Concept Laser Beats Own Record with Largest Laser Metal 3D Printer

It may have passed somewhat under the radar， as Concept Laser already produces and sells the largest selective laser melting 3D printer in the world， the X line 1000， but the new X line 2000R， recently presented by the German company， has now set a new record for build volume in high precision metal 3D printing.

Used primarily in the aerospace and automotive industries （Concept Laser is one of Airbus’ largest suppliers and will soon announce the first customers for the new system）， the X line 2000R increases the build volume of the X line 1000 by 27%， from 126 to 160 liters. The exact measurements are 800 x 400 x 500 mm， which is two to three times larger than that offered by competitors with laser melting metal 3D printing capabilities.

At the heart of the new system is the dual laser system， with each ray offering 1000？watts of power. Although it is not the only factor， this contributes to increased build speed， as the build area is exposed simultaneously from two different positions. In spite of larger size and higher speeds， the X line 2000R will look almost identical to the X line 1000， thanks to a new sieving station. This new system uses as quiet vibrating sieve instead of the tumbler sieve， thus reducing the system’s overall footprint， with a fully enclosed design that keeps the surrounding area clean and uncluttered.

The dose unit has also been redesigned， and the dose chamber is now filled completely in a single cycle. The benefits offered by the X line 2000R？also include the closed， automated powder circuit in an inert gas atmosphere， which is important for the safety of the operators and allows optimum powder quality， and the standard filter that can be water-flood passivated， in order to guarantee safety when changing the filter.

Customers also have an option available for two build modules to ensure maximum productivity， allowing the operator to set up the next job while the first build is still in progress， or to start a new job while still unpacking the last one. Last year Concept Laser was building a new factory; this year it is setting records for the largest 3D printer and customers such a Mapal are beginning to use them for serial manufacturing of end use tools. This year marks the 15th year that Concept Laser has been in business， but it certainly looks like we are only at the very beginning of a very long cycle.

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它可能已經(jīng)過(guò)了一段時(shí)間的雷達(dá)，因?yàn)楦拍罴す庖呀?jīng)生產(chǎn)和銷(xiāo)售世界上最大的選擇性激光熔化3D打印機(jī)，X線1000，但新X線2000 R，最近由德國(guó)公司提出，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)建立了一個(gè)新的紀(jì)錄，在高精度建造體積。金屬3D打印。

主要用于航空航天和汽車(chē)行業(yè)（概念激光是空中客車(chē)公司最大的供應(yīng)商之一，并很快將宣布第一批客戶對(duì)新系統(tǒng)），在X線2000R增加在X線1000的生成量27％，從126至160升。確切的測(cè)量是800×400×500毫米，這比通過(guò)用激光熔化金屬三維打印功能競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手提供較大的兩到三倍。

在新系統(tǒng)的心臟是雙激光系統(tǒng)，每個(gè)線提供1000？瓦的功率。雖然它并不是唯一的因素，這有助于增加建造速度，作為構(gòu)建區(qū)域從兩個(gè)不同的位置同時(shí)暴露。盡管更大的尺寸和更高的速度，在X線2000R的外觀幾乎相同的X線1000，由于采用了新的篩分站。這個(gè)新的系統(tǒng)采用安靜振動(dòng)篩滾筒篩代替，從而降低了系統(tǒng)的整體尺寸，采用了全封閉設(shè)計(jì)，保持周邊地區(qū)的干凈，整潔。

劑量單位也被重新設(shè)計(jì)，所述劑量室是目前在單個(gè)周期完全填充。由X線2000R所提供的好處？還包括封閉的，自動(dòng)化的粉末電路在惰性氣體氣氛中，這對(duì)操作人員的安全重要，并允許最佳粉末的質(zhì)量，并在標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的過(guò)濾器，可以是水洪水鈍化，為了更換過(guò)濾器時(shí)，以保證安全。

客戶也可以提供兩個(gè)構(gòu)建模塊的選擇，以確保最高的生產(chǎn)率，使運(yùn)營(yíng)商能夠建立下一個(gè)作業(yè)而第一個(gè)版本是仍在進(jìn)行中，或者開(kāi)始新的工作，同時(shí)還拆包最后一個(gè)。去年理念激光是建新廠;今年它設(shè)置為最大的3D打印機(jī)記錄和客戶這樣的MAPAL都開(kāi)始使用他們的終端使用工具系列生產(chǎn)。今年是第15年了激光概念已經(jīng)在企業(yè)，但它肯定看起來(lái)我們只是在一個(gè)很長(zhǎng)的周期的開(kāi)始。