Matsuura LUMEX Avance-60
Metal Deposition
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The Matsuura LUMEX Series from Matsuura Machinery USA, Inc. is a powder bed metal additive manufacturing (AM) platform with subtractive capability. The series’ Avance-60 metal laser sintering hybrid milling machine relies on one-machine, one-process manufacturing of complex molds and parts by fusing metal laser sintering (3D SLS) technology with high-speed milling (HSM) technology. The machine enables production of complicated parts through total manufacturing by digital engineering using 3D data.
The Matsuura LUMEX Avance-60 combines the flexibility if the 3D laser sintering 3D printing technique with the precision of conventional milling for the additive manufacturing of finished quality parts with maximum precision.
Matsuura’s combination of additive and subtractive technologies enables the production of parts and component geometries in a method that has never been possible or imagined. Often referred to as a “one machine, one process” system, the Matsuura LUMEX series permits production of the most complex and challenging parts through total manufacturing by digital engineering using 3-D data.
“The use of AM technology and hybrid AM, requires the part/mold designer to re-evaluate all past practices especially as they relate to utilizing creative geometries, such as hollow structures, that were not possible before. Variable density material properties help with weight reduction and in injection mold design for gas venting inserts,” said Tom Houle, LUMEX Director for Matsuura Machinery USA.
The hybrid process of Matsuura’s machines produces highly accurate parts from metal powders that are melted and sintered using a laser while surfaces are precisely milled at high speeds. These machines possess both high-speed milling and laser sintering capability. Engineers are free to conceive innovative ideas and revolutionize conventional manufacturing.
