Renishaw, the worldwide engineering applied sciences firm, has expanded the variety of processable supplies for its RenAM 500 sequence of steel AM techniques. The brand new supplies embrace commercially pure copper, H13 instrument metal, Hastelloy X alloy, super-duplex chrome steel, and AlSi7Mg aluminum alloy.
Renishaw is releasing these 5 materials information for its laser powder mattress fusion (LPBF) techniques to assist the ever-changing wants of its clients. The AM techniques producer labored immediately with clients to develop course of parameters for brand new alloys to open up modern functions.
The corporate has additionally added new powder layer thicknesses to its present processable supplies. These embrace 90 μm titanium grade 23, 70 μm chrome steel 316L, and 120 μm Inconel 718 parameters that obtain distinctive materials construct charges.
For the primary time, the fabric knowledge sheets embrace outcomes of Plastometrex’s proprietary PIP (Profilometry-based Indentation Plastometry) testing. By facilitating fast, direct testing on completely different sections of AM components, this technique gives a extra exact and environment friendly analysis of an element’s mechanical properties and enhances Renishaw’s present testing procedures.
“We’re happy to be including to our portfolio of accessible supplies to assist modern functions, and reply to the wants of our clients,” stated Marc Gardon, EMEA Additive Manufacturing Functions Supervisor at Renishaw. “As an illustration, we’ve developed parameters for H13 instrument metal, Hastelloy X alloy, and super-duplex chrome steel to assist clients in Spain and Portugal – SIMOLDES, ITP Aero, and ADDIMEN – for functions within the tooling, aerospace, and power industries.”
The brand new materials vary opens many thrilling new AM functions for customers of Renishaw’s RenAM 500 sequence. Pure copper, with its extraordinarily excessive thermal and electrical conductivity, is well-suited to client electronics and warmth exchanger parts. Aluminium AlSi7Mg is a light-weight, high-strength alloy that allows many distinctive functions within the aerospace and automotive industries. H13 instrument metal boasts glorious thermal fatigue properties and excessive warmth resistance – offering distinctive high-temperature efficiency. Hastelloy X alloy and super-duplex chrome steel share glorious corrosion resistance and high-strength traits which can be properly suited to the oil and fuel and chemical course of industries.
