Concept Laser, a company focused on laser melting and 3D printing , is developing a modular kit for laser additive manufacturing - the AM Factory of Tomorrow (translated for tomorrow's additive manufacturing plant). The kit is intended to integrate the modular concept of additive manufacturing technology into the production environment and will be available later in 2016.
The company claims that the kit consists of modular equipment and machines that enable the best integration of additive technology with existing equipment. At the same time, it also pointed out the shortcomings in the current laser additive manufacturing solutions: such as excessive pursuit of laser sources, one-sided pursuit of faster construction speed. Concept Laser's vision is to seamlessly integrate modular machine architecture into existing equipment rather than as a separate operating process.
The “Tomorrow Factory” modular kit will build the work preparation, 3D printing and the required modules in the post-processing program, which can greatly save the “downtime” of the machine and equipment, thus increasing the added value of the equipment and greatly promoting the industrial batch. produce.
The kit takes into account the time of additive manufacturing, space and build size expansion, enabling separation of manufacturing steps so that all manufacturing modules can work 24 hours a day. In addition, Concept Laser integrates a laser fusing system in conventional CNC equipment, which has great advantages for both additive and consumable manufacturing.
To increase the flexibility of modular equipment, the company will also provide important additive manufacturing solutions, such as the provision of geometry and material customization. Thanks to multiple laser technologies, the size of the build will also increase significantly. In addition, users can choose multiple lasers to avoid errors in the manufacturing process.
In addition, the “Tomorrow Factory” modular kit has a number of important features, including screening and managing 3D printed materials , eliminating the hassle of shipping and packing. This means that operators do not need to be exposed to consumables at all during the manufacturing process, and their modular components are automatically categorized by RFID identification systems.
Maximizing the automation of the “Tomorrow Factory” is the future direction of Concept Laser!
