Additive manufacturing
A disruptive technology changing how we view modern manufacturing
The Sydney Manufacturing Hub additive manufacturing suite supports the manufacture of metals, ceramics and polymers.
Metals
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Build volume | 90 x 90 x 90mm3 |
| Laser system | 200W Fiber Laser |
| Layer thickness | 15-30μm |
| Currently printing with | Stainless Steel 17-4PH |
| Supported materials | Stainless Steel 316L Maraging Steel M300 Aluminum AlSi10Mg Nickel 718 Titanium Ti6Al4V ELI Grade 23 Titanium CPTi Grade 2 Bronze CuSn Remanium star CL (CoCrW) Rematitan CL (Ti6Al4V ELI) |
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Build volume | 245 x 245 x 320 mm3 |
| Laser system | 2 x 400 W Fiber Laser |
| Layer thickness | 20 - 80μm |
| Currently printing with | Aluminium AlSi7Mg |
| Supported materials | Stainless Steel 316L Stainless Steel 17-4PH Maraging Steel M300 Aluminum AlSi10Mg Aluminum A205 Nickel 718 Nickel 625 Titanium Ti6Al4V ELI Grade 23 Titanium Ti6242 Titanium cp-Ti |
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Build volume | 200 x 200 x 380mm3 |
| EB system | 3kw |
| Continuous build chamber temp | 600 - 1100°C |
| Layer thickness | 20 - 100μm |
| Currently printing with | Titanium Ti6Al4V ELI |
| Supported materials | Titanium Ti6Al4V Titanium Grade 2 Cobalt-Chrome ASTM F75 Nickel Alloy 718 |
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Build volume | 250 x 430mm (D,H) |
| EB system | 6kw |
| Continuous build chamber temp | 600 - 1100°C |
| Layer thickness | 20 - 100μm |
| Currently printing with | Nickel Alloy 718 |
| Supported materials | Titanium Ti6Al4V Titanium Grade 2 Cobalt-Chrome ASTM F75 |
Ceramics
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Lateral resolution | 40 μm (X-Y) |
| Layer thickness | 10 – 100 μm (Z) |
| Number of pixels | 1920 x 1080 |
| Build volume (X,Y,Z) | 76 mm × 43 mm × 170 mm |
| Data format | stl (binary) |
| Light source | LED |
| Build speed | up to 100 slices per hour |
| Supported materials | Aluminium oxide Yttria-stabilised zirconia Tricalcium phosphate Hydroxyapatite Silica-based material Silicon nitride |
Polymers
The extruders can be used to generate custom sized filament either as pure polymer or blended polymer mixtures.
This dual nozzle fused filament fabrication 3D printer supports both 3 mm and 1.75 mm filament, with a large build volume of 1 m x 1 m x 500 mm.
With the capability to use a large variety of materials in 1.75 mm filament, this 3D printer can print highly accurate parts on an automatically levelled bed surface.
3D Printing design
A powerful computer that offers bespoke software solutions and run complex digital simulations.
A powerful digital model analysis software which is used to set up the 3D printing workflow for both the laser and electron beam metal powder printers. The software can also be used to repair digital models before they are used in other additive manufacturing technologies in our facility.
A robust simulation software that can be used to emulate the flow of liquid or gas under complex scenarios using computational fluid dynamics. This software can also be used to understand how the melt and layering processes work in various additive manufacturing technologies for research purposes.
An engineering design simulation software that can validate and optimise a structure for additive manufacturing.
A highly capable computer aided design (CAD) software used to make complex digital designs for 3D printing.
