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    Nexa3D
    Nexa3D demonstrates the newly launched QLS 820 laser sintering 3D platform.

    Day 2 of Game-Changing Product Launches at IMTS 2022!

    Sept. 13, 2022
    On the second day of IMTS, there's even more new technology to hit the show floor, and pretty soon—your factories too.

    Nexa 3D

    Now commercially available, the ultrafast laser sintering platform QLS 820 is designed for high throughput production with print speeds of up to 8 liters per hour and 20% packing density.

    Nexa3D
    Nexa3D demonstrates the newly launched QLS 820 laser sintering 3D platform.
    Nexa3D demonstrates the newly launched QLS 820 laser sintering 3D platform.

    Nexa 3D says that the QLS 820 represents a new class of powder bed technology that combines ultrafast printing with open materials and a cloud software platform to deliver production volumes that are orders of magnitude greater than other powder-bed solutions on the market. The printer delivers a polymer-based production alternative to injection molding without the constraints, costly investments, and extended lead times.

    Nexa3D
    The QLS 820 Lineup
    The QLS 820 Lineup

    NUM Group

    Released a week ago, NUM presented its next-generation CNC platform, FlexiumPro for the first time live IMTS 2022 today.

    NUM Group
    NUM Group's booth at IMTS 2022.
    NUM Group's booth at IMTS 2022.

    Building off of its Flexium+ CNC system, NUM says it was able to significantly increase the computing power, speed, connectivity, and usability aspects of the FlexiumPro system by developing new concepts, new hardware, and new software compared to the Flexium+ system, among other things. The FlexiumPro system is more than 10 times faster and more scalable than the Flexium+ system, opening up new opportunities.

    NUM Group
    NUM FlexiumPro architecture diagram.
    NUM FlexiumPro architecture diagram.

    Both main processes, PLC and CNC, are now embedded and running together on a single board based on a multi-core ARM processor. The extremely high integration level, achieved by using System on Chip technology, results in a huge reduction of components which improves system reliability and availability.

    Platinum Tooling Technologies, Inc.

    Platinum Tooling announced it has added a new line to its products: Rineck Shrinkfit Tooling.

    Platinum Tooling Technologies, Inc.
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    FactoryWiz Monitoring

    FactoryWiz Monitoring released a sneak peek at its version 2023. FactoryWiz explains that this system collects activity status on assets such as CNC Machines, robots or assembly lines and presents real-time non-biased information for ethernet-connected factories. They claim the system helps to engage employees, spot trends as they happen, maximize production, and achieve lights-out manufacturing.

    The new product will be available in the first quarter of 2023.

    Mantle

    Mantle, a Sanfrancisco-based 3D printer start-up, released two 3D Printers: The P-200 metal 3D printer and the F-200 sintering furnace. Another new 3D printer unveiled before the show was Mantle’s P-200. Mantle uses a process it calls "True Shape" which uses a paste extruder to precisely deposit a metal-rich layer. As the object is built, each layer is heated to remove binder and sinters the metal particles together, followed by a CNC milling action to smooth the surface.

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    Mantle's P-200 printer and F-200 sintering furnace.
    Mantle's P-200 printer and F-200 sintering furnace.
    The idea is that the Mantle system can produce tools with the right quality in only four steps in 2 to 4 weeks, as compared to 12 steps and 12 weeks typically for conventional tooling methods. The Mantle process is also faster than some alternative 3D printing sequences that involve as many as 10 steps and even more weeks to complete.

    Desktop Metal

    FigurG15 is an all-new sheet metal forming technology that uses a patent-pending Digital Sheet Forming process to shape standard sheet metal on demand directly from a digital design file—no stamping tools, molds, dies or presses required. A software-driven ceramic tool on an XY gantry forms the sheet with up to 2,000 lb. of force in a highly engineered and proprietary build zone. Desktop Metal says that the platform can also process a wide variety of metals and sheet thicknesses.

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    Desktop Metal's FigurG15.
    Desktop Metal's FigurG15.

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