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Hello everybody
I am new to this forum and I have a beginner question. We manufacture jaws from high-strength 7075 aluminum. You can see how the parts look here: https://www.spannbacken.store
Now to my question: Is aluminum EN AW-7075 printable? We have to make special jaws regularly. If we only had to finish printed blanks it would be a great thing. Do you have a tip with which printer that would be feasible?
Warm greetings from Germany
Sven
PS: I hope you understand my English. :-)
how large are the jaws and what kind of budget are you looking at ?
Yes aluminium 7075 is available for 3d printing.
https://fabrisonic.com/3d-printing-m...be-3d-printed/
Also https://www.re3dtech.com/3d-composit...7075-aluminum/
Both of these machine setups will probably cost around the 150-200,000 euro mark.
I can find no price listing for the fabrisonic 1200 - the manufacturers say it is 'affordable' - but that can mean anything.
That's your best option anyway :-)
Many thanks for your response
The jaws have different sizes from 30x30x70mm to 200x100x100.
I ask the companies for some information.
My understanding with printed metal parts is that they will be similar to powered metal parts (for instance powdered metal gears). THey are not 100% dense and instead in the ~95% range. Because of that, they might not be a great fit for something with high compression loads like a set of jaws.
Then again, I might be completely wrong on this.
Thank you for that thought. We absolutely have to try it.