Volkmann pioneered the design and manufacture of fully automated metal powder handling systems for 3D printing. These customized, closed loop systems automatically transfer the metallic powders from storage to the printers through enclosed piping then extract excess or depowder unused material from the build box, sieve the material to remove agglomerated particles, and return it to storage for future reuse or transfer it to the 3D printer mixed with virgin material for immediate reuse.
The fully automatic, fully enclosed approach protects the valuable metal powder from contamination, helps maintain proper moisture content, and protects staffers from contact with the toxic materials. The metal powder conveyors are explosion-proof by design and ATEX-certified documenting their safety.
Volkmann metal powder transfer systems are tested and proven suitable for 3D printing with every type of metal additive manufacturing powder in use today.
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With this global partnership, EOS is offering a new EOS Edition line of Volkmann’s closed-loop and stand-alone, automated metal powder management systems. The central metal powder management systems automatically control the transfer and loading of material from storage into one or more 3D printers; the capture and sieving of excess powder for reprocessing; and the…
Volkmann devised, developed, and applied the latest concepts in metal additive manufacturing to actual 3D printing production lines with global colleagues BMW and GKN. The Industrialization and Digitalization of Additive Manufacturing project (IDAM) research project is a digitally networked, fully automated 3D printing production line for automotive component production funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Under the leadership of the BMW Group, Volkmann joined 11 other leading companies and research institutes in conducting successful practical trials at BMW AG (Munich, Germany) and at GKN Additive (Bonn, Germany).
At BMW, Volkmann developed and built a central powder recycling station to prepare excess or unused metal powder for reuse then mix it with virgin powder and return it to the 3D printer. At GKN, a Volkmann PowTReX system performed the metal powder extraction, recycling, and return for printing.
At Volkmann, we expanded our AM product line with the introduction of a slate of automated equipment for metal powder handling, transfer, and reprocessing. We installed several fully integrated, closed loop systems that make the process move faster and safer with greater consistency and higher volumes yet at lower operating costs.
Here’s a look at how the world’s top 3D printing companies use our metal powder handling equipment when they’re ready to scale up to mass production.
PowTReX basic packs all the core functions of our pioneering PowTReX into a compact unit that permits the recovery and reprocessing of excess or unused metal powder from a single 3D printer. It integrates powder transfer, extraction, and sieving with pneumatic vacuum conveying.
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