Meltio has launched a US-assembled model of its Meltio Robotic Cell, a robotic wire-laser steel additive manufacturing system geared toward industrial prospects throughout the Americas.
The corporate says assembling the system in the US will scale back delivery and customs delays related to importing gear from Spain whereas permitting the cell to be configured for US industrial necessities.
The Meltio Robotic Cell integrates the corporate’s steel 3D printing head with an industrial robotic arm inside a laser-safe enclosure. It additionally incorporates the Meltio Engine, Meltio Area software program, a positioner and different gear required for robotic directed vitality deposition (DED).
Alejandro Nieto, Meltio product supervisor, says: “Meltio’s essential dedication with the launch of the Meltio Robotic Cell assembled in the US is to supply all varieties of industries the power to handle your complete manufacturing course of utilizing our steel 3D printing know-how consisting of a Meltio head built-in right into a robotic arm and in a secure setting, to be able to produce components on the level of want and on the time of want.”
Nieto provides: “This answer permits the shopper to obtain a product prepared to make use of for robotic steel 3D printing and reduces all of the transportation prices. This new {hardware} system permits the shopper to obtain a cell for robotic steel 3D printing, eradicating the combination course of and lengthy meeting lead instances. The Meltio Robotic Cell has a selected space for each provide the cell requires each day; solely connecting to the inert gasoline and electrical provide is sufficient to begin manufacturing.”
The US-assembled system is suitable with Meltio’s open {hardware} platform and might combine its steel 3D printing know-how with industrial ABB robotic arms.
Meltio is working with US automation specialist FORCE Automation on the initiative. FORCE was Meltio’s first official ABB Robotics integration companion in the US and has beforehand labored on integrating Meltio know-how with ABB robots.
Gabriel Ortiz, Meltio North America gross sales supervisor, says: “Meltio is dedicated to supporting the North America industrial base on its journey in direction of reestablishing technological sovereignty, and offering Meltio’s know-how assembled within the USA, is only a first step in direction of enhancing entry and repair ranges to an already established buyer base utilizing what’s now higher understood as one of the versatile and consumer pleasant know-how that gives actual options to actual day-after-day issues of obsolescence, logistics nightmares, and extreme prices of operation in lots of instances.”
Ortiz provides: “The Meltio Robotic Cell is predicated on an open {hardware} platform that permits Meltio’s steel 3D printing head to be built-in with robotic arms from any model. The quantity and work space outlined throughout the Meltio Robotic Cell workspace are designed to fulfill a variety of producing wants, whereas Meltio’s industrial-level additive manufacturing know-how permits autonomous half manufacturing by built-in monitoring and security options.”
The cell is designed as a plug-and-play system requiring electrical energy and an inert gasoline provide and is meant for managed indoor industrial environments.
Meltio is focusing on functions together with automotive, aerospace, mining, heavy business, oil and gasoline and shipbuilding. Earlier functions of its robotic additive manufacturing know-how embody:
Ferrita: The Swedish exhaust specialist used a Meltio Robotic Cell to fabricate 4 customized stainless-steel tailpipes for a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, chopping manufacturing time and prices by roughly 50%.
Eurobearings: The corporate used Meltio robotic steel 3D printing to fabricate and restore giant industrial parts, reporting lead-time reductions of between 30% and 50%.
Cavaletto Mario: The Italian forging specialist automated repairs of trimming dies and punches, reporting value financial savings of 67% in contrast with conventional electrode welding and 20% in contrast with standard mould manufacturing.
Meltio says the Robotic Cell can be utilized for manufacturing new parts, including options to present components, hard-facing and cladding, repairing worn parts and producing spare components on demand.
