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金属分析为3D打印金属开放专业材料发现中心

雷电竞充值添加剂制造金属粉制造商金属分析, has opened a Materials Discovery Center in South Yorkshire, UK. A momentous event for the company, Metalysis invited 3D Printing Industry to the ribbon cutting ceremony where the facility was opened by the the company’s CEO, Chairman and British government representatives.

In addition to the ceremony, we were taken for a tour of R&D operations in the facility and given the chance to speak with Metalysis CEO Dion Vaughan.

Company chairman, government representative and CEO Dion Vaughan (second from the left) cut the ribbon outside the Metalysis Materials Discovery Center.
罗瑟勒姆议员克里斯·雷德(Chris Read),金属分析首席执行官迪恩·沃恩(Dion Vaughan),商业部长洛德(Lord Prior),道格拉斯·凯斯特(Douglas Caster)CBE金属分析主席和托尼·佩德·鲍德(Tony Pedder Baord)成员[L-R]。摄于博·杰克逊(Beau Jackson)
“自豪地成为英国第四名的一员 工业革命。”

道格拉斯脚会is chairman of Metalysis and has a wealth of experience in the manufacturing industry. Caster introduced the opening of the facility with a speech referencing the uncertainties facing British industry due to the government’s exit from the EU. He says,

These are interesting times for British industry with many looking to the UK industrial strategy to provide the answers for our economy in these uncertain times. Metalysis will play its part in those answers by delivering on our firm belief that when public and private sectors work together, with research and academia, we generate positive impacts on productivity and living standards at local, and national, levels.

施法者还继续添加了

We’re very proud to be a part of the UK’s fourth industrial revolution, and we do so with responsibility and optimism.

金属分析CEO Dion Vaughan also gave an introductory speech explaining the aims of the facility as,”为想要定义和建立生产异国金属粉末的路线的大型最终用户进行合同研究和开发。”

当前的一些重点包括促进汽车行业中使用钛粉的使用,以及开发通过使用的3D打印的磁性材料该公司与矿产矿业公司Mkango Resources的合作关系。

Metalsission首席执行官Dion Vaughan发表了介绍性演讲。
Metalsission首席执行官Dion Vaughan发表了介绍性演讲。博伊·杰克逊(Beau Jackson)的照片。

固态金属加工的未来

金属分析材料发现中心的开头展览是“固态金属加工的未来”。

During this segment of the day, enterprise partners explained how they are working with Metalysis titanium and tantalum metal powders. Renishaw, Safran, and laser additive manufacturing specialists from manufacturing solutions providersTWI都在场。

仍处于充分记录和理解这些金属粉末特性的阶段,许多与金属分析一起工作的公司和机构正在研究3D打印或滚动时金属分析粉末的结构。

滚动的金属分析钛样品和撞击试验。
滚动的金属分析钛样品和撞击试验。博伊·杰克逊(Beau Jackson)的照片。

正如Caster在开幕词中强调的那样,谢菲尔德大学是这一过程不可或缺的机构合作伙伴,在展览中揭示了一种即将进行的一种检查3D印刷金属内部属性的方法。

在金属分析设施的步行范围内也是the University of Sheffield’s reconfigurable Factory 2050, and the Precision Foundry fromthe UK’s largest manufacturer of steel castings William Cook.

FFC过程

在与参展商交谈后,游客在发现中心的研发设施周围以5人的身份吸引了游客。在这里,我们获得了金属分析的GEN1和GEN2发育状态的味道。该设施是基于实验室的环境,主要是为了测试哪种材料可通过剑桥大学的专利竞赛,Farthing和Chen(FFC)工艺生产。

3D印刷行业编辑总之进一步研究了他的专利过程采访金属分析冶金学家。关于FFC方法的关键是,它从氧化物中提取金属合金,而不是昂贵的金属本身。与现有的Kroll制作粉末方法相比,该过程更便宜,更环保,并且这种经济优势是公司商业化材料的关键。

游览研发行动

FFC过程is performed by setting up oxide cathodes in a furnace containing molten rutile, which comes as a kind of sand. In the facility, we are shown the setup of titanium oxide cathodes; through to the preparation of the reacting “cells” themselves; the small crucibles used to produce sample amounts of powders; and post processing, where the metal powders are cleaned of salt, then sieved into their respective spherical sizes.

Rutile sand and the resulting titanium powder.
Rutile sand and the resulting titanium powder. Photo by Beau Jackson.

一旦充分开发,这些材料便会在迪恩(Dearne)的瓦斯(Dearne)瓦特(Wath)的姊妹遗址中以生产给定的金额。

对未来的可扩展性

金属分析材料生产的想法是,该公司生产可以安装在制造工厂中的完成实体。生产的缩放是通过“堆叠”粉末生产的机器旁边“像一条线上的乐高积木”来完成的,而不是制造出更大的机器,从而为该过程带来额外的风险。

由于金属分析仍有一系列发展,3D印刷行业将很快就可以更深入地了解材料发现中心,包括对公司首席执行官Dion Vaughan的采访。

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特色图显示了金属分析材料发现中心的开放。本文中介绍的所有照片均由博·杰克逊(Beau Jackson)拍摄。