KMZ: 3D printer for casting

2023: Product Announcement

At the end of November 2023, the KMZ holding (Kingisepp Machine-Building Plant) spoke about the creation of the first Russian 3D printer for casting. The device will be able to use sand molds of casting equipment.

As the managing director of the KMZ holding Mikhail Danilenko told RIA Novosti, the company has already received subsidies from the state to implement the project. According to him, the device will be ready for mass production in 2024, and at least 20 copies of the 3D printer are expected to be produced in 2027. Danilenko stressed that he does not know a single Russian manufacturer of such products.

Kingisepp Machine-Building Plant created the first Russian 3D printer for casting

In fact, we are really monopolists in the Russian market. But we do not stand still and we have the task of releasing a model that will be sold, including for export, - said the managing director of the KMZ holding.

He also noted that between 2019 and 2020, KMZ conducted experiments with imported components, which led to the creation of the country's first 3D printers. This was an important step towards the development of domestic technologies in the field of 3D printing.

Despite the fact that the development of a domestic 3D printer is a complex and multifaceted process, KMZ seeks to independently develop this topic and is trying to develop a printer that will have its own support program, Danilenko added.

Total investments in the project are estimated at 250 million rubles. The source of financing is supposed to attract a targeted loan. Products are planned to be produced for defense industry enterprises, repair plants, as well as repair bases of the RF Armed Forces. The estimated cost of selling the printer is 75 million rubles. For comparison, Western analogues cost from 80 million rubles. 3D printers using sand as raw materials allow you to speed up the production process and obtain molds of complex configurations.^[1]

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