总部位于荷兰的3D打印机制造商Admatec已宣布启动一个流程监控系统Admaflex 130 3D打印机。新的基于视觉的监视系统可作为公司模块化陶瓷和金属3D打印机的附加组件可用，旨在在印刷过程中提供生产过程的完整文档和可追溯性。
ADMATEC引入了过程监视系统以优化打印质量，因为它为用户提供了在失败时选择更改打印参数的选择。该公司认为对生物医学和航空航天领域的客户特别有用的附加组件在印刷质量方面对于安全合规性很重要。ADMATEC还计划将监视系统集成为新的启动打印机的标准功能。
3D打印行业与公司交谈时，了解了有关过程监测系统及其提供的优势的更多信息。ADMATEC首席运营官Jaco Saurwalt指出：“我们不仅在不仅通过新的硬件和材料开发，而且在功能和生产力方面进行改进。”
“Our customers are now able to trace back each step of the print with additional log files that work as proof of the AM process particularly needed for biomedical and aerospace applications.”
提供3D打印失败的证据
的技术组成Admatec vision-based process monitoring system includes a camera and a temperature and humidity sensor and offers users increased control over the Admaflex 130. Users are able to observe and record everything that occurs during the 3D printing process, as it provides layer detection, foil movement, time-lapse videos, and log files. Layer-by-layer monitoring means the system is able to detect failures in a single print and report them to the user without halting the entire 3D print job.
The data collected by the monitoring system acts as proof for the success or failure of each layer in a 3D print, according to Admatec: “We monitor in real-life the photopolymerization of each layer, providing proof for every single layer that has been printed successfully. In the log file, we have all slicing instructions of each layer of the print including environmental conditions of the printer like temperature and humidity.”
Admatec explains that the monitoring system has been designed to automatically detect failures, where users will then receive a warning via their computer, or on the UI display of the Admaflex 3D printer. Users will also gain access to a time lapse of the 3D print allowing them to observe each printed layer as evidence of the parts that failed to 3D print, against those that were successful. Explaining how this will benefit the user, Admatec comments “The user is now able to act and do something in order to recover a print failure, instead of starting again from the start. This will save time, and cost of material. Moreover, this will give more room for errors, because we believe that great innovation comes from great failure. Our machines are widely used in research and development, where they have to continuously experiment.”
“The user will be able to get, automatically, proof of evidence for print success or failure, by being able to look back at the time lapse of the printing process.”
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The Admaflex 130 is aDLP 3D打印机由Admatec发布in September 2016, initially designed to 3D print accurate and fine featured ceramic parts, using the company’s patentedADMAFLEX 3D printing process。Admatec has also developed an optional add-on for the Admaflex 130 that allows it to3D print in metal也是如此。因此，该系统的兼容材料包括氧化铝，氧化锆和氧化硅，以及316L，17-4-PH和Inconel 625金属。
Admatec state that, since its commercial launch, many Admaflex 130 3D printers have been installed worldwide, which has allowed the company to receive valuable customer feedback on how to improve the system. Launching the process monitoring system is a response to significant customer demand for evidence of print quality, according to the company. “From our job-shop experience, we learned that it is very helpful to change printing parameters during a print, in order to optimize print quality, especially when experimenting with new materials or geometries.”
“Furthermore we have a strong demand for evidence of print quality, due to an increase of use of our 3D printers in a production environment. For ceramic 3D printing is particularly important to have a proof of every layer printed successfully as missing material can be the cause of cracks in the final fully dense component.”
Admatec’s new process monitoring system is one of many options that users can choose to integrate within their Admaflex 130 3D printer. Customers are also able to tailor the system’s features according to their own purposes, with customizable options for the build plate size, pixel size of the projector, printing speed and more. The company’s ‘customized approach’ is a response to thewidening applications for ceramic additive manufacturing从研发到生产目的。Admatec的业务开发人员Nadia Yaakoubi解释说：“我们目睹了陶瓷AM的逐步变化，从主要用作研发工具到实际生产方法，尤其是用于投资铸造和美学应用。”
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Featured image shows Admatec’s Admaflex 130 3D Printer. Image via Admatec.
