The Lumex Avance-25 is a single machine platform integrating a fiber laser for state-of-the-art metal sintering and a machine center to perform high accuracy, high speed milling. The LUMEX Avance-25 performs the sintering of complicated mold dies without splitting them, thus eliminating assembly and adjustment stages and making it possible to produce mold dies with no dimensional errors that may be caused by conventional assembly process.
The LUMEX Avance-25 significantly reduces the required designing and production time of mold dies. Manufacturers can expect a reduction in molding time but also quality improvements in their molds from the 3D placement of water pipes in the mold dies and porous sintering.
Laser Specs
- 40-400 W Yb fiber Laser
- Beam mode quality (M2): < 1.1
- Wavelength: 1070 nm
- Galvano scanner system
Machine Specs
- Spindle speed range: 450 to 45,000 RPM
- Spindle bearing inner diameter: 25 mm
- 1/10 taper special BT20 tool shank
- Max spindle torque: 0.7 N-m
- Linear feed rate: 1- 30,000 mm/min
Capabilities
- Hybrid additive manufacturing system
- Hybrid implies additive and subtractive capabilities
- Print metals and subsequently machines to smooth surface finishes
- Metal laser sintering and milling
- Print 3D metal objects
- Maraging steel, stainless steel 630, & stainless steel 316L
- Ti-6Al-4V & pure titanium
- Cobalt chrome superalloy
- Nickel alloy 718
- Layer thickness 50 μm (2 mils)
- Build size: 250 mm x 250 mm x 100 mm
- Nitrogen or argon enriched atmosphere
- Position accuracy: +/- 2.5 μm
Peripheral devices
- Fume collector:
The fume collector eliminates fume (metal vapor agglomerate) and odor generated at the time of laser processing. The fume collector eliminates flux, oil, and adhesive ingredients, thus preventing clogging.
- Nitrogen gas generator:
The nitrogen gas generator is used to generate nitrogen to be filled into the chamber in laser sintering process. The nitrogen gas generator can provide nitrogen from the atmosphere within a short time whenever required.
- Chiller:
The chiller is used to cool the laser oscillator and prevent equipment damage resulting from heat radiation.