SME CAM2: Implementation in production of E-PBF point melting process

Purpose and goal: The project is an SME-project within the frames of teh Competence center CAM2. ** Denna text är maskinöversatt **

In additive manufacturing, 3D Printing, different strategies can be used for how the beam that melts the material should be applied. Different melting strategies can provide different advantages and disadvantages in a production process. One such melting strategy is point melting where you jump between points with the beam.

Great potential has been demonstrated with this for the titanium process in EBM machines. In this project we will verify the previous development through material testing to qualify this process for the production environment. Expected results and effects: ** Denna text är maskinöversatt **

By qualifying the point melting process for production use, we can enable the use of this technology for a larger amount of project. We expect through this to make available a tool that enables the production of new applications and improves the quality of the manufactured product with regard to surface quality, form accuracy and sharpness in details.

In addition, this technology can greatly streamline the production process by reducing post-processing because the need for support structures can be limited. Approach and implementation: ** Denna text är maskinöversatt **

The project will be divided into different work packages aimed at verifying the characteristics of the point melting process over the entire build area and through this be able to distinguish if there are quality degradations in the outer perimeter of the beams reach that need to be taken into account. It will also include a work package related to implementing point melting in the production flow for tool manufacturing in the molded fiber area.

The final work package aims to explore new applications made possible by this technological advance.