3D Printing Springs Into Manufacturing

摘要

LayerWise and TNO have teamed up to produce an end-use part through additive manufacturing (AM). In the course of developing an actuator for high accuracy positioning, TNO found it required a specific type of spring.Working with STL files provided by TNO, LayerWise was able to create titanium springs using laser sintering. Titanium is lighter than steel, and the alloy selected was able to withstand 300 MPa, but that wasn't quite good enough. TNO was able to rework the design.