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RP Unit 61
RP Unit 61
Rapid Tooling
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Copper polyamide
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Subsequent finishing is necessary before
their integration in the tool base.
No furnace cycle is required and
unfinished tool insert can be produced in a
day.
During the CAD stage, Copper polyamide
inserts a shelled and cooling lines, ejector
pin guides, gates and runners are included
in the design and built directly during the
SLS process.
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Then the insert surface are sealed with
epoxy and finished with sand paper
and finally the shell inserts are packed
up with a metal alloy.
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Advantages
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Working principle:
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Salient features of Direct Metal
Laser Sintering Machine:
Make and model:
EOSINT M250 x-tended rapid prototyping
machine made in Germany.
Laser used is carbon dioxide which is 240
watts.
Build size is 250x250x150 mm3.
Metal Powder is steel , Bronze, Nickel, titanium.
Surface roughness: 10 microns.
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Dimensional Accuracy : -+ 100 microns.
Hardness is 40-45 HRC.
Porosity less than 0.5%.
Tooling for plastic moulds: Tool life upto 10 lakh
parts.
Tooling for die casting: tool life upto 5000 parts.
Layer Thickness is 0.1 mm.
Laser Beam diameter is 0.4 mm.
Layer thickness 20-40 microns.
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Post Processing:
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DMLS APPLICATIONS
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LENS (Laser Engineering Net
Shaping) OR DMD
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The LENS process is unique since it
goes from raw materials directly to
metal parts without any secondary
operations.
It can produce parts in a wide range of
alloys, including titanium, stainless steel,
aluminum, Inconel.
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The LENS uses 4 nozzles to make 3
dimensional, high density, parts and
molds from the inside out.
The nozzles direct a stream of metal
powder in argon gas at a movable central
point while a high-powered laser beam
heats the point.
Throughout the process, the substrate
continuously moves, guided by data
derived from a thin layer of a CAD solid
model.
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Layer by layer the nozzles and laser
worked together to gradually build up the
model.
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Features:
Make and Model: DMD 1050 5 axis rapid
prototyping machine POM Incorporations
USA.
Laser type is diode with power of 1000W
Build Size is 300x200x300 mm3.
Metal Powder Stainless Steel,
titanium ,cermets ,ion, super alloys.
5 axis metal deposition capability.
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DMD cam software for 5 axis deposition power
generation.
Closed loop feedback system to monitor the layer
thickness.
DMD vision system for image capturing and
automatic NC tool path generation.
Integrated DMD data base technology for process
parameters.
Pyrometer for melt cool temperature measurement.
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Advantages
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DMD APPLICATIONS
Conformal cooling
Die Casting
Plastic Injection Moulds
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Hard Facing /Coating
Oil Industries
Wood Industries
Stamping
Trimming
Forging
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Remanufacturing
Turbine Components
Large Components with large lead time
Expensive Components
Special Applications
Lattice Structures
Valve Seat Cladding
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PROMETAL SYSTEMS
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Print Gantry
The printed gantry provide x,y motion of part
building process. It houses print head wiper for
powder landscaping and the layer drying unit.
Powder overflow system
The powder overflow system is an opening
opposite the feed piston where excess powder
scrap across the build piston is collected.
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Software:
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The next layer is printed and the process
is repeated until it reaches the top layer
of part.
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Post Processing:
The following are the post processing
steps for the part to be infiltrated with
bronze, the typical infiltration method.
Powder Removal:
Excess powder must be removed by
brushing, vacuuming.
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Thermal cycle 1: Sintering
Once powder is removed from the part it is
placed in the owen and heated to a temperature
high enough to burn off the polymeric binder.
Thermal Cycle 2: Infiltration
The part is cycled in a furnace again only this
time, bronze is melted and wicked into steel
skeleton until a fully dense part is created with
60% steel and 40% bronze.
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Finishing:
Depending on the application of the
component finishing can be done with
conventional machining, polishing and
sanding technique to the desired quality.
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Uses of Prometal:
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Advantages:
Capacity to fabricate direct metal parts from
the CAD data.
Disadvantage:
Post processing is required.
Product time is long.
Chances of part deformation during thermal
cycle.
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Direct Metal:- The capability of a RP
system to fabricate components with
metallic based materials
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Green Form:- A soft unfinished
component that requires additional heat
treatment in order to achieve full strength
and density
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