Advanced materials specialist6K宣布其AM部门6K添加剂将委托前两个商业广告Unimelt其新制造工厂中的微波等离子体系统Pennsylvania. The two systems are expected to deliver a total of 200 tons of feedstock powder per year, including engineering-grade materials such as nickel super alloys and titanium alloys.
6K添加剂总裁弗兰克·罗伯茨（Frank Roberts）指出：“第一个商业Unimelt Systems的调试是6K添加剂和我们的母公司6K的制造，过程和材料专家的出色工作的高潮。”
The UniMelt system
6K的微波等离子体工艺能够将化学加工铣削，转弯和其他再生原料转换为行业准备就绪的金属AM粉末。UNIMELT系统具有高度均匀且精确的等离子体区域，并具有零污染。结果是高吞吐量生产了各种AM材料，包括Onyx In718，Onyx Ti64，铁质合金，基于钴的合金，难治度金属，甚至高温陶瓷。
罗伯茨补充说：“客户和战略合作伙伴一直渴望采样并使用我们的Onyx粉末，我们已经准备好交付。伴随新的Unimelt系统，新工厂涵盖了自动化的制造设备和行业的领先安全和卫生系统，这些设备确认我们的组织正在实现我们的生产目标，同时确保员工最大程度地安全。”
40,000平方英尺
The new facility is almost complete and will be an impressive 40,000 square feet when all is said and done. The site it sits on spans 45 acres so there is plenty of potential for expansion should 6K need it. In fact, the facility features additional manufacturing bays which will be used to commission additional UniMelt systems over the coming years. Since becoming a member ofMESA’s association for sustainable manufacturing，6K旨在将新工厂证明为可持续制造工厂，并希望客户采样将在8月左右开始购买其Onyx材料。
研究与咨询公司董事总经理Pete BasiliereMonadnock Insights, concludes: “Developments like sustainable feedstock combined with quality requirements are being embraced by organizations as they not only move toward green manufacturing but also create more efficient supply chains that use domestically sourced feedstock for powder production. I congratulate 6K Additive on the commissioning of its first commercial facility and look forward to the impact the company will have on furthering sustainability in the AM space.”
除了粉末生产外，粉末特征对于工业金属AM也至关重要。今年早些时候，认证公司Elementupgraded its laboratory in Huntington Beach, California with a添加剂制造粉的专用特征设施雷电竞充值。新的设备将实现化学成分分析，粉末筛分分析以及粒度分布，流速和明显密度的几种测量。
Elsewhere, in Dublin, researchers have investigated theeffects of stainless steel powder reuse在3D打印零件的孔隙率上。有趣的是，3D打印过程导致孔隙率增加了10％，表面粗糙度增加了28％。
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Featured image shows a peek inside the UniMelt system. Photo via 6K.
