Multi-Material Additive Manufacturing
& Microwave Digital Casting System
Features & Benefits
Multi-Material 3D Printing
Our systems uses a pellet extruder with a positive displacement gear melt pump to enable 3D printing with metal, ceramic, plastic, and flexible materials in pellet form.
Faster Microwave Sintering
Our system provides up 90% reduction in sintering time by using specially designed non-resonant slotted waveguides and a granular susceptor material that evenly distribute microwave energy.
Microwave Digital Casting
Our system introduces a new, 3 step microwave digital casting process that can rapidly make metal parts without the limitations of other metal 3D printing technologies. The first step is to 3D print a sacrificial ceramic shell mold. The second step is to fill the ceramic shell mold with a metal powder and embed it in our granular susceptor material. The third step is to place the mold in our microwave furnace to melt the metal powder in the mold to generate a casted part.
Multiple Processing Capabilities
Our system provides multiple, unique processing capabilities not found on competing systems.
System Specifications
Pellet Extrusion 3D Printer
Overall Size: 1,080 x 778 x 1,885 mm
Build Volume: 300 x 300 x 300 mm
Heated Bed: 200 deg. C max temperature
Heated Enclosure: 50 deg. C max temperature
Bed Leveling: Automatic
Extrusion System: Dual independent melt pump pellet extruders
Extruder Temperature: Max 300 deg. C
Pellet Size: 1 to 4 mm dia.
Nozzle Sizes: 0.4 to 1.2 mm
Material Feed: Automatic pellet feeder from remote hopper
Control: Duet Web Control
Electrical: 120V single phase - 20 amps
Slicer: Autodesk Fusion 360 / SuperSlicer
Microwave Furnace
Size: 1,803 x 778 x 1,885 mm
Processing Volume: 300 x 300 x 425 mm
Power: 6 kW
Frequency: 2.45 GHz
Operating Mode: Non-resonant
Sintering Cavity: Stainless Steel
Insulation: Ceramic
Max Temperature: 1,400 Deg. C
Operating Pressure: 145 psi max
Control: Programmable heating and cooling profiles
Sintering Atmosphere: Inert gas (Nitrogen, Argon, Argon/Hydrogen)
Electrical: 240V single phase - 50 amps
3D Printing Materials
Plastics and Flexibles: (Pelletized materials)
- PLA
- PETG
- ASA
- TPU
Metals and Ceramics (Metallum3D water/gelation binder system)
- Stainless Steel 316
- Stainless Steel 17-4 PH
- Tool Steels
- Inconel 625
- Copper
- Aluminum Oxide Ceramic
Note: Technical specifications subject to change