AM Integration Kit For Robotic Arms and Machining Centers Launched
Eliminating Need For Continuous Laser Alignment
“The new Meltio Engine Blue represents a crucial breakthrough in Meltio’s directed energy deposition (DED) technology, designed specifically to respond to the current demands of the manufacturing industry around the world. For our industrial customers, the Meltio Engine Blue represents a significant improvement in reliability and deposition rate, enabling increased production speed and quality. With a free of fiber optics system and a 1.4 kW blue laser head, we have simplified integration into robotic arms and vertical machining centers, reducing maintenance times and eliminating common problems such as the need for continuous laser alignment. This approach will allow our customers to optimize their processes, reducing downtime and improving compatibility with a wide range of materials,”explains Meltio Product Manager, Alejandro Nieto.
The value proposition of the new Meltio Engine Blue for industrial sectors such as automotive, aerospace, energy, naval, defense, mining, oil and gas, among other industries, is based on its ease of integration and high reliability, factors that differentiate it in the industrial market from other direct metal deposition (DED) additive manufacturing devices.
By eliminating the need for constant laser alignment and featuring an improved wire feeding system, this new industrial solution allows for more continuous and uninterrupted operation. Its more compact and lightweight design optimizes its compatibility with a wider range of vertical machining centers and robotic arms, and it also includes an upgraded safety features reaching highest Performance Level (depends on integration), ensuring a high level of protection in the industrial environment. These enhancements mean that our customers can achieve higher productivity and lower operating costs.
Integrated Cameras
Unlike other industrial metal 3D printing solutions, the new Meltio Engine Blue offers all types of industries that need to manufacture metal parts with additive manufacturing technology a compact system without fiber optics or collimators, a deposition head with integrated camera and quick connectors, facilitating the installation and maintenance process.
In addition, the use of Blue Lasers reduces energy consumption by 30% and offers a deposition rate up to 3.5 times higher than the previous version. These features, along with its ability to work with complex materials and its continuous production-oriented design, make the Meltio Engine Blue ideal for industrial environments seeking productivity and precision.
“The development of the new Meltio Engine Blue has been a painstaking process of more than two years, in which our engineering team has worked collaboratively with our partners and integrators to identify and overcome the challenges faced with the V3. Among the most important industry demands were the need to reduce maintenance time, increase reliability, and improve deposition rate. The elimination of components such as fiber optics and collimators has simplified the system, while the blue laser head and dual power supply system allow continuous and flexible operation, adapting to different materials and applications,” says Alejandro Nieto.
He also adds: “While maintaining the foundation of integration into industrial robotic arms and vertical machining centers, the Meltio Engine Blue introduces substantial improvements in power, reliability, and ease of use, positioning itself as a disruptive option within our range of metal 3D printing solutions offered by Meltio to industries worldwide.”
