PostProcess Applied sciences has launched its newest in its line for automated help elimination for fused deposition modeling (FDM) components. The machine known as the VORSA 500 and the corporate means that it may possibly minimize help elimination occasions in half.

The VORSA 500 depends on AUTOMAT3D software program and Volumetric Velocity Dispersion (VVD) know-how from PostProcess to routinely get rid of help constructions on FDM components. With VVD, the system sprays a pre-mixed detergent onto a component from a number of instructions inside a sturdy 16” L x 16” W x 14.5” H (41 cm x 41 cm x 37 cm) chamber.

A diagram of how a PostProcess VVD machine operates. Picture courtesy of PostProcess Applied sciences.

In the meantime, with person set parameters for predetermined agitation, AUTOMAT3D screens the job, reacting to the method to make sure parts are completed correctly. All of that is meant to lead to uniform components, with the spray system additionally leading to sooner drying occasions in comparison with vat saturation counterparts.

“The addition of the VORSA 500 to our portfolio demonstrates our continued market management within the additive manufacturing post-print area and gives the business with the quickest FDM help elimination options,” mentioned Wealthy Caplow, PostProcess Vice President, Product. “The VORSA 500 delivers on our promise to supply clients increased throughput with an automatic and complete FDM help elimination answer.”

From what I collect, the first distinction between the VORSA 500 and the opposite help elimination techniques supplied by PostProcess (the BASE and DECI) is the work envelope, which is smaller than that of the BASE (40” L x 27.5” W x 26” H/102 cm x 70 cm x 66 cm) and the DECI (19” L x 27.5” W x 26” H/48 cm x 70 cm x 66 cm). In flip, this means a machine that can be utilized for smaller jobs and workshops. PostProcess will focus on the machine in higher depth on February third, with registration out there right here.

The VORSA 500 help elimination system. Picture courtesy of PostProcess Applied sciences.

PostProcess is one in every of only a handful of corporations, like DyeMansion and Additive Manufacturing Applied sciences, working to automate post-processing of polymer 3D printed components. Whereas the sector is small, it’s set to turn into large, as mentioned within the business’s first report on automation, “Automation, Additive Manufacturing and the Manufacturing facility of the Future,” from SmarTech Evaluation. That’s as a result of post-processing represents at the least 30 % of labor prices related to 3D printing. This and extra shall be mentioned within the Automation, Speedy Manufacturing and Software program vertical on the 2022 Additive Manufacturing Methods occasion from March 1-3.