Based mostly on a customized management system and Kuka robotic arm, Apollo system retails for £250,000.
Speedy Fusion, a sister enterprise of 3D printing {hardware} specialist EVO 3D, is aiming to change into a significant participant in additive manufacturing platforms designed, constructed and assembled in the UK.
The corporate claims it has invested greater than £500,000 into bringing its newest product, dubbed “Apollo” to market. The massive-format 3D printer is designed to be a full turnkey additive manufacturing answer that utilises robotics to help the manufacturing of enormous parts and moulds.
Founder Jake Hand believes this new expertise will assist automotive, aerospace and furnishings producers obtain top quality builds at fast speeds and at a fraction of the price of different fashions.
In response to a press launch, the corporate expects greater than £4m value of gross sales within the first yr. “I’ve been concerned within the sector for a while and firms had been regularly asking for a product that provided them an automatic massive format answer,” mentioned Hand.
“No person was doing something like this within the UK, so we thought…you recognize what, let’s see what we will do, and our Apollo system represents an enormous innovation that guarantees to disrupt the established order.”
Hand describes Apollo as utilising a, “world-class, award-winning pellet extruder, tailor-made management system and robotic Kuka arm that extends to almost 4 metres. …customers can design and produce merchandise on a print mattress that’s 2 metres x 3 metres squared, ideally suited for creating bespoke furnishings items, massive auto components and complicated aerospace parts.”
Apollo, which retails at £250,000, is the primary bespoke cell the corporate is bringing to market. Speedy Fusion claims it affords quicker speeds than FDM printers (practically 200 occasions faster), in addition to the flexibility to make use of a whole bunch of various engineering-grades polymers and customized composites.
The corporate additionally states that its shoppers have the potential to safe important price financial savings, with pellets costing 65% to 90% lower than filament of the identical plastic.
“Our Apollo techniques are producing a variety of curiosity, and we’ve already agreed reseller agreements with worldwide shoppers, resembling CNC World within the UK, Hyperion in Australia, Maptec in Dubai and ACCUFACTURE in USA,” Hand mentioned.
“There are additionally a variety of home alternatives, and that is simply the beginning. Our R&D staff are already engaged on the subsequent era of techniques, which have the potential to push innovation even additional. This can embrace the potential of integrating CNC machining into our options and an thrilling Innovate UK-backed undertaking that may herald the launch of Evo 1.”
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