Video: Metal Additive Manufacturing Without a Laser
Metal 3D printing system applies liquid metal via inkjet nozzles. The technology developer says this process is both fast and precise.
Xjet produced this video to describe its new “Nano Particle Jetting” system, which builds solid 3D metal parts without a laser or electron beam. The system instead applies metal in liquid form from standard inkjet nozzles. Indeed, the metal stock used in this process comes packaged in a cartridge that loads into the machine much like a document printer’s ink cartridge. The company says this process builds parts at a rate up to five times that of laser-based additive manufacturing systems, and for fine precision, it is able to build with a layer thickness of under 2 microns.
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