Technological evolution has led, on the one hand, to the demand for increasingly complex solutions that require customisation already at the design stage; and on the other hand, to the need to reduce the time to market and the various lead times as much as possible by optimising all phases, from design to prototype production and testing, right up to actual industrialisation. Today, more than ever before, Additive Manufacturing is used to produce increasingly precise models, often with geometries that cannot be obtained with traditional processes, in reduced times and with a quality comparable if not superior in many cases to the standard. Pneumax has adopted these technologies, flanking the usual 3D powder printers used mainly for an initial prototyping phase, with state-of-the-art machinery such as the new printer that uses laser stereolithography technology and through the galvanometer scanning method is characterised by high build speed and precision. The laser source emits ultraviolet rays that solidify the photosensitive resin layer by layer. Using a vertical positioning device, the base of the modelling platform emerges by a measurement corresponding to the thickness of the solidified layer, until completion. These movement capabilities, together with the synchronised laser, allow the creation of exceptionally complex and precise three-dimensional models, and it is used in other fields to manufacture components for sectors such as the dental industry. The use of 3D printing makes it possible both to reduce prototyping times and to explore possible solutions by breaking free from the limitations of traditional design. It is therefore also possible to obtain products that cannot be manufactured by machining by chip removal or moulding, and to produce small production batches also in this case without the constraint of tooling costs, which are characteristic of the traditional production cycle. Laser Stereolithography Working area: 300 × 300 x 300 mm Laser source: Solid State BlueEdge® Layer thickness: 10-100 microns 13 01
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