新推出Stratasys H350is the first additive manufacturing platform in the company’s H-series and is powered by selective absorption fusion (SAF). SAF is a polymer powder bed process that utilizes theHigh Speed Sintering3D printing method developed by Xaar.
后处理专家Dyemansion现在宣布与Stratasys建立战略联盟。这项合作是由两家公司共同努力评估染色体的印刷生产后处理平台作为3D打印工作流程中大规模生产解决方案的共同努力。
在发布之前，我赶上了Pat Carey，Stratasys美洲产品和解决方案高级副总裁，以及首席执行官兼联合创始人Felix Ewald，DyeMansion.
Building an end-to-end additive manufacturing workflow
The Print-to-Product workflow can be used with the H350 as a scalable method for cleaning, surfacing, and adding vibrant colors to otherwise dusty grey 3D prints. Currently, two finishes are available, “an aesthetic semi-gloss finish delivering a homogeneous scratch resistant surface, or a more functional finish delivering completely sealed and washable surfaces.”
帕特·凯里（Pat Carey）告诉我，在汽车，医疗和消费者产品垂直方面特别期望应用程序。“在我们看来，汽车可能是现在对SAF的最大需求，但是医疗确实在那里和消费产品。他们是非常迅速的追随者，”他说。
“Together with DyeMansion, we’re giving our customers a comprehensive, proven additive manufacturing process tailored to our H350 3D printer. The alliance will help accelerate the adoption of SAF technology for end-use parts production,” says Carey.
Stratasys and the company’s service bureau operations, Stratasys Direct, have spent the better part of the last year using the new H350 3D printers. The wider SAF project has been under development for almost four years.
凯里说：“我们看假肢，看眼镜，看一下诸如通风罩盖之类的汽车中的成品零件，我们需要为客户提供完整的解决方案。”正是由于这个原因，染色体和Stratasys强调了“参考架构”。
“当我们采用后处理步骤时，这些零件确实是同质的；我们对能够实现的鲜艳色彩给我们留下了深刻的印象。”费利克斯·埃瓦尔德（Felix Ewald）说。
展示质量可能,凯里显示me an electrical connector 3D printed on the H350. “We made 100,000 of these, and every pair connects. That’s about our focus on repeatability, says Carey. Regarding the actual number of individual parts possible in a print-run for this specific component, Carey shows me a snapshot of a build from the H350; it has 126 full connectors in it. “We can really fill the build envelope and have homogeneous parts,” says Carey. Ewald adds the complete build can then be processed in one go using DyeMansion machines.
与注入成型和工业4.0竞争
Turning back to the reference architecture, “We want to set up a reference architecture at Stratasys Direct manufacturing, says Ewald. This project will allow potential customers to understand the costs and workflow of using the H350 combined with DyeMansion post-processing. “We’re building that, and we’re going to start measuring as things go through how consistent it is, how much does it cost to dye, and how much does it cost to smooth,” says Carey. The initiative is intended to demonstrate the competitiveness of additive processes to potential users who may be focused on injection molding.
自然，没有参考行业4.0的可扩展数字制造工作流程的任何讨论都不是完整的。凯里（Carey）过去在西门子（Siemens）的经验，即数字化福利的长期支持者，他为讨论这个话题而定位。“对我们来说，这确实很重要，因为随着打印机的连接越来越多，可以提供更多的数据，因此后处理变得更加连接并提供了更多数据，” Carey说。“我们需要插入工厂并将其数据与他们的数据交互。”埃瓦尔德（Ewald）补充说：“这确实与可追溯性有关。您如何证明该过程进行得很好？”此元素需要监视过程和机器连接性，专门连接到制造执行系统（MES）。
Characterization work is underway, and later this year, the reference architecture will be installed on-site at Stratasys Direct, where potential customers can attend workshops and factory tours.
Coupled with today’s announcement is the news that Stratasys channel partners will now be able to offer DyeMansion post-processing systems to customers. The Stratasys channel network is the largest in the 3D printing industry, and the ongoing adoption of industrial post-processing systems is another indication of the broader adoption of AM within the manufacturing world.
Attendees at this weeks AMUG Conference can learn more at a session tomorrow (Tuesday 4th May) where Tim Heller, commercial leader for H-Series products at Stratasys, and Michael Schorr, head of Application Consulting at DyeMansion North America, Inc., will discuss the reference architecture and show the first parts produced as part of the process.
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Featured image shows Stratasys H350 3D prints post-processed with DyeMansion systems. Photo via DyeMansion.
