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Manufacturer of wire laser metal deposition systems Meltio announces the market launch of a new wire laser system. Called Meltio M600The new metal 3D printer would be the ideal entry point for the machine shop and would require minimal operator intervention for autonomous production.
It has a Blue laser deposition head and its lasers would improve energy absorption and printing efficiency across the metal spectrum while opening up new material possibilities. This head is full of innovations and improvements Sensor solutions to monitor the printing process, making printing more reliable.
Besides minimal operator interaction, the industrial 3D printer would bring four main benefits:
- Compared to the much more common powder-based 3D printer, welding wire is used as the starting material. Having a wire material that is much cheaper, safer to handle and has no risk of contaminating your CNC machines is a huge advantage for industrial integration.
- Material properties resulting from the manufacturing process are comparable to conventionally manufactured parts.
- Our newly developed blue laser deposition head increases printing speed while reducing energy consumption thanks to increased absorption of short wavelength light compared to most industrial lasers that emit light in the near infrared range. This advantage is multiplied for reflective materials such as copper and aluminum alloys, where near-infrared lasers produce unsatisfactory results. Combined with the completely inert workspace, the Meltio M600 can efficiently process a wide range of materials while producing parts with exceptional properties.
- The complete system has been designed to be easily connected to CNC machines in the same industrial environment. It has a built-in 3-axis tactile probe and supports various types of workholding solutions, meaning you can add features or repair existing parts as well as print them out completely.
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These characteristics make the 3D printer an interesting production candidate for the automotive, aerospace, oil and gas, mining and defense industries.
Luke Hoppe, Research and Development Director at Meltio, explains: “The Meltio M600 was truly the next logical step for us in our ongoing journey towards mass adoption of Wire-Laser DED, the process on which all Meltio systems are based. We began this work in earnest in 2019 when we began to move out of the prototyping space with the launch of the Meltio M450. After three years of learning and improving the technology, it was finally time to work on the next system. Our goal with the Meltio M600 was to find the right balance between machine size, cost and productivity, without compromising on quality, reliability and ease of use. To achieve this, (…) we developed every single part of the machine from scratch to take the technology to the next level, based on lessons learned from manufacturing and installing over 300 Laser DED machines.”
This announcement follows Meltio’s recent partnership with One Off Robotics.
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