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Wittmann Robot Systeme - Bronchial Gripper

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Industry
Manufacturing Assembly
Sub-Industry
Automatisation
Year
2021
Country
Germany

Summary

86% weight reduction achieved with the part successfully enduring 5 million cycles of stress testing and beyond.

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Technology Details

Printer Technology
SLS (Industrial)
Printer Category
Powder Bed Fusion
Material
Nylon PA12
Material Type
Nylon
Feedstock Form
Powder
Finishing
Dyeing, Dyed

Process Steps

Printer category: Powder Bed Fusion

  1. 1
    Step 1Printing
    Material

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  2. 2
    Step 2Post-processing
    Post-processing Type
    Dyeing

Application Profile

Cost per Part

€€€

€50–€99.99

Indicative single unit production cost at time of manufacture.

Complexity

Complex

Requires specialised knowledge and deeper analysis.

Project Scale

Small Series

Product Type

Component

Project Field

Industrial

Sustainability Rating

★☆☆

Can depend heavily on virgin fossil fuels, produce harmful emissions, and yield non-recyclable materials. Involves high energy consumption during material manufacturing. As an AM material, requires some re-processing after use. This rating relates to the technology type only. The design, purpose and longevity of the entire object can offset any of the technology type's negative sustainability credentials.

User Level

Professional

Key Advantages

Weight Optimisation

Points of Interest

Lightweighting

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