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Objet’s advanced 3d printing systems and materials enable professionals to build prototypes that accurately simulate the true look, feel and function of an end-product, even complex assembled goods. Objet’s 3d printers are available in a range of form-factors, from cost-effective desktop machines ideal for entry-level professionals all the way to industrial-scale multi-material machines for front-line designers and top manufacturers. The 3d printers feature high-resolution 3d printing quality, based on 16-micron super-thin layering, wide material versatility, office friendliness and ease of operation. The models produced on these 3d printers feature smooth surfaces and excellent finedetail accuracy. Walls, for example, can be printed as thin as 0.6mm depending on geometry. Objet uses a raster process to produce photopolymer models. This offers an important productivity advantage. because the machines build in slices rather than point-by-point, several different material models www.italmatic-asia.com can be created at once, in the time it takes other technologies to produce just one. This, in combination with high-speed > Booth B6 mechanical movement, makes dramatic reductions in build METYX Composites Kitting Centre times possible. www.objet.com METyX Composites recently announced a major, multi-phased > Booth B6 Introducing the METYX investment in the core material and fabric kitting business. Composites Tooling Centre both are part of METyX Composites Kitting Centre The METyX Composites (MCKC), a new business Tooling Centre incorpounit at the company’s new rates a 5-axis CNC machine state-of-the-art manufacfor large-scale plug and mould turing centre in Manisa, production. The cutting-edge Turkey. The initial investmachine has a 4 metre Z axis and ment in this business unit totals 1.4 million euro in machinery and a 6.2 metre y axis, making it one equipment alone. MCKC employed the skills of the world’s most of the largest CNC machines for preeminent consultants to ensure the selection of the finest machi- the composites industry. It is nery and equipment available. The METyX Composites team put capable of running moulds and plugs for the automotive, wind great emphasis on the implementation of quality assurance systems energy, and marine industries, among others. and traceability requirements for key industrial accounts. The centre promises to deliver products of the highest quality with quick Although composite moulds are at the heart of the tooling turnaround to meet customer expectations. MCKC is fully staffed centre, a metal workshop is also underway to facilitate aluand operational as of April 2012. The centre is exclusively for wind minium mould production. This is an extra benefit to many energy and marine customers, as well as for other large industrial METyX Composites customers who have metal tooling requiclients within Turkey and the European Union. rements.
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based on the research, development and experience gained over the years, Italmatic has developed a new generation of autoclaves that can be operated at temperatures of over 450°C and pressures greater than 20 bar, in the presence of inert fluids such as nitrogen, CO2 or other mixes. As part of its research, increasingly focused on energy saving, the company designed a direct-combustion gas heating system that saves energy by up to 70% compared to the traditional electric heating system that has been used so far, which was the only way to reach such temperatures. The system is complete with a dynamic combustion control system that, by means of suitable smoke analyzers, ensures high yields and low emissions in compliance with the current regulations. The new SCAdA (Supervisory Control And data Acquisition) control system or dCS (distributed Control System) with redundant configuration made it possible to achieve the increasingly restrictive qualifications required in the aeronautical field, such as boeing d6-49327 rel_E, rPS 24.11, bAC 5621, etc. This new series of machines offers a competitive quality/price ratio, high performance, and reduced operating and maintenance costs compared to the traditional machines. The dutch consortium TPrC, a world leader in the field of research on thermoplastic materials, is among the company’s customers.

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With almost everyone exploring ways to minimize costs and maximize profitability, 3d printing technology offers a glimpse of a future based around a smaller, more agile productive capacity.

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New autoclaves for thermoplastics

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3D printing: a manufacturing revolution

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