Amatrol’s High School Learning Systems create the need for students to want to learn math and science – they can’t interact with the exciting technology without it. Learning is interactive and challenging, keeping them engaged and wanting to do more. The math and science so desperately needed for 80% of jobs today is a natural outcome.
Producing Lightweight, Durable Robot Parts on Stratasys Origin One
Ghost Robotics™ produces four-legged autonomous unmanned robots with all-terrain stability that can operate in almost any environment. These quadruped robots are size-scalable, ultra-agile, high-endurance, and easy to program. Simple mechanical systems increase the robots’ durability, agility, and endurance. The robots’ modular design supports the efficient field swapping of any sub-assembly.
Challenge
Ghost Robotics needed to produce lightweight, durable parts, with a cosmetic surface finish, for its Spirit™ Series robot.
- The team needed to stay agile, shipping units to customers while maintaining the ability to iterate designs based on customers’ feedback.
- Injection molded parts and CNC machined parts were cost-prohibitive, had long lead times, and could not be easily iterated on.
- The company considered other 3D printing methods as a solution, but the parts weren’t isotropic the mechanical properties weren’t strong enough; and the surface quality was too rough for the parts to be given to customers.
Ongoing sustainment for aging aircraft components
The U.S. Air Force increasingly faces sustainment challenges, including cost, speed, and supply chain agility, when using traditional manufacturing methods to maintain aging aircraft components. The department often seeks innovative engineering solutions to keep aircraft aloft and to modernize the fleet. In 2020, they hosted an open competition to quickly find new and creative 3D printing solutions for the C3175 family of hydraulic line clamps. Thousands of these clamps are used in the Air Force’s F-16 aircraft, in areas like landing gear cavities, and they frequently fail after extended exposure to vibration, environmental chemicals, and heat cycling. Historically, these clamps have been injection molded or CNC machined from a phenolic material that off-gases toxic formaldehyde.
The Origin One printer is designed to be a safe and reliable rapid prototyping printer. Access to areas of the printer is potentially dangerous. Download the Stratasys Origin One Instruction for Safe Use.
InterPRO Helps Distek Serve More Customers with 3D Printed Adapters
InterPRO Additive Manufacturing Group, a service bureau, started as a 3D printing prototyping company and is seeing growth in production applications due to advancements in 3D print technology and materials. InterPRO’s client Distek, a leading manufacturer of laboratory testing instruments for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, asked InterPRO to help them manufacture a motor adapter that would allow prospective customers to use Distek’s technology with customers’ existing motors. InterPRO used Stratasys’ Origin® One’s next-generation 3D printing hardware and software to print parts compatible with Distek’s bioreactor and their client’s devices. The parts had injection molded-like strength, consistency, and durability. The surface finish had an impressive, consumer-grade look and feel.
Distek’s challenge was to produce a motor adapter compatible with their proprietary bioreactor and their clients’ motors. However, the adapter design wasn’t easily manufacturable by CNC machining, injection molding, or even cast urethane. In addition, the company needed a fast turnaround to meet immediate customer needs for various adapter sizes in low volumes. High up-front tooling costs, long lead times, and low-volume demand ruled out traditional methods. As a result, InterPRO turned to 3D printing as a possible solution.
LOCTITE 3D 3172 is a durable photopolymer resin that enables functional parts production where high stiffness with a good surface finish and high impact resistance are required. Parts manufactured with this resin can be machined, tapped or polished.
LOCTITE 3D 3172 is compatible with various DLP machines.
Benefits:
- Tough & durable
- Superior impact strength
- Nice surface finish, machine-able
Ideal for:
- Manufacturing aids / Jigs & Fixtures
- Housings
- Insoles
HDT60 High Toughness Photoplastic
Matte Black, White, Clear
LOCTITE 3D 3843 is a semi-flexible resin with moderate temperature resistance HDT60, high impact strength, and versatility for various applications.
LOCTITE 3D 3843 is a high-strength engineering plastic with good impact resistance and surface finish. It is ideal for many different tooling applications on the production floor.
LOCTITE 3D 3843 displays high green strength and HDT enabling it to print accurately and function at room temperature. It is compatible with a broad range of DLP machines.
Benefits:
Ideal for:
HDT280 FST Photopolymer
Black
LOCTITE 3D 3955 is a halogen-free, high-performance, high-modulus material with excellent flexural and tensile physical properties.
LOCTITE 3D 3955 passes UL94 V-0 flammability requirements, and FST (AITM2-0002, AITM2-0007, AITM3-0005) and its high HDT allows it to withstand harsh environments with negligible deformation.
Parts printed with LOCTITE 3D 3955 showcase an excellent surface finish making it ideal for connector and interior parts for aerospace and rail.
Benefits:
- Fire Safety Material
- Halogen Free
- Excellent flexural and tensile physical properties
Ideal for:
- HVAC Components for Aircraft
- Clips and Plugs for Control Systems/Cabinets
- Connectors, Electronic Housings
HDT80 High Modulus Photo plastic
Black
LOCTITE 3D IND403 is a high-temperature resistance material that allows the production of parts with high surface quality and outstanding dimensional accuracy. It is ideal for tooling production for processes such as silicone casting, low-pressure molding, and open-mold PU molding. The material can withstand mechanical stresses while maintaining dimensional stability for multiple cycles for fast product development and rapid process iteration.
Benefits:
- High heat deflection temperature, HDT 80oC
- Tough with good dimensional stability
- Good surface finish
Ideal for:
- Tooling and molds
- Interior applications in automotive
HDT50 High Elongation Photoplastic
Black, Clear
LOCTITE 3D IND405 is a rigid, high-strength, high-elongation engineering material with outstanding impact resistance and excellent surface finish properties. This stiff and durable high-performance material is ideal for various tools on the production floor, including manufacturing aids and final parts such as housings and consumer goods applications. Parts can be printed with various DLP printers and machined, tapped, or polished for the final finish.
Benefits:
- High impact resistance with high elongation
- Easy to print (one-part material)
- Tough and Durable
- The toughest clear resin (only applicable for clear material)
- Functional Prototyping
Ideal for:
- Clear prototypes (clear version)
- Fluid routing & consumer goods prototypes
- Manufacturing aids/tools
- Housings
HDT40 High Impact
Ultra Clear, White
LOCTITE 3D MED412 is a durable material with excellent elongation, impact strength, and surface finish. It has been designed to enable the manufacture of medical devices and their component parts that require good stiffness and wear resistance. It is capable of meeting ISO 10993-5and-10 standards for biocompatibility when processed using a validated workflow. Certificates of compliance are available upon request.
Benefits:
- Capable of meeting ISO 10993-5 & -10 standards for biocompatibility
- Tough with Superb Elongation
- Good Impact Strength and Surface Finish
Ideal for:
- Class I and II Medical Devices
- Medical Equipment Components
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Item Number:BH-85Each Basic Hydraulics training system features standard industrial grade components. This attention to quality gives students experience they would normally only get on-the-job by helping them recognize industrial components and how to troubleshoot them more effectively. Components included with Basic Hydraulics are pre-mounted on circuit panels with silk-screened labels next to each, which facilitates ease of use and identification. -
Item Number:85-BPAmatrol’s Basic Pneumatics training system (85-BP) introduces pneumatic principles through a combination of Amatrol’s top-flight multimedia curriculum with hands-on industrial pneumatic skill-building. Topics covered in this learning system include single-acting cylinder circuits, pressure vs. cylinder force, and flow control valves, while the panels can be used to practice skills such as connecting and operating a needle valve to control actuator speed. -
Item Number:85-EHThe Electro-Hydraulics training system includes an electrical control panel with relay control components and an electrical valve module with solenoid-operated hydraulic directional control valves and electrical/electronic sensors. These components will be used to study a variety of topics including electrical control systems, basic control devices, power devices, control relays, sequencing control, timer control, pressure control applications, and circuit applications. -
Item Number:CR-35iAFANUC’s new CR-35iA is the world’s first collaborative robot with a payload capacity of up to 35 kg. Fenceless, it opens a whole new world of possibilities. Working safely side by side with human operators, it is space as well as cost saving. And because inside it’s like any other FANUC robot, it operates like all FANUC robots. Certified to meet the requirements of ISO 10218-1:2011 and RIA/ANSI R15.06-2012, FANUC’s CR-35iA collaborative robot can work in a variety of applications alongside human workers including: machine tending, handling heavy payloads that require lift assist devices or custom equipment, higher payload mechanical assembly, palletizing or packing, and tote or carton handling. -
Item Number:CR-4iACR-4iA is a small collaborative robot with 4 kg payload -
Item Number:CR-7iAThe FANUC CR-7iA is FANUC's newest collaborative robot resembles the LR Mate family. Painted green to show it's ability to work beside humans, you can expect the same reliability as FANUC's yellow robots. The CR-7iA is ideal for small part sorting and assembly, inspection, machine tending, and part delivery. It has a 7 kg payload, 717 mm reach, and is equipped with iRVision and Force Sensing. There are a variety of mounting options such as floor, wall, and ceiling. -
FANUC’s new SCARA robots are ideal for high-speed, precision applications such as assembly, pick and place, testing/inspection and packaging processes. -
In the rare event that a burning ember or spark is drawn into the fume extraction unit, there is the possibility that debris in the filters could ignite. Although any resultant fire would typically be retained within the fume extraction unit, this would cause significant damage and in extreme circumstances, the risk may extend beyond the extraction unit. For processes where such risks have been identified, additional protection in the form of an in-line firebox is an additional precaution.
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The BOFA inline pre-filter 1000 has been designed specifically for applications that generate high amounts of dust or particulate.
This inline filter unit is positioned alongside the main BOFA fume filtration system to increase the overall filter capacity and extend the life of the main filters. The DeepPleat DUO pre-filter incorporates a massive drop-out chamber within the filter, having a volume area of 15ltrs. Above the drop-out chamber but still within the housing there is a sealed 200mm deep pleat layer of F8 media giving a surface area in excess of 30 sq meters.
