“Through this collaboration, we—together with SAP and the Manufacturing Network—have taken the next logical step towards industrializing metallic 3D printing,” said Sven Lauxmann of APWORKS. “By working as a team, we have developed a way for customers to test mass data for printability and to bring together the experts and the customers on the virtual platform. Worth noting here is a self-learning database, which is used primarily to intelligently assess printability, orientation, and thus costs.”
The new tool should be available online for numerous materials in a few weeks.
Scalmalloy’s uses have already been demonstrated in the production of cars and motorcycles, and its strength is close to that of titanium. It’s also highly resistant to corrosion, giving it advantages over other aluminum alloys and granting it status as sort of a super-material. With help from partners like Heraeus Additive Manufacturing and others, APWORKS will be able to further refine and enhance SCALMALLOY, and see it used in a wider array of additive manufacturing applications.“Together with APWORKS, our goal is to commercialize Scalmalloy, to find new potential uses, and to generate interest for the product in various different industries,” said Tobias Caspari, Head of Heraeus Additive Manufacturing. “We aim to show everything that is possible with a material like Scalmalloy and with 3D printing in general. The cooperation with SAP Distributed Manufacturing is an important element in achieving this goal.”
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