Anisoprint Composer 3D-printer

Anisoprint Composer is the 3D-printer of the next generation capable to make parts of a coal plastic.

2020: The beginning of production in Russia

On June 18, 2020 it was announced start in Russia of mass production of Composer 3D-printers which were issued in Germany earlier. Now the producer of robotics and the TEN fab medical equipment entering into investment network of Fund of infrastructure and educational programs (FIOP) of the Rusnano group was engaged in assembly of the equipment.

Follows from the message of state corporation that TEN fab on the platform of Tekhnospark group started "turnkey" production Composer A3 and Composer A4 of Anisoprint company. Production of parts, assembly of the body, testing of printers and packaging of finished products is arranged.

In Russia mass production of the German Composer 3D-printers is started

Initially Russian company released only the body for printers, serial production was organized in Germany. TEN fab and  Anisoprint cooperate since   2019.

From the beginning of a pandemic of a coronavirus we decided to transfer it to Russia. It gives confidence that irrespective of a situation with the international borders clients will receive well made product — words of the head of Anisoprint Fedor Antonov are cited in the press release.

According to the CEO of Tekhnospark Denis Kovalevich, serial production of composite Composer 3D-printers in the Russian Federation became "very correct history for the Russian system of innovations". The company which core of a command was created in Skoltech, having reached world level, placed production in Russia and will export hi-tech products, he noted.

Composer 3D-printers print the composite products strengthened by continuous carbon or basalt fibers. The printing head of these printers is equipped with two nozzles: the first performs a koekstruziya  — the fiber which is in advance impregnated with special polymeric mix connects to  thermoplastic, the second  — gives pure plastic for printing of outer jackets and  supports. Models differ with the plot area sizes. The Anisoprint technology allows to print the production equipment, brackets and  other elements of an interior of airplanes, spare parts and  functional prototypes in many spheres from aircraft industry to health care.^[1]

2018: Announcement

The Moscow company Anisoprint announced on April 5, 2018 development of technology which allows to print on the 3D-printer easy and strong rims from a coal plastic for racing race cars of Formula 1.

Anisoprint Composer A4

Disks are one of the most heavy elements of unsprung mass of the car (mass of the wheels and other parts fastening directly to them). As you know, the mass of disks affects controllability and road performance of the car therefore the enterprises of automotive industry, especially producers of racing cars, use different solutions for production of easier disks.

At production of composite disks producers face two problems. The existing technologies are expensive because of what the price of rims begins from $40 thousand. One more their shortcoming — low shock durability: disks make from composites on the basis of reaktoplast, they turn out fragile. We resolved these issues, having developed technology and the equipment for 3D - printing from thermoplastic composites — the CEO of Anisoprint company Fedor Antonov told.

At the heart of Anisoprint technology — thermoplastic extrusion (technology of product receipt by breakdown of viscous fusion of material through the forming opening). In printing process the continuous reinforcing fiber therefore composite material — a coal plastic turns out, or in a popular speech carbon fabrics — the structural material maintaining high loads is added to polymer. It is 20-25 times stronger than pure polymers, is twice stronger than aluminum, we will compare on durability with widespread types of stainless steel, at the same time it is easier than aluminum by 2.5 times and it is 7 times easier than steel.

• printings from composites Anisoprint developed a line of printers for 3D. The created technology and the equipment can be applied in the industries where decrease in mass of an end product is one of key tasks. This automotive industry, in particular, production of racing race cars. Development is already provided to the potential foreign partners working in this sphere and also representatives of the aviation and space industry, robotics and other industries.

Our development is not an alternative to the existing manufacturing techniques of parts from composites. It allows to replace metals with composites where earlier it was impossible. Still at additive technologies it was impossible to solve a problem of fast, rational and high-quality production of difficult parts in the industry. However competent use of composites, the structural material capable to maintain high loads will be able to make a revolution in the world 3D - printings — Fedor Antonov considers.

Technical characteristics of Composer A4