Metal Jet Production Service

2018: Representation of Metal Jet Production Service

On September 14, 2018 it became known that HP Inc. provided 3D technology - printings of HP of Metal Jet for large-lot production of metal products of industrial quality. HP Metal Jet provides a repeated gain of performance (to 50 times) at much lower cost value of a finished product in comparison with other 3D methods - printings. Industrial producers GKN Powder Metallurgy and Parmatech are going to apply this technology to mass production of parts to the products.

HP Metal Jet is technology of an inkjet printing binding substance with an accuracy of one volume pixel in which experience of HP company in production of printing heads and chemical materials for printing found the embodiment. With print area 430 x 320 x 200 mm, quadruple redundancy snuffled (nozzles) and double quantity of printing lines, with considerably smaller need for binding substance per unit mass of a product, the technology of HP Metal Jet provides the big performance and reliability at low one-off and operating costs in comparison with other 3D technologies - printings metals.

Sovershenstvovuya production methods – HP represents Metal Jet Production Service which will allow customers to check from around the world quickly construction of a three-dimensional product, to order it a large batch and also to make technology of HP Metal Jet a part of the production process.

At the GKN Powder Metallurgy enterprises the technology of HP Metal Jet for production of functional metal parts for global manufacturers will be used. In 2019 the company is going to begin delivery to the clients from different industries of the ready parts made using technology of HP Metal Jet.

The GKN Powder Metallurgy company uses advantages of technology of HP of Metal Jet: it makes inexpensive parts with the improved hydraulic characteristics which delivers Wilo companies – the companies on production of pumps and solutions for the pumping equipment. Wilo hopes to use technology of HP Metal Jet for receiving primary parts of a hydraulic system, for example, of driving wheels, diffusers and the body of pumps. These parts should be issued in a broad spectrum of the sizes and should maintain a strong vacuum and excessive pressure and also fluctuations of temperature.

The Volkswagen company already builds in technology of HP Metal Jet the long-term strategy of design and production processes. Thanks to cooperation between Volkswagen, GKN Powder Metallurgy and the HPs companies was succeeded to estimate quickly prospects of mass production of such personalizable parts as individual charms for keys and outside plates with a name of the owner. Besides, in long-term plans of Volkswagen for use of HP of Metal Jet – production of functional parts to which construction high requirements, for example, of levers of gear shifting and the body of mirrors are imposed. As the released technology platforms, for example, electric vehicles are put in production.

Automotive industry undergoes revolution – buyers demand personalisation of cars and, besides, by 2025 under the brands belonging to Volkswagen Group will be brought to the market of 80 models of electric vehicles. One car consists of six – eight thousand parts. Big advantage of an additive technology of production, for example, technologies of HP Metal Jet – that production of these parts does not require preliminary production of a production equipment and tools any more. Reducing duration of a cycle of production of parts, we can increase volumes of our mass production very quickly. Martin Gyode, head of department of technology planning and development of Volkswagen company

HP makes the contribution and to production of medical goods: for this HP in partnership with Parmatech (belongs to ATW Company) will expand mass production of parts on Metal Jet technology for a number of clients. Parmatech is the company using technologies of injection formation of metal; the company already masters many years technologies of work with metal. She specializes in large-lot production of inexpensive metal parts for producers of medical and other equipment.

In the first half of 2019 will earn Metal Jet Production Service: customers will be able to unload on service 3D - files and to receive the products made on them, in bulk and industrial quality. Partners of HP – GKN Powder Metallurgy and Parmatech will be engaged in production of these parts.

Commercial solutions based on technology of HP Metal Jet will be proposed to customers in 2020, they will become available to the majority in 2021 Predzakaz of systems on the basis of HP Metal Jet is already available.

See Also

• 3D-printers (world market)
• 3D - printing in medicine
• 3D - printing in medicine (world market)
• 3D-printers (world market)
• The 3D projects are printings
• AMT Specavia
• Apis Cor
• Evolution of technologies of additive manufacturing