The digital innovation center, IAM 3D HUB, has just incorporated Renishaw’s latest metal 3D printing model, the RenAM 500Q, into its facilities. In this way, the Hub replaces the previous models, AM 250 and AM 400, with the latter, which has four 500 W high-power lasers that allow more precise build rates and up to 4 times faster than in previous systems. Renishaw’s new equipment will allow to produce stainless steel parts with a manufacturing rate of up to 150cm3/h, the proximity between the lasers in the optical system considerably reduces thermal errors and ensures simultaneous access of all lasers to the entire worktable surface. In addition to the incorporation of Renishaw’s new metal printing equipment, the Hub has expanded its fleet of state-of-the-art HP Multi Jet Fusion 3D printers. This past 2020 and despite the difficulties caused by the pandemic, inaugurated a new laboratory for the materials testing with the support of Forward AM by BASF. In this new space of the Hub there are different filament printing equipment and photosensitive resins, as well as technology for cleaning and post-processing of the different parts. About the IAM 3D HUB. The IAM 3D HUB is a digital innovation center specialized in additive manufacturing and 3D printing, whose mission is to accelerate the adoption of additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies in the European Union industrial sector as an alternative to the design, development and production of new products and services that strengthen its competitiveness. The IAM 3D HUB offers a one-stop-shop service to advise and guide companies wishing to bet on 3D printing.

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