Metal Laser Sintering Hybrid Milling Machine

Metal laser sintering hybrid milling machine yb fiber laser a highly efficient yb fiber laser of high beam quality is employed.

Metal laser sintering hybrid milling machine. Direct metal laser sintering hybrid milling process matsuura lumex was used in manufacturing the test samples. This metal laser sintering hybrid milling process combines metal powder 3d laser sintering with high speed milling finishing into one machining system. It is equipped with a continuous laser max power of 500 w and a high speed milling spindle max speed of 45 000 rpm in a single machine bed. The two are instantiations of the same concept.

This process is similar to 3d printing but using any one of several different grades of powdered metal with laser sintering to create a 3d part in metal. Metal laser sintering hybrid milling machine. The spot diameter of the cutting point can be reduced so that micro sintering becomes possible through combined use of matsuura s galvano mirror. Lumex is a single machine platform integrating a fiber laser for state of the art metal sintering in a 256mm by 256mm by 300mm space and a machining center for performing high accuracy high speed milling.

The machine combines selective laser sintering sls along with high speed milling hsm commonly called hybrid am. Selective laser sintering sls is an additive manufacturing am technique that uses a laser as the power source to sinter powdered material typically nylon or polyamide aiming the laser automatically at points in space defined by a 3d model binding the material together to create a solid structure it is similar to selective laser melting. The laser sintering milling hybrid process can be ideal for manufacturing molds. 2 the lumex avance 25 is a single machine platform integrating a fiber laser for state of the art metal sintering and a machining center for performing high accuracy high speed milling.

The avance 25 relies on one machine one process manufacturing of complex molds and parts by fusing metal laser sintering technology with high speed milling technology. A uniform layer of metal powder recoating process is melted and solidified through direct metal laser sintering. It can make use of four different materials.