-how permits for seamless communication between {hardware} and software program parts, which in flip ensures that the lasers and recoater are completely synchronized.
Notably, this strategy to rushing up metallic prints doesn’t affect half high quality. This is because of using refined scanning algorithms, which sequence layer information to maximise productiveness whereas sustaining print high quality. Renishaw does disclose that TEMPUS is extra fitted to sure geometries, reminiscent of components with skinny vertical options, however reassures that the improve can profit all varieties of components.
Along with launching TEMPUS as a paid-on improve for present RenAM 500 methods, Renishaw has additionally launched the RenAM 500 Extremely, which is pre-equipped with TEMPUS and comes with superior course of monitoring software program. This, after all, is along with different options current in different RenAM 500 machines, reminiscent of excessive powered lasers (both one within the 500S or 4 within the 500Q) and automatic powder and waste dealing with methods. The RenAM 500 Extremely is now accessible to order.
“The dominant contributing issue to half value for many parts immediately is the time spent constructing the half on the machine itself,” stated Louise Callanan, Director of Additive Manufacturing at Renishaw. “That’s why we’re excited to deliver TEMPUS know-how and the brand new RenAM 500 Extremely system to the marke. We imagine the time and price financial savings that each TEMPUS know-how and the RenAM 500 Extremely system deliver will open AM as much as mass manufacturing purposes the place the know-how would beforehand have been unviable.”
Renishaw has additionally signed an unique partnership settlement with Alloyed, a metallic part specialist which has been utilizing TEMPUS know-how since 2021. The companions might be centered on using metallic AM in client electronics and computing purposes.
