Labor für Additive Fertigung (3D-Druck)

Rapid prototyping, now more commonly known as 3D printing or additive manufacturing, refers to a group of processes that enable the creation of three-dimensional models of an object directly from CAD data during product development. The starting material is either amorphous (e.g., powder) or shape-neutral (e.g., filament) and is formed into the desired shape depending on the printing process used. Resulting products can be models and prototypes, as well as tools and end products. Since no additional tools or molds are required for production, products with complex geometries, in particular, can be manufactured quickly and cost-effectively. Generally, in these printing processes, a model in the form of a CAD file is sliced ​​into the required layers using slicing software. This information is then transmitted to the printing system. Depending on the process, the layers and—if necessary—the required support material are then generated. Our laboratory has several systems available for production, which work with different materials (plastics and metals) and are suitable for a wide range of applications. The following equipment is available to the Additive Manufacturing Laboratory: For prototype production, a Hewlett Packard MJF 580 3D printer (MJF process for colored polyamide parts), an Objet Alaris 24 multijet printer, an EOS Formiga P110 laser sintering system (SLS process / polyamide), an SLM 125 HL metal laser melting system (currently operating with 316L stainless steel), a Formlabs 3 stereolithography printer (SLA), and several smaller FDM and SLS devices are used. Vacuum casting: To produce prototypes and small series from plastic, the laboratory also has an MK-Technology MK System 1 vacuum casting system with a differential pressure module. 3D Scanner: A Zeiss TScan CS 3D scanner is available for reverse engineering. Geomagics Design X is used for processing the scan data. The Additive Manufacturing Lab also has the CAD systems Solidworks and Catia. Manufacturing data is prepared using Materialise Magics software. Would you like to use the equipment listed here for your project? Then please contact us – either by email at wtt@hs-emden-leer.de or via the chat function on this platform (top right). We look forward to hearing from you!