Every year,
the additive manufacturing (3D printing) industry gathers for a major exchange
at Europe’s largest 3D printing trade fair in Frankfurt. The following
groups come together:
- Equipment manufacturers
- Material suppliers
- Processors / 3D printing service providers
- Users
But also providers of peripheral equipment and the implementation of AI systems for additive manufacturing.
3D printing has long since ceased to be intended solely for “prototype production” and now plays a very concrete role in taking over local product manufacturing. The advantages of traditional injection molding cannot be denied:
- Excellent component surface finishes
- Very good visual appearance
- High mechanical properties
- Low manufacturing costs for high production volumes (from approximately 1 million units)
However, there are many areas where smaller production volumes are required, and this is where additive manufacturing, particularly selective laser sintering (SLS), offers enormous potential for producing components cost-effectively without the need for high one-time investments, such as tooling.
SLS is particularly useful when:
- Further development during ongoing series production is intended
- Production volumes of up to 20,000 units per year are required
- Customization of components is desired (e.g., for marketing, orthopedics, etc.)
- Or complex component geometries are required
High-performance materials are needed for all of these applications. For the past 6 years, PowderMonkeys has been the go-to source for newly developed and application-specific plastic powders for additive manufacturing. These can be used not only in selective laser sintering but also in High Speed Sintering (HSS) by Voxeljet or in the Multi Jet Fusion process (MJF, HP).
Whatever the challenge in Powder Bed Fusion (PBF), PowderMonkeys usually already has a solution for it, or we develop one. PowderMonkeys offers solutions for:
- Cost-effective SLS powders
- Very soft TPU powders for selective laser sintering
- Elastic materials with variable Shore hardness levels
- Highly ductile and tough-elastic structural materials
- Flame-retardant and halogen-free materials for SLS
This year, PowderMonkeys will once again be represented at FormNext in Frankfurt. Come by and talk to us at Booth 12.1-A92.
Further information can be found here: https://formnext.mesago.com/frankfurt/de/ausstellersuche.detail.html/launhardt-gmbh.html#exhibitorheadline
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