BRAND-NEW
Components Made by Additive Manufacturing - from Initial Design to Finished Work Pieces
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M Solutions combines all activities of
rapidly expanding into all kinds of industries.
the tasks at hand. This applies equally to the
the Rösler group regarding additive
Be it in aerospace, medical engineering, the
complete engineering of components from
manufacturing. Beside the existing
automotive industry, the tooling industry or
scratch, the re-design of already existing
offerings in the field of 3D post processing
any other industrial applications, the need
work pieces for additive manufacturing, the
(AM Solutions - 3D post processing), this
for 3D printed components is growing at a
validation of a product design or a topology
company division expanded by AM Solutions -
brisk pace. The technical possibilities of AM
optimization.
3D printing services in September. The newly
regarding the creation of innovative and
The components can be printed from
founded company (AM Solutions S.r.l.) based
optimized components can best be exploited,
different materials, for example different
in Italy will offer a comprehensive service
when all critical additive manufacturing
types of stainless steel, aluminum and
package in the field of 3D printing (Fig. 1).
aspects are already taken into account during
titanium. The printing process takes place
These services not only cover engineering,
the design phase.
with state-of-the-art equipment like the
including optimization of the product design
EOS M 290 allowing component sizes
printing services, mechanical post processing,
Additive thinking - from design to the finished product
surface finishing and quality control (Fig. 2).
That is why the design phase is an essential
not only extremely high precision but also
Additive manufacturing offers numerous
part of the service portfolio of AM Solutions –
consistently high quality and absolute
advantages like the timely production of highly
3D printing services. Equipped with
repeatability of the printing results.
complex and individualized components
state-of-the-art electronic tools (for example,
If the 3D printed components require
without the requirement for expensive tooling.
the simulation tool Altair, CAD software
a subsequent machining step, the
Since the manufacture of such components
Siemens NX and GOM 3D scanner Atos) the
experienced specialists at AM Solutions - 3D
with conventional shaping methods is either
specially trained company experts ensure that
printing services have access to a range of
impossible or extremely expensive, it is not
the design flexibilities and possibilities of the
modern machining equipment like a 5-axis
surprising that additive manufacturing is
3D printing technology are fully utilized for
milling machine DMU 50.
of 250 x 250 x 325 mm (Fig. 3). The fully automatic 3D printing process guarantees
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for additive manufacturing, but also actual 3D
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Figure 1: The newly founded company AM Solutions S.r.l., based in Italy, will expand the existing offerings of AM Solutions, a brand of the Rösler Group, in the field of 3D post processing as a service provider for 3D printing solutions.
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Figure 2: The offerings of AM Solutions – 3D printing services will not only cover engineering, including optimization of the product design for additive manufacturing, but also actual 3D printing services, mechanical post processing, surface finishing and quality control.