Going to TCT Show this week? Here’s a preview of the exhibitors

If you are attending TCT 2019 this week, find below a preview of some of the 3D printing companies exhibiting at the show.

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Rail and aerospace applications

The annual TCT Show will see Stratasys showcase its latest additive manufacturing solutions for advanced design and manufacturing applications.

The additive machine builder will showcase a range of applications throughout the product development cycle whereby customers have witnessed significant time-to-market and cost reductions since integrating the company’s FDM and PolyJet technologies.

Opening this year’s TCT Summit will be Stratasys’ customers Angel Trains and DB ESG, part of Deutsche Bahn, (Tuesday 24^th September, 10:00am). James Brown, data and performance engineer at Angel Trains and Martin Stevens, mechanical engineering manager, DB ESG, will explore how a recently launched additive manufacturing collaboration with Stratasys has resulted in the first in-service 3D printed parts on the UK’s railways.

Visitors will learn how Angel Trains and DB ESG have worked together to test Stratasys’ high-performance production-grade materials and successfully manufactured final train parts certified to Rail Standard EN45545-2 – a prerequisite for the rail industry.

On the Stratasys stand, visitors will be able to see these parts for themselves, as well as hear about other key customers in the transportation industry leveraging Stratasys rail-certified materials, such as Bombardier and Siemens Mobility.

Stratasys will also showcase how its certified production-grade materials can be applied to other high-performance industries. A key focal point of the stand will be a full-size business class aircraft cabin, demonstrating the additive manufacturing business case for numerous interior applications compared to traditional production methods.

Stratasys www.stratasys.com
Stand C50

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UK firsts on show

Matsuura Machinery will have live 3D colour printing on HP 580 and the HP 5200 volume production 3D printing machines at this year’s TCT. The company whose history is primarily in the machine tool industry will also be showcasing a variety of parts produced on HP 540, HP 580, HP 4200 and HP 5200 Multi-Jet Fusion 3D printers along with Matsuura’s Lumex hybrid 3D metal printing and CNC milling machine.

HP Multi-Jet Fusion 3D printers are designed for prototyping, short-run and full production manufacturing needs, with high productivity to meet same-day demands. Offering superior, consistent part-quality, reliability, speed and in a wide variety of colours.

Over a year ago, Matsuura became an authorised reseller of HP Multi-Jet 3D printing solutions, creating a valuable addition to its additive manufacturing division in this ever-growing market.

Matsuura has over two decades of real-world applications experience with its own 3D metal printing and CNC milling hybrid Lumex technology. Recently, the company officially opened a new showroom and dedicated Additive Manufacturing Facility (AMF), following a substantial investment over recent months.

Joseph Bellis, additive manufacturing technical specialist at Matsuura Machinery comments: “TCT will be a great opportunity to demonstrate our technical applications knowledge, our understanding of 3D printing and show UK companies the future of manufacturing.”

Matsuura Machinery www.matsuura.co.uk
Stand C110

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A partnership in printing

SYS Systems is to team up with a bespoke metrology specialist at this year’s TCT Show for a live demonstration of a pioneering 3D printing application.

The Stratasys UK platinum partner will be joined on its stand by Torus Group, which has developed a part that it says has not been replicated anywhere else in the manufacturing industry.

Its 3D printed filling assembly for its top load and volume gauge machine is a complex construction of channels, inserts and electrodes that allow water to flow in and out during bottle volume and crush resistance testing.

The assembly is printed to an accuracy of 50µm on the Stratasys Objet260 Connex3 and, according to Torus, it has not only increased efficiency but improved accuracy and reliability to help meet the stringent demands of internationally renowned clients.

Visitors to the SYS Systems stand will also be able to discover the Stratasys Fortus range and its capabilities for printing with Nylon 12 carbon fibre, an incredibly light but tough engineering-grade thermoplastic that is increasingly being used to replace metal tooling, fixturing and end-use parts.

SYS Systems www.sys-uk.com
Stand B70

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Full speed ahead at TCT

Renishaw will showcase its new applications of high productivity, high-quality metal additive manufacturing (AM).

Visitors can see Domin Fluid Power’s direct drive valves, as well as Brunel University’s Formula Student race car BR-XX and its titanium manifold.

Renishaw collaborated with Domin Fluid Power to share knowledge and expertise on AM, so that Domin could build complex parts without the requirement for custom tooling. The direct drive vales are lighter, more powerful and can be manufactured more efficiently than by subtractive machining.

The Renishaw stand will also feature the BR-XX race car produced for Formula Student, which includes a custom manifold manufactured by the company.

Renishaw helped the team to produce and optimise a more ambitious design, which included additional features such as dual stage fuel injection and improved port-matching between the exhaust manifold and the engine to increase efficiency.

“Multi-laser AM is changing the way that the technology is used,” says Robin Weston, marketing manager at Renishaw’s additive manufacturing products division. “The rapid production time, coupled with unsurpassed process stability enabled with RenAM 500Q, has made it popular in applications where quality is paramount and production speed matters.

“Renishaw has gained a great deal of experience in high-quality, productive AM. Combined with its 45-year history working in precision manufacturing, it is the ideal partner to develop end-to-end metal additive manufacturing solutions.”

Renishaw www.renishaw.com/additive
Stand D100