SMS Concept Integrates Metal Production and 3D Printing

摘要

SMS group, the designer and builder of forging presses, ring-rolling mills, and thermal processing systems, is in partnership now with a metal 3D printing systems supplier to co-develop and market an industrial-scale process for additive manufacturing systems to produce metallic components. Additive Industries, the Netherlands-based partner in the new venture, is the originator of the 3D printing package, called MetalFAB. Introduced two years ago, the developers claimed this system "offers substantially improved performance over typical midrange (additive manufacturing) systems," and promised significant increases in finished-part reproducibility, process productivity, and system flexibility.