Dimensionics Density develop additive manufacturing density determination technology
Dimensionics Density has reported a positive response to its density determination technology for additive manufacturing (AM). The German company has also outlined a series of upcoming announcements and launches involving the AM industry.
Key information:
- Dimensionics Density’s solution aims to help identify and mitigate porosity-related issues to help boost the durability, integrity, and resistance of AM parts against environmental challenges and external stressors.
- The measuring and testing technology developer will release an independent report from the Fraunhofer Institute soon, covering the topic of different density determination solutions.
- Additionally, the company is also launching its intuitive return on investment (ROI) calculator on its website.
Dimensionics Density’s recently launched density determination technology contributes to the automation of AM process chains. The solution analyses component density and helps to identify and mitigate porosity-related issues. By using this technology AM parts will become more durable and resistant to environmental challenges and external stressors, overall elevating users manufacturing processes.
“We have been overwhelmed by the response to our commercial launch earlier in early April, said Philipp Pruesse, Head of Sales at Dimensionics Density. “Our solution is a revolutionary metrological system designed to deliver rapid and impeccably precise density analysis for various components. AM parts often face the challenge of porosity, which can considerably compromise their mechanical strength and stability. Additionally, porosity poses a threat to the durability of these parts and increases their susceptibility to failure when subjected to stress.”
Porosity can affect the thermal and electrical properties of AM components, making them vulnerable to corrosive substances, high temperatures, and other environmental factors, and affecting the functionality and performance of parts and their ability to retain liquids, gases, and other substances.
The measuring and testing technology developer is also set to make numerous announcements concerning the AM industry. This includes the release of an independent report from the Fraunhofer Institute regarding different density determination solutions and an intuitive return on investment (ROI) calculator which will be found on Dimensionics Density’s website.
“The area in which we are working has a number of alternative but imperfect technologies, all focused on density determination. However, each has significant drawbacks or limitations when it comes to the requirement to check large numbers of parts, and we have made great efforts to highlight these, and to show how Dimensionics Density provides a superior solution to density determination for series manufacturing, whereas microsections and µCT scans are well suited for parameter development of new materials,” explains Pruesse.
He continues, “So saying, we have commissioned an independent report from the Fraunhofer Institute which benchmarks the different density determination solutions, and this is due for release in a couple of weeks. In addition, we have been spending some time developing an intuitive return on investment (ROI) calculator which will soon be embedded on our new website, and which will give customers a view on just how quickly our technology pays for itself and then contributes to the on-going cost-effectiveness of AM part production.”
Dimensionics Density’s solution is fully automated, and it can be used in both laboratory and production settings. The density determination technology is also the only one of its kind that can complete an analysis of finished parts made of steel alloy powders, as the material is too dense for CT scans. The technology is non-destructive and has a high level of accuracy as it combines the time-proven Archimedean principle, automation technology, and laboratory-standard precision scales. It also presents the possibility of inspecting up to 18 components at the same time during one inspection process.
“As we all know, AM stimulates design freedom as it is agnostic to part complexity. As geometric complexity increases, density determination of AM parts becomes more difficult using commonly used density determination technologies. Dimensionics Density’s solutions can easily determine the density of freeform parts and highly complex AM parts and can measure density repeatably to 0.001 g/cm3,” concludes Pruesse.