Additive Manufacturing
3D Printing Technology
Advanced PBF / Selective Laser Sintering
What is Additive Manufacturing technology
With Additive Manufacturing (AM) or Powder Bed Fusion (PBF) – is often referred to as 3D printing – components are constructed layer after layer.
The shape of the parts is designed on the computer based on digital 3D construction data.
The AM technique that uses a laser as the power source to sinter powdered material, is called Selective Laser Sintering (SLS or LS).
Normally the LS process foresees the usage of nylon/polyamide materials, we at CRP USA privilege carbon or glass fiber reinforced Windform composites granting highest mechanical and thermal performances.
What are the AM advantages?
The biggest advantage of Additive Manufacturing is that the process offers a high degree of flexibility in creating the form.
Components with complex structures, which are difficult to produce using subtractive technologies, are manufactured quickly and easily while delivering the desired quality, layer by layer.
Which sectors can profit from Additive Manufacturing technology?
During recent years we’ve seen great potential in the American marketplace for serial production, limited editions and new clients’ proposals for customized car parts.
There is an increasing trend of demanding industries, which require parts specifically produced to personalized needs including the production for aviation and space craft applications which have to fulfill extreme environmental conditions and outgassing tests.