Weber State College’s (WSU, Ogden, Utah, U.S.) Miller Superior Analysis & Options (MARS) Heart have acquired JuggerBot 3D’s (Youngstown, Ohio, U.S.) Tradesman Collection P3-44 pellet-fed large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM) system.
The AM OEM’s Tradesman P3-44 is able to processing a variety of superior supplies in pellet kind, together with commodity, engineered and high-performance thermoplastics, and composites with a wide range of components, together with chopped glass or carbon fiber, pure fibers, minerals, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and extra.
In response to JuggerBot 3D, with the machine acquisition, MARS additionally bought a big quantity of Airtech Worldwide Inc.’s (Huntington Seaside, Calif., U.S.) Dahltram I-350CF (PEI 20% CF) which stems from work JuggerBot 3D has carried out over the previous 12 months to develop crucial course of parameters and materials qualification on its LFAM system.
By way of the acquisition, WSU’s MARS Heart intends to print tooling for high-temperature composites and 3D printed finish merchandise utilizing superior supplies. Utilizing this tools alongside different programs discovered on the facility will obtain the middle’s aim of addressing business deficiencies in high-temperature composites supporting hypersonic autos, rocket motors, and different power and house purposes.
“JuggerBot’s printer meets a major want for the MARS Heart,” Benjamin Garcia, govt director of the MARS Heart, says. “We’re excited by the method controls of the system and efficiency functionality of the Tradesman printer to additional our efforts with key business companions.”
Northern Utah is a hub for protection and aerospace manufacturing. The state’s core competencies embrace design, composites manufacturing, software program and management programs, refined testing, and restore and upkeep. JuggerBot 3D’s pellet extrusion system can effectively fabricate key parts at low price with high-performance supplies to help these efforts. The printing system ensures a managed and constant surroundings for AM whereas concurrently monitoring key efficiency parameters. The Tradesman Collection 3D printing system may produce components that maintain excessive temperature and excessive power for purposes in composite tooling and remaining half parts.
JuggerBot 3D and Weber State College’s MARS middle, working with Utah Superior Supplies Manufacturing Initiative (UAMMI), are presenting on the SAMPE Utah Chapter’s Wasatch Entrance Materials Expo in West Sandy, Utah, on March 20, 2024. Following this, on March 21, each firms shall be joined by Steady Composites (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, U.S.) and Airtech on the MARS Heart for an open home with machine demonstrations, facility excursions and the chance to fulfill with business leaders.
