Hybrid AM at Lower Cost Metal 3D Printing on a Haas Machining Center

Summary

In this engaging and informative webinar, hosted by Pete Zielinski, Editor-in-Chief of Additive Manufacturing Media, SolidCAM and Philips Corporation discuss the advancements in hybrid additive manufacturing (AM) and its integration with traditional machining processes. The session features insights from Brian Christoponis and Peter Genovese on how hybrid manufacturing platforms, combining metal 3D printing with CNC machining, are becoming more accessible and practical in various industries. Key highlights include discussions on SolidCAM's development of hybrid CAM solutions, Philips' integration of Meltio’s laser-based wire fed technology with Haas machining centers, and the benefits of using wire over powder for directed energy deposition. The panelists also tackle common queries regarding the technology’s application and potential challenges.

Highlights

• SolidCAM and Philips discuss making hybrid AM more accessible with advanced CAM tools and Meltio integration. 🤝
• The use of wire in additive processes boasts cost efficiency and safety compared to powder systems. 💸
• Brian and Peter share how hybrid solutions can augment traditional manufacturing, not replace it. 🌐
• The potential of sequential versus simultaneous hybrid methods is explored for flexible manufacturing. 🔄
• Advanced hybrid solutions like those from SolidCAM and Philips unlock new capabilities in CNC machining centers. 🔓

Key Takeaways

• Unlock the power of hybrid manufacturing by combining 3D printing and CNC machining for unbeatable efficiency! 🤖
• Discover how SolidCAM keeps pushing boundaries in CAM technology to stay ahead in the industry! 🚀
• Learn why wire beats powder in additive manufacturing for cost and safety! 💡
• Explore how Philips adapts Meltio technology with Haas machining for superior hybrid solutions! 🔧
• Get insights into handling common challenges and leveraging the full potential of hybrid systems! 🌟

Overview

Hybrid manufacturing is becoming increasingly accessible, thanks to companies like SolidCAM and Philips, who are pioneering the integration of additive manufacturing with traditional CNC machining. This webinar sheds light on the collaboration between these industry leaders exploring how Meltio’s innovative laser-based wire fed technology is being effectively merged with Haas machining centers to create advanced, cost-effective metal 3D printing solutions.

A key focus of the webinar was on the benefits and implementation of hybrid CAM solutions, which have been a game-changer in enhancing the efficiency of manufacturing operations. The discussion highlighted the advantages of using wire over powder in additive manufacturing, emphasizing reduced material waste and cost along with improved safety during the production process.

Interactive Q&A sessions addressed several burning questions from the audience, emphasizing real-world applications and troubleshooting for hybrid systems. Topics such as stress management in metal parts, infill patterns, and programming ease were dissected, providing invaluable insights into how these technologies can be practically applied in sectors ranging from aerospace to general manufacturing.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 01:00: Introduction and Overview of Webinar The chapter is an introduction to a webinar hosted by Pete Zielinski, the Editor-in-Chief of Additive Manufacturing Media. The webinar is titled 'Hybrid AM at Lower Cost: Metal 3D Printing on a Haas Machining Center' and is sponsored by SolidCAM. The session focuses on the collaboration between SolidCAM and Phillips Additive Hybrid, highlighting the increasing accessibility of combining metal 3D printing with machining. The chapter sets the stage for discussions on technological advancements and collaborations in the field of additive manufacturing.
• 01:00 - 03:30: Introduction to SolidCAM and Company Background This chapter introduces the speakers, Brian Christoponis, General Manager of Philips Corporation's Hybrid Division, and Peter Genovese, 3D Printing Engineer with SolidCAM Additive. The discussion focuses on the technology and programming of a hybrid Machining Center. Participants are encouraged to submit questions via the Q&A section, which will be addressed at the end of the presentation.
• 03:30 - 06:00: SolidCAM's Approach to Additive Manufacturing SolidCAM has been a leader in the CAM space for nearly 40 years, consistently aiming to stay ahead of technological advancements in the manufacturing industry. The company's focus is on ensuring their software remains relevant and updated with new technologies, which has driven their progress over the decades.
• 06:00 - 10:00: SolidCAM Additive and Consulting Services The chapter titled 'SolidCAM Additive and Consulting Services' focuses on the advancements in manufacturing technology and SolidCAM's efforts to keep up with these changes. It emphasizes the simultaneous five-axis control and integration with advanced machines like mill-turn and Swiss-type machines. The chapter highlights the importance of SolidCAM’s patented iMachining Technology Wizards, which are designed to ensure their software remains relevant amidst constantly evolving technologies. The narrative indicates an awareness of the increasing complexity and capabilities of Swiss machines and SolidCAM's commitment to adapting their software to naturally integrate with these advancements.
• 10:00 - 15:00: Introduction to Hybrid Manufacturing The chapter titled 'Introduction to Hybrid Manufacturing' describes the evolution of manufacturing technology, emphasizing the flexibility required to handle complex machinery like the 40-axis, multiple-spindle machines developed by companies like Tornos. The need for advanced synchronization is highlighted to support such innovations. The transcript also touches on the trend towards additive manufacturing, noting how 3D printing initially appeared as a novel technology and has evolved over the years.
• 15:00 - 20:00: Simultaneous Hybrid Manufacturing Benefits This chapter discusses the development and stabilization of additive manufacturing technology. Initially seen as niche and somewhat unrefined, the technology has matured and established itself as a permanent fixture in the manufacturing industry. It is no longer a fleeting trend but a cornerstone that is widely adopted in the market. The promises made regarding its impact on traditional manufacturing are now being realized.
• 20:00 - 25:00: Software Challenges in Hybrid Manufacturing The role of 3D printing in various industries, such as medical devices, is crucial, particularly for creating medical implants. Additive manufacturing won't fully replace traditional methods but will augment and enhance them, especially in areas like CNC machining. It's important for industries to adapt and stay relevant with technological advancements.
• 25:00 - 30:00: Phillips Corporation and Machine Integration Phillips Corporation is focusing on integrating new technologies, specifically 3D printing and CNC machining, through their branch, Solo Cam Additive, launched in 2022. The aim is to offer expertise, particularly in hybrid manufacturing. They provide consulting for machine shops by assessing their current resources, technologies, and staff expertise to identify how additive technologies can be integrated into their operations effectively.
• 30:00 - 35:00: Meltio's Role in Hybrid Manufacturing This chapter explores the role of Meltio in hybrid manufacturing, emphasizing how additive manufacturing complements existing technologies. It suggests that instead of replacing current processes, additive techniques should be integrated to enhance capacity and produce complex parts. The chapter also discusses how Meltio acts as a value-added reseller for Desktop Metal products, which are seen as well-suited for machine shop applications.
• 35:00 - 40:00: Meltio Technology and Process Details This chapter discusses the impact of binder jetting technologies in the field of additive manufacturing. The technology enables cost-effective medium-scale production, allowing for the creation of hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of parts using a single system. The discussion highlights how this fits into existing portfolios of machine shops and benefits them in the long run. Additionally, the chapter touches on hybrid cam solutions, emphasizing computer-aided manufacturing as a core aspect of their operations.
• 40:00 - 50:00: Wire vs Powder in Hybrid Manufacturing The chapter discusses the increasing popularity and necessity of hybrid manufacturing machines, which combine additive 3D printing and subtractive technologies within a single machining center. The speaker emphasizes the importance of embracing hybrid manufacturing to stay competitive in the future market. The chapter hints at an upcoming discussion on CAM (Computer-Aided Manufacturing) for hybrid machines and provides an introduction to the concept of hybrid manufacturing.
• 50:00 - 60:00: Hybrid Manufacturing Applications and Examples The chapter titled 'Hybrid Manufacturing Applications and Examples' discusses the integration of additive and subtractive manufacturing technologies. It categorizes hybrid manufacturing into two main types: sequential and simultaneous hybrid technologies. Sequential hybrid technologies involve completing the additive manufacturing process with methods such as FDM, DMLS, or DED before transitioning the part to a separate machining center for traditional processing. This approach combines the strengths of both manufacturing methods, offering numerous benefits.
• 60:00 - 90:00: Audience Q&A This chapter discusses different hybrid manufacturing technologies, focusing on their pros and cons. It introduces sequential hybrid systems, highlighting their flexibility and the ability to choose various components. It then transitions to simultaneous hybrid systems, a newer development in the field, spotlighting companies like Meltio and Phillips that offer these technologies. These systems combine additive manufacturing (3D printing, often using metal) and subtractive machining in the same machine, offering a comprehensive solution in a single setup.

Hybrid AM at Lower Cost Metal 3D Printing on a Haas Machining Center Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 hello thanks for joining us I'm Pete zielinski editor-in-chief of additive manufacturing media welcome to today's webinar titled hybrid am at lower cost metal 3D printing on a Haas Machining Center brought to you by solidcam the platform combining metal 3D printing with Machining is getting more accessible in this webinar solidcam and Philips additive hybrid powered by Haas will talk about their collaboration and
• 00:30 - 01:00 the technology and programming of a hybrid Machining Center our speakers are Brian christoponis general manager of Philips corporation's hybrid Division and Peter Genovese 3D printing engineer with solidcam additive as they speak please ask questions you can do that using the Q a section at the right of your screen we will see the questions entered in that box and at the end of the talk we'll answer as many as we can so Pete I think we'll start with you if
• 01:00 - 01:30 you're ready please take it great thank you very much Pete so to start off we'll just give a little bit of background into kind of who solid cam is and what we're looking to do here so solidcam has been a global leader in the cam space for almost 40 years now and over those last four decades we've always tried to keep our finger on the pulse of the industry to try and stay one step ahead of where technology is going in this ever-changing world of manufacturing and it's that action of trying to stay one step ahead and making sure that our software is always relevant to the new technologies that are coming out that has really pushed us forward over these last 40 years
• 01:30 - 02:00 so whether it's our simultaneous five axis our control of some of the most advanced middle turn and swiss type machines on the market today our patented eye Machining and Technology Wizards all these are direct results of us trying to keep track of where technology is headed and try to make sure that our software is always relevant to those ever-changing Technologies so as we saw that you know Swiss machines were becoming more and more the Cornerstone of modern manufacturing they became increasingly complex and more and more capable with every new iteration we made sure that our software is able to just natively
• 02:00 - 02:30 handle any type of crazy machine that those Engineers would come up with so we have unlimited Channel synchronization so when a company like tornos comes out with a machine that's got 40 axes and half a dozen spindles we can support that natively because we knew that was the direction the technology was going in and we wanted to make sure that our customers had access to the most capable platform that was available at the time and a similar Trend that we've been keeping track of over the last few decades has been added to manufacturing when 3D printing first came out of the market it was this really new really
• 02:30 - 03:00 Niche type of technology and while it was really cool and really enticing for a lot of people it was still a little unrefined a little uh not quite polished yet technology was awesome and there were a lot of thoughts and theories about where added manufacturing would fit in and you know how much it's going to upend traditional manufacturing but over the last few years we started to see more and more of those promises actually be delivered on the technology has stabilized it's become much more widely adopted in the market uh and really what we've seen is that added manufacturing is here to stay this isn't some you know fly-by-night Fad in the industry it's become a an integral Cornerstone of so
• 03:00 - 03:30 many different Industries when you look at say medical devices for example 3D printing is at the heart of so many of those medical implants these days that it's pretty much a technology we can't be without so while we don't think that additive is ever going to you know completely replace or supplant those traditional methods we do think it's going to continue to augment and enhance our traditional Manufacturing Technologies like CNC Machining foreign of Keeping Up With The Changing Times and trying to stay relevant as we get
• 03:30 - 04:00 more and more Technologies coming to Market we launched solo cam additive in 2022 and the entire purpose of this new Branch was to become experts in the combination of 3D printing and CNC Machining and we do this in a couple of different ways so one of the first things that we do is our 3D printing and hybrid manufacturing Consulting for machine shops so this is where we go into a shop and we look at their existing pool of resources technology the personnel and staff and expertise they've already developed and we see what types of parts are they working on what types of customers they have coming in the door and where additive Technologies could fit into those
• 04:00 - 04:30 existing workflows and best to enhance their existing Technologies because again additive is not going to come in and replace or completely upend the way that they're doing things today but it really works hand in hand quite well with the existing Technologies whether it's to gain additional capacity or to produce more complex parts we try and find those little niches where additive can slip right into that workflow another way that we help doing this is that we are a value added reseller for desktop metal products so some of their products we think are very uniquely suited for these types of machine shop
• 04:30 - 05:00 environments specifically binder jetting Technologies in general I've opened up a really interesting world of very cost effective kind of medium scale production for the first time in years you saw an additive technology that was capable of producing hundreds thousands even tens of thousands of parts in a single system so this really fit in quite nicely with our existing portfolio of machine shops and how we thought additive could really help to benefit them in the long run the last thing that we do and kind of the main topic of today is our hybrid cam Solutions so obviously cam computer to Machining is in our blood it's it's what we do it's who we are and seeing
• 05:00 - 05:30 that there are more and more of these hybrid machines these machines that combine additive 3D printing Technologies and subtractive Technologies all within one Machining Center seeing them become more and more common more and more popular we knew that there was a need for this in the market so our mission statement we believe that to stay competitive they're shopping tomorrow will need to embrace hybrid manufacturing we're here to help guide our customers towards that feature by putting this technology in their hands and helping them be successful with it so before we talk about the cam for hybrid machines let's talk a little bit more about what hybrid is and what it
• 05:30 - 06:00 actually looks like so just to kind of you know keep things sane for us we break into kind of two broad categories all hybrid is combining additive Technologies and subtractive Technologies and generally we refer to these as either sequential or simultaneous hybrid Technologies so sequential Technologies are where you're going to take any type of additive technology that you might be interested in whether that's fdm dmls DED and you'll print your part from start to finish then you'll take that part move it into an entirely different Machining Center and you'll machine that part in traditional methods has tons of benefits
• 06:00 - 06:30 to it as well as a couple of drawbacks that we'll talk about in a minute contrary to this we also have simultaneous hybrid and this is a little bit newer on the scene with companies like meltio and Phillips coming onto the scene to provide these Technologies to the greater audience so this is where we have a single Machining center that is capable of both additive Technologies 3D printing metal in a lot of cases and then subtracted Machining all within that same setup within that same machine envelope so let's talk a little bit deeper about sequential hybrid manufacturing some of the pros and cons there like I mentioned you can pick and choose pretty much any
• 06:30 - 07:00 additive technology that you're interested in and that's one of the main benefits of this particular type of hybrid manufacturing because you're not constrained by you know being able to actually combine physically these two separate Technologies into one ecosystem you have pretty Limitless possibilities for the combinations there right so you can print with whatever technology you want and you can post process with whatever technology you want and while it's very powerful it also does have a couple of key drawbacks one of the main ones here is that obviously you now have multiple setups multiple operations and multiple machines you have to transfer your parts between and those machinist trade know
• 07:00 - 07:30 that those are all opportunities to introduce more errors into that process and while machinists have gotten very good at transferring parts and redoing setups and creating fixturing and jigs every opportunity we have to eliminate those sources of error is always beneficial another potential drawback that you have with this type of technology is that you're a little Limited in what your options are for those post-processing steps so because this is reliant on 3D printing apart completely from start to finish and then transferring over to a different machine to do the subtractive operations you're limited into what you
• 07:30 - 08:00 can physically access with those traditional subtractive tools so an example we have on screen here this is a little conformable cooling block for maybe an injection molding guy and we're obviously able to surface the exterior of the part no problem on a subtractive machine was actually done on the harmony right behind me but what we can't access are those internal channels those have to be left in the as printed State because there's really no other way to get at them in a lot of cases this might be totally fine but this is a notable drawback of having to do things in this sequential step-by-step method
• 08:00 - 08:30 simultaneous hybrid manufacturing of their hand is kind of the exact opposite instead of having these two completely disparate processes we actually take them and put them in a single Machining Center that's capable to do both the 3D printing and the traditional subtractive operation the Philips hybrid is a perfect example of this um so obviously one of the big benefits here is that you kind of get two for the price of one when we're talking about modern Machining uh modern machine shops the square footage in that facility is an incredibly valuable asset one of the most value malleable assets that they have and so for a shop to have to decide between do we buy a new additive tool do
• 08:30 - 09:00 we buy a new subtractive tool that can be a difficult decision but here you actually kind of get the most The Best of Both Worlds by having this one machine on the facility floor you can now choose day by day week by week what technology is more useful or more relevant to your current capacity and current needs and current workflow obviously you can combine them both but it also means you have access to both separate Technologies in the same footprint another big benefit to having both Technologies in a single machine with this single setup is that now all of a sudden you have access to regions of the parts that you wouldn't otherwise be
• 09:00 - 09:30 able to access so a great example is that little lacrosse uh cross tubing pattern that you see in the bottom corner there let's pretend that the inside surface finish of those walls is really critical to us well if we did this as a kind of stepwise process where we print the whole part and then machine it we're going to be a little Limited in being able to access the interior of that part but by having it all done in the same machine we can choose to print say 10 or 15 layers switch to our subtractive tooling machine the outside and the inside of the part and then continue on our way so all of a sudden we have much more freedom of design and we can have much more complex parts that
• 09:30 - 10:00 still allow us the full level of fit and finish that you can get with the traditional subtractive operations so these hybrid platforms introduce a ton of new advantages into the market but with that comes a lot of complexity these are very complicated machines and something that we've seen in this industry is actually something we've seen before on the consumer end is the Machine Tool Builders the system integrators the oems they've produced really quite incredible pieces of Hardware that are capable of so much more than they're being used for today
• 10:00 - 10:30 and a lot of times what tends to happen is that they're actually held back a little bit by the software that's available and on the market we saw the exact same thing happen with consumer 3D printing just in the last couple of years we took these machines that had been we'll call it a decade old at this point very traditional mechanical systems and just with some software tweaks input shaping Clipper pressure Advance just the ways that we control these machines we were able to gain two three times the print Speed without changing anything mechanically about these systems purely with a software change that's kind of the same state that we're seeing in the industry at currently with these hybrid platforms
• 10:30 - 11:00 they're incredibly capable mechanical systems now we just need the software tools to unlock the full potential of those platforms we've talked to the number of users in the research development fields that are utilizing these Technologies and the idea is that they've come up with for what they should be able to use these machines for are absolutely mind-boggling I'm incredibly excited to see what they'll be able to do once they have the right Tools in their Arsenal to really unlock those capabilities now like I mentioned this technology is Advanced and complicated so this isn't the kind of thing we can develop in a vacuum obviously we have the extensive
• 11:00 - 11:30 knowledge on the cam side but we're new to this 3D printing just like everyone else and that's where Partners like Phillips come in that really make or break this entire project they have extensive knowledge on the subtractive side but now they also have that knowledge on the additive side and more importantly they understand the union and hybridization of those two technologies they're working directly with the customers with the beta testers with the people that are really pushing The Cutting Edge of this technology so they know the customers the needs and the technology and because of that we're able to really leverage their expertise in this field and develop a cam software and tools that we know are going to be
• 11:30 - 12:00 useful and crucial to people in this industry now talked a lot about the campsite so I do want to show a little teaser here we are actively developing our hybrid cam tool paths for systems like the meltio platform now keep in mind this is still an active development so I had to kind of twist our developer's arm a little bit to get a bit of a teaser for you guys um so he wanted to add our typical disclaimers right when it comes to software we want function first then we worry about form later in the process so it may not be final but you should be able to see a lot of the core functionality here today for anyone who's used solidcam in the past a lot of this should look very similar it's all
• 12:00 - 12:30 more or less the same UI ux that we have previously here we're doing just some relatively simple operations we're adding this little hexagonal part onto a flat platen we're just choosing our tools defining our containment boundaries and specifying what types of patterns we'd like to use to actually generate this 3D model this 3D part um and like I mentioned we can do this in a couple of different ways so we can do single layers at a time and then we can go back and machine those layers so we have better tool access or we can fill the entire volume and just print the whole thing in one shot it really just depends on what we need and of course because it's all done
• 12:30 - 13:00 natively in solid cam we have full machine simulation as well for things like collision avoidance crash detection so you can see we had our Haas head come down machine the part to kind of prep the surface and then the meltdo head comes down to actually deposit our material so I hope you guys enjoyed that little bit of a peek behind the scenes as far as the cam development side with hopefully some more good things to come in the future and with that I'm going to hand it over to Brian tell you a little bit more about the hardware and just what that platform is really capable of thanks Pete so first I want to introduce
• 13:00 - 13:30 Philips Corporation for those who may not be familiar with us we've been in business for over 60 years uh with a large Federal sector and Commercial sector we've been involved with Haas Automation for over 30 years and have over 30 000 machines installed we have a variety of different divisions on the East Coast we have our commercial Group which usually typical geography is South New Jersey to Northern Florida we also have our federal division which covers the entire world for U.S
• 13:30 - 14:00 Department of Defense as well as a large Philips India team and we also have a co-op in China with Philips taitong and overall our mission is to create legendary value for the manufacturing Community by unlocking solutions to propel capabilities profitability and productivity and really through this mission is is how we came up with our hybrid solution and Pete if I go to the next slide for me please
• 14:00 - 14:30 so we have in this image one of the first uh UMC 750 Haas machines that we actually integrated with meltier's technology and we'll get into meltier's technology in a few slides but overall this is a directed energy deposition additive technology that we have coupled with house machines so Pete if you can move to the next slide we have two videos of our system running uh one is on this UMC 750 the video on the left uh where we're doing some simultaneous deposition so we're
• 14:30 - 15:00 depositing with all five axes of motion in this UMC and then the video on the right is another uh hybrid machine where it is a VF with a trt so still five axis machine just a AC configuration versus a BC configuration go next slide the reason we selected meltio is all about their type of deposition so with
• 15:00 - 15:30 melto they have a laser-based wire fed technology and what we feel when it comes to hybrid Solutions uh wire is really key we're using a feedstock that is 100 consumed we're not wasting any material like we've seen with some of these powder blown systems and we have a lot of control with a laser power source so really being able to do intricate features uh with the laser wire technology
• 15:30 - 16:00 so this is kind of a [Music] segmented view of the melchio head and meltio's patented technology so it's a coaxial wire fed solution surrounded by multiple lasers and the multiple laser configuration does a couple of things overall it keeps you know laser power source um cost down because we're using six independent 200 watt lasers rather than you know a single one kilowatt power
• 16:00 - 16:30 source the big benefit though for a multiple laser wire fed system is the fact that the wire is in the center of the Melt pool and surrounded by lasers and what this allows us to do is feed in any direction so we can feed in any XYZ combination as well as multi-axis deposition where some technologies out there with laser with side fed wire allow or force you to feed in One Direction where you need to have essentially the feedstock behind the
• 16:30 - 17:00 Melt pool where because we're Center fed that issue goes away it makes programming of this technology very straightforward very similar to any other CNC tool path um in terms of kind of process flow just using particular additive toolpaths very easy to service with a redundancy of six lasers as well and overall with this process you know we have a lot of benefits so a lot of questions that I get is kind of
• 17:00 - 17:30 what's the resolution or how much overbuild you need to have uh to allow for Machining and it is somewhat feature dependent as well as part size dependent but general rule about a millimeter or forty thousands per side is how much I will over build um and then machine to final net shape now as you get into larger features you know parts that are you know multiple feet in length you may need to add more material or if you have a more complicated 3D surface you may need to add you know up to 1.5 millimeters or 60
• 17:30 - 18:00 thousandths of an inch but certainly not an excessive amount of material really reduces the amount of roughing time you may have with a conventional process compared to a hybrid one overall layer height nominals about a millimeter or forty thousandths high and we have extremely great density with the meltier technology so at 99.998 density um really gives you great mechanical properties and overall you know
• 18:00 - 18:30 exceeding kind of cast properties when you compare to you know conventional castings so move on to the next slide with this type of Technology you know we kind of have a the middle of the the road in terms of application so powder bed Fusion certainly has their Market you know for very small intricate features um and then when we talk about you know large format metal printing you know with a Wham technology we're kind of in that middle of the road we can print
• 18:30 - 19:00 large parts we also have very good resolution with uh the meltio technology so we're we're in that you know ballpark range of cubic volume say 24 inch by 24 inch by 24 inch Cube um parts that fit inside of that usually are good good uh meltio or Philips hybrid candidates for this technology overall meltio has done a lot of work uh in the last couple years to develop
• 19:00 - 19:30 parameter sets for the materials listed it is an open source platform so you can use any welding wire that you know you can Source but meltio does offer their own welding wire with the materials listed here and the parameters that go along with it and the mechanical uh properties that they um have tested are available on their website for all the materials listed in the sheet and then on the next slide um we'll talk about you know the differences between wire and powder but before I get ahead of myself I wanted to
• 19:30 - 20:00 talk about the additional amount of materials that we've done at Phillips Corporation so while meltio offers you know roughly about 10 different materials that they have parameter sets for we've done probably another 15 to 20 materials that are all slight variances when we talk about stainless steel if you can find a stainless material in wire form um you know 17-4 is a listed material from LTL we've also done the Phillips 15.5 different variations so while you may only see you know eight to ten
• 20:00 - 20:30 materials listed from LTL the platform is completely open and we've done a significant amount of similar materials see that before portfolio and we really believe that wire is the solution for our directed energy deposition hybrids mostly you know in terms of protecting the Machine Tool we don't have to worry about any type of Hazards you know with reactive materials like aluminum titanium being in a powder form with wire it's inert so we don't
• 20:30 - 21:00 have to worry about you know any you know PPE to handle the wire it's not a concern compared to powder as well as storage you know we don't have to worry about storing um our wire in a special enclosure simply keep it in a low humidity environment to prevent from oxidation with most materials you also don't have you know the coolant contamination like you would have with a powder system inside of a machine tool wire is is much easier to
• 21:00 - 21:30 handle as well as changing over so a simple wire change could take a matter of minutes depending on the system no more than 10 with any of our systems depending on how long the run is from the wire feeder to the actual deposition head compared to a powder system where you're having to very thorough cleaning of all your lines to make sure you don't get cross-contamination not really something we have to worry about when it comes to wire and overall facility requirements really
• 21:30 - 22:00 the same uh concept is you know having to wear PPE we don't have to to worry about any type of Hazards with wire then we'll go to the next slide Pete overall cost as well between wire and powder in some cases it can be ten to one but the big takeaway is that we're using all of this feedstock where with most blown powder directed energy deposition systems you're really using anywhere from best case scenario scenario around 70 feedstock all the way
• 22:00 - 22:30 down to you know as low as 40. so even though in some cases we could be ten to one the cost is actually you know even even more significant than that could be 20 to 1 because we're actually using all of this feedstock versus you know a 50 utilization rate and then as Pete mentioned kind of the overall you know hybrid manufacturing process is really having a cam software that supports both additive and subtractive operations so we're programming both sets of tool path
• 22:30 - 23:00 inside of you know one software creating the actual G-Code to run on the machine and then you know printing depositing and then doing the final Machining and depending on the actual application uh really depends on um what the part requirements are for we find ourselves completing parts from scratch where we would print the entire part and then doing all the post process Machining but if we have a reason um to go back and forth that's certainly
• 23:00 - 23:30 something our system can handle really to get access or reduce the stick out of a tool to have a nice rigid setup where we can go back and forth and print machine to reduce those kind of extended tools that might be required different slicing strategies so a general kind of planar slicing very similar to kind of normal fdm uh printing is what you know a planar slice
• 23:30 - 24:00 would be non-planar slicing uh it's certainly a fun one for our five axis machines where you know we can start tilting based on a guide curve uh to slice uh in in multiple axes so this this type of funnel is a great example of that radial slicing uh if you're doing spline or uh a sprocket type geometry around a shaft uh where you're you're rotating about a certain axis as you're slicing
• 24:00 - 24:30 and then one of my my favorite ones is you know doing a spine slice where you're giving a a drive geometry uh where we're actually changing feed rates uh to generate a non-linear layer height so this will allow you to do tubular types of shapes uh where we're automating the change in feed rate to achieve that curvature and some of the applications that we find ourselves kind of uh working on on
• 24:30 - 25:00 the on the hybrid side with these Direct Energy types of systems feature Edition where we're taking a substrate you know in this case uh we have a shaft we're depositing some material on that so the bulk of the actual component might not be the deposited material so what this allows us to do is reduce the amount of cycle time for printing if we can avoid printing a generic shape so if you can find a particular diameter stock that has one little feature in terms of your part that you can just
• 25:00 - 25:30 print a single boss on you're going to save a lot of time versus trying to print that entire shaft by doing the feature Edition repair work for hybrid machine um is kind of our certainly our sweet spot so the biggest thing is that you know you could establish a surface on a damaged component by Machining away that area so you might have a broken uh corner or Cutting Edge on a particular part machine away that that surface and
• 25:30 - 26:00 essentially create your datum Surface by using that first Machining operation to clear away and essentially normalize the surface that you're about to deposit on then start printing and then do your final Machining all in one setup so repair work is is one of the big sectors that we we focus on cladding uh very similar to feature Edition it's really uh one person's kind of perspective is how much material you're actually depositing however you
• 26:00 - 26:30 know where I draw the line with cladding is it's much more simple geometry I'm taking a a substrate in case of a shaft and depositing a single layer or you know one or two layers I'm not really printing a unique geometry like I would with feature Edition but feature Edition and cladding certainly uh very close in terms of applications casting replacement um we do quite a bit of Steel and stainless steel casting Replacements where if you have a very low quantity
• 26:30 - 27:00 run for a custom casting can certainly be advantageous to use this type of technology to print your internet shape and do all your Machining work and then one of the you know big uh advantages of meltio is the fact that we can do multiple materials so we have the ability to switch between two different wires on the Fly uh not at the same time but um basically you can start out with another material and then switch it takes about five seconds to switch between materials so even on a given
• 27:00 - 27:30 layer you can have two different materials and go back and forth so the multi-material example in this case some of the peripheral edges are in a harder alloy um one of the the caveats you know the materials must be compatible for welding so you know a lot of stainless and inconel Blends as well as you know ferrous steel materials and stainless Blends as well but really you know um good benefit for hard facing as well so
• 27:30 - 28:00 adding a much higher hardness material where you need it and using a much cheaper alloy to do the large majority of the of the print some some examples of three axis cladding and five axis cladding putting a stainless layer on a steel substrate just in three axis using a planar slice and then doing some cladding on a shaft
• 28:00 - 28:30 um both you know kind of general purpose cladding examples here casting replacement this was a part that we actually worked on at imts back in 2020 made about 15 of these these components uh during the show where this reduced the the lead time to get this custom casting made for a customer and we were able to really only machine the areas that we needed to so this is a um essentially a funnel where we needed
• 28:30 - 29:00 to machine the OD and ID of both ends where it goes from a round flange to a rectangular flange so it didn't have to machine the outside or inside of the curved portion of this piece but certainly could if the requirement was there and then I've seen some of the questions uh popping up in the chat so this is probably one of the um kind of area that we get the most questions of Phillips is how is the system programmed
• 29:00 - 29:30 um right now we use a series of M codes to communicate between the Haas controller and the L2 controller uh turning on things like uh basically laser security and making sure that we do have a layer of protection that way there's no way to open the door uh while the laser is on to protect the operator uh we turn on things like the actual lasers deployment of the head so the head is only deployed when we're actually printing retracted when we're when we're doing conventional Machining
• 29:30 - 30:00 and we also have a additional M code that will allow us um to apply a head shift in the background so that way we handle that XY shift between the Milling spindle and the additive head overall G-Code format very similar to any other normal Haas machine without an additive head it's a few additional M codes and just kind of um this this overall sequence where we're activating our additive commands turning on our lasers on and off as we
• 30:00 - 30:30 deposit material and one of the you know really new developments that we've made is we're actually passing variables from the Haas machine now to the melto system so we're able to control laser power shielding gas wire feed rate all from within the Haas controller now so that's something we'll be rolling out uh probably in the start of 2024 but we're constantly making developments to make the the hardware and software side of things on the CNC control much more use
• 30:30 - 31:00 user friendly and we think we've we've done a really good job on the last three years working with meltio and the systems systems operate extremely similar to a normal CNC machine a few days of training uh from a you know person who's familiar with the Haas platform or Machining in general and you know you're up and running printing parts overall steps when we talk about the integration is we need to mount the
• 31:00 - 31:30 actual deposition metal deposition head to the Haas machine so we make our own adapter plates at Phillips and this allows us to align the meltio axes Square to the Haas machine so we have adjustment built into our designs and we Mount essentially these adapter plates behind the factory z-axis spindle cover the way it looks you know and feels like an oem uh installation uh where everything is is very seamless we
• 31:30 - 32:00 install laser safe glass on all the the Haas Windows to prevent the operator from the laser wavelength and then also put additional safety interlocks for example on side doors that way there's no um a way for an operator to open a side window like you potentially could on a conventional CNC machine because of the the laser safety aspect and then you know we install the actual uh conduits uh which is in the fifth
• 32:00 - 32:30 picture on the right shows the conduits going into the top of the deposition system uh we do all of our integration on site whether it's a retrofit or a brand new machine that we sell it takes us about one to two weeks depending on Haas model options from the the meltio side but within that within that two week range all done on site and then across the the different Haas machines uh we integrate pretty much on all Haas VF machines uh the large
• 32:30 - 33:00 majority of UMC machines and the VMS and Tool Room products some of the machines you know we can do like the smaller TM zeros and vf1s but you get so much more of a build volume when you use these larger format machines on the left uh that for the cost of integration really makes more sense to start out with a larger machine travel side and then there's some machines that it physically can't you know be integrated with um you know some of those smaller
• 33:00 - 33:30 um drill tap machines or drill Mill machines just physically can't actually have the meltio system uh fit inside the travel all right so I think that about does it for that um and of course we can't have an additive manufacturing media webinar without mentioning we have form next form Austin coming up very very soon I'll be able to find both uh us at solidcam and Brian with Phillips over at the booths 231 and 331 respectively so we hope to see a lot of you there
• 33:30 - 34:00 so gentlemen we've had a few quick so let's get right to that um one audience member commented uh we've seen wire fed laser deposition tried in our industry which is Aerospace the issue seemed to be that the stress in the part caused severe Distortion during Machining how have you overcome this certain materials are really gonna be highlighted you know there's going to be more stress when you welt in Canal
• 34:00 - 34:30 like 718 versus a 316l stainless um but a lot of a lot of things can be done to reduce that you know where you're we're using cool build plates to minimize how much heat uh we're having in that overall build so that's definitely been one way is using cool build plates uh to reduce basically how much how much heat you're putting into a part to reduce stress but there are certainly going to be applications that you're going to have to do a a in between heat treatment to reduce stress most of the materials that we've printed
• 34:30 - 35:00 um with stainless ferrous steel materials we haven't seen a lot of distortion and that one to one and a half millimeter overbuild has been significant um where we haven't had to exceed that and haven't seen warpage exceeding that uh another question asks asks about the capability of infill patterns um uh is is that a possibility what what
• 35:00 - 35:30 types of infill patterns are available here Brian if you wanted to start off for what you guys are doing today and I can throw some comments as well sure so infill you know as a a general rule you know for for our technology you're trying to keep overall bead length as short as possible so we find zigzag infill giving us really great density um we have a bunch of different options you know we we've done most of our work
• 35:30 - 36:00 with solid parts using a zigzag style infill but doing a profile style infill that follows the outer inner geometry of a part is something that we certainly also have done pretty thoroughly and then you start having combinations of that so you might be doing two or three or even four profile passes and then with a zigzag style infill we can also do one-way infill but one way infill
• 36:00 - 36:30 really is a lot slower because we're having to turn on and off the lasers every single time we do a single pass and with the multi-laser technology um we haven't seen any benefit uh from a unidirectional infill so zigzag infill and profile style infill is is probably the big two for us yeah from the camp side of things uh generally we have a more freedom on the programming side than we do in the actual physical requirements of the system so like Brian mentioned this is
• 36:30 - 37:00 at the end of the day a welding process and there are some practical limitations to what types of tool paths you may want to implement in that solution um so on the programming side we can add a bunch of different tool paths in there but you're going to be more limited by whatever actual technology you're using on the hardware side of things uh another another audience member asks is it easy to replace the extruder from single to multi-material so with the melchio technology it's
• 37:00 - 37:30 already included so when we have a single versus dual wire system uh it's an external feeder on the hybrid side that dictates uh dual wire so for our for our technology we're not changing out any head components the hardware is already there it's simply an option with an external feeder that allows you to have dual wire what are the the Z Direction properties of the part like assuming a straight
• 37:30 - 38:00 vertical buildup what's what's the component like in the Z Direction yeah and that's one of the really unique aspects of meltio's deposition technology uh in terms of tensile strength extremely close uh Z Pool versus XY so mechanical properties I would say 95 of what you would get with x y direction compared to Z Direction have you done any uh application studies projects with recycled materials
• 38:00 - 38:30 I personally at Phillips we have not done any recycled materials currently I think you know there's there's certainly applications that would make sense um you know when we talk about machines that are remote locations certainly open uh to testing but we have not done any recycled materials today um uh as you mentioned you get a lot of questions about the the control and and programming and and
• 38:30 - 39:00 um some of that you've addressed as you've gone both of you but but here's one that kind of swerves into that and the the audience member asks can the the 3D printing head be programmed at the controller technically yes I mean I think you know with my background in Machining the idea comes up about programming CNC machines at the controller when we start getting into five axis and simulating a machine it's in the same realm you know yes you
• 39:00 - 39:30 technically can create toll path uh at the control you know it's at the end of the day it's just G-Code uh but with Cam software Solutions in in the technology that we have in the computing power that we have control programming to me is kind of a thing in the past um everything should be done on an offline system yeah as a cam company I feel obligated to say that that's what it's there for I know some very confident machinists that can you know work their magic right on the controller but obviously it's it's there to make everyone's job easier um
• 39:30 - 40:00 so if you had to you could but you generally don't want to so this question refers to the the sample part you showed that was a casting replacement and the question asks getting a smooth service getting a smooth surface in XY seems intuitive but how do you machine a smooth interior surface in Z using your example of a bent tube yeah that's that's where you would certainly have to segment the tool path if we needed to machine the inside or
• 40:00 - 40:30 outside of that that curved geometry you're going to have to especially for the the inside it's a physical limitation where you're not going to be able to get a lollipop style uh ball mill inside uh at a certain curvature so that's where you'd have to print you know maybe 15 degrees of that bend radius and then machine the inside of it start printing again and one of the things that it actually ties back into Distortion um what you don't want to do is let's say print from 0 to 15 degrees and then
• 40:30 - 41:00 machine from 0 to 15 degrees and then start printing again from 15 to 30. you need to leave kind of a thermal barrier that way you're not distorting what you've previously established so what you would want to do is print between 0 and 15 degrees and then machine from zero to ten then print from 15 to 30 and then you might start Machining from uh 10 to 20. that way you're leaving a standoff distance to a provide a thermal barrier and not distort what you've
• 41:00 - 41:30 previously machined and not create an overhang condition so if you're Machining up to where you start depositing again you're going to have some type of overhang condition and yes with multi-axis we can tilt the head uh to alleviate some of that concern but you're still going to be fighting that that thermal uh distortion uh you mentioned the the range of materials because you touch on that again and specifically this audience
• 41:30 - 42:00 member is asking about is aluminum a possibility so right now aluminum is is one of the materials aluminum and copper are really under development with melto um outside of aluminum and copper if you can find it in a wire form there's a good chance that we can process it with our technology so nickel Bay super Alloys certainly a sweet spot for this type of Technology because of how difficult it is to machine as well as high cost for billets or castings of you
• 42:00 - 42:30 know inconel 718 625 different monell materials hastiloid materials that's that's certainly a great application or can be great applications for us but a wide variety of stainless materials titanium as well titanium 6-4 is very common for us as well as a a pretty broad spectrum of Steel from Tool Steels like h11 and h13 to higher tensile strengths uh you know like a ER 100 or ER 120 welding wire and I think one
• 42:30 - 43:00 thing that I may have missed on is that we're using commercially available mig wire so this is not some proprietary welding wires specific for Laser Technology we have worked with different uh wire manufacturers for kind of Niche applications but you know the large majority in the 99 plus range this is all commercially available welding wire what protection or shielding does the
• 43:00 - 43:30 meltio head have from Machining coolant and chips and how much of the work envelope does the integration take up so a couple of different questions on that we use argon for shielding gas that's kind of the the overall arching process gas that we use we are experimenting with nitrogen um the gas also protects the Optics so while we're printing the gas is Flowing around the laser Optics in terms of Machining uh when we're
• 43:30 - 44:00 doing Machining work with flood coolant or through spindle coolant obviously there's going to be quite a bit of coolant Mist in the machine the melchio head retracts up into a deployment mechanism which has trap doors that protect um the meltio head from coolant and chips while we're Machining we also lock out the coolant pump uh while we're doing additive work that way there's no way to accidentally have an end user
• 44:00 - 44:30 turn the coolant system on while you're printing my kind of joke is that it would be an expensive uh accident if you were turning the coolant on while you're you're laser welding but that's prevented um with some some macros that we have in the background in terms of overall protection you know we have systems you know that we've built three years ago now running flood coolant you know every day not having an issue with uh you know coolant contamination on the left or
• 44:30 - 45:00 Optics is inert gas part of the meltio head the inert gas uh it it flows through the actual Optics as well as it creates the inert kind of bubble around the actual process so in the actual melto head uh the gas is coming out of the gas nozzle which creates that inert that localized and neurot environment uh while we're welding so we do not flood the entire
• 45:00 - 45:30 chamber of of the host machine uh another viewer asks could this technology be adapted to a CNC lathe so right now when that's came up because we're using uh lasers that are fiber fiber coupled to our collimators are you know essentially our Optics uh one of the big issues or challenges that you have with the lathe is most laser turrets so how do you mount the actual deposition that's deposition head that's
• 45:30 - 46:00 coupled uh with fibers to a laser source and if it's mounted on a turret that's not really physically possible what you would have to do is have a robotic arm with the deposition head um mounted to that way you would have the door automatically open have a laser safe cell around the lathe and that's how we would handle it if you needed to have a process um that was going to be put on a on a turning Center
• 46:00 - 46:30 um this one's a good geometry question on the spline based slicing of the tubes and you showed one of the tubes it's kind of like won't wound back and forth um on that spine base slight spline based slicing how are you managing the different bead Heights between the inner radius and outer radius so one of the unique things about this tow pack uh is we're we're giving it a Center Line spine curve and based on the the relationship between the spine curve
• 46:30 - 47:00 and the actual geometry meaning the internal radius versus external radius we give the tool path a slope function uh this allows us to give it a nominal uh wire feed rate and linear feed rate as well as a minimum maximum and by doing this uh and tuning this kind of minimum maximum of knowing what the process can handle you know there is a physical limit of we're not going to be able to be you know printing a four
• 47:00 - 47:30 millimeter five millimeter tall layer height so there is a a finite layer height that you can't violate so normally our nominal layer height for a single wall is around a half millimeter for solids it's about a millimeter we can go down a little bit lower than that so like when we're doing a spine slice we can handle about a quarter of a millimeter about ten thousandths of an inch up to about 1.5 millimeter so we give it essentially
• 47:30 - 48:00 those two points on the curve that intersect with our nominal feed rates and the software will compute the feed rates for us so you're constantly changing um feed rates but maintaining wire feed rate so wire feed rate in this particular tool path is is consistent and we're able to alter linear feed rate the solid cam support support geometry like in traditional fdm 3D printing
• 48:00 - 48:30 so from a software standpoint the quick answer is yes um and I'm not sure if I mentioned this but the kind of two target technologies that we're going to have for kind of the initial release will be DED platforms like this as well as fdm most likely larger format uh fdm hybrid machines so yes we will be able to support support structures but that will be more technology dependent um so there are again some practical limitations to when you may want to use certain types of sports or certain Sports Styles but yes the software will be able to handle that as well yeah
• 48:30 - 49:00 um this next question sort of refers to the the cooled work surface that was mentioned before this this audience member is asking can heat be dissipated through work holding for small parts without a build plate absolutely so we're using a essentially a subplate that we run uh water glycol uh solution through and we actually have the ability to plumb work holding into that not
• 49:00 - 49:30 saying that you would have to have a a bill plate or a subplate with cooling running through it we could basically just use a a vice um or vice Jaws to run cooling through um but right now how we handle it in terms of work holding we'll we'll tap into our cool build plate which is really just a subplate it's not the actual surface that we're depositing on It's usually the surface that we're bolting the substrate to that we're depositing on but Vice Jaws you know you
• 49:30 - 50:00 can make cool advice Jaws that would work with our system uh you could have you know custom fixturing as well this next question uh to solid cam are are there any solutions in development for dynamic additive parameter changes like laser powder wire speed um to vary those parameters for different heights of the part yeah so on the software side for the cam
• 50:00 - 50:30 the quick answer is yes we will be able to have control of pretty much any key parameters that you would like to change a lot of that's going to be limited more so on the hardware interface whatever controller that particular solution is using um and obviously the Practical limitations of what factors you can actually vary in a given platform because again it's not going to be available just for the meltio system but any type of DED head that we might develop compatibility for there may have different sets of parameters that may not be universally applicable back and forth between systems
• 50:30 - 51:00 um this next audience member um raises the issue of of of of Standards specifically related to the oil and gas industry and the Aerospace industry um and the and the the um appropriateness of hybrid manufacturing for standards he lists some but the question uh he gets to is have you done any collaboration with institutions or governmental programs where uh hybrid has been developed or is
• 51:00 - 51:30 under development specifically with regard to specific sector industry standards uh in short yes uh the U.S Navy has a tech Pub for wire fed directed energy deposition um so that is is certainly a spec that we have started to adhere to uh for working on on components that would be or would fall into those categories uh each industry certainly has their own um specifications but at the end of the
• 51:30 - 52:00 day this technology is is laser welding so we're using a commercially available welding wire the power source is different so we would fall under kind of the the AWS American Welding Society spec for laser welding yeah this question overlaps a little with an answer you gave but it's a it's a kind of important fundamental issue so let's go there again that I asks what are the envelope limits of of size for
• 52:00 - 52:30 the additive manufacturing portion of the hybrid is it fixed or does it depend on the machine it's installed into yeah so I I actually uh Miss missed this portion so I'm glad I'm glad we brought it up again uh when you when we integrate into the machine tool you don't lose travel so some of the machines that we don't support the reason we don't support them is you would have to essentially limit how much travel um you would have in terms of x-axis or
• 52:30 - 53:00 y-axis to avoid a collision point the machines that we support you do not physically lose any travel now when it comes to three axis uh it's a very straightforward You're simply shifted between the millings uh Milling spindle and the additive head so if there's a 12 inch shift if you were to print a Part Max travel of the three axis machine you certainly could you just couldn't machine the max travel of that machine because you'd have to have a manual operation to move whatever
• 53:00 - 53:30 that shift distance was so you're not losing travel it is shifted uh for three axis machines pretty straightforward um for five axis machines it depends on the configuration of the rotary table so we focus all on table table five axis machines we don't currently support any head head five Axis or head table five axis machines so when we talk about our UMC or Haas VF line with five axis rotary tables once again we don't limit
• 53:30 - 54:00 how much travel you have in the example of a UMC let's say 750 you do have about 11 inch uh shift in the x-axis Y is somewhat negligible you know about an inch or so in Center Line distance you don't lose travel however you can't deposit uh fully at you know x minus 3 30 inches you know that's total travel of the x-axis at B positive 90 you would have to use
• 54:00 - 54:30 an alternate rotary solution um so you have that overlap and that's where it becomes somewhat of a a robot if anyone's ever seen kind of a robot Collision point or hindrance point it's very similar to that um you know you're you're going to be able to or you would need to use an alternative uh rotary uh position uh to handle kind of that overlap Point uh when it comes to just the head is retracted so the head retracts within you know probably about five or six seconds the the doors fold up on itself
• 54:30 - 55:00 with the head mounted where it is from spindle face to the bottom or the Collision Point um to keep things you know straightforward you have about four to five inches depending on Haas machine so at b b 90 uh worst case scenario um you might have to use a one to two inch longer gauge line tool to give you you know eight nine inches of clearance if you were working close to center point of rotation
• 55:00 - 55:30 um with the Tilt axis at 90 degrees with a BC configuration machine so you know worst case if you're just doing Machining you might have to use a one to two inch longer tool depending on where you're working on the machine does coolant left on the part after Machining affect welding so the laser process will vaporize the water which you don't want to have is a
• 55:30 - 56:00 gas porosity from the water being vaporized getting trapped into the weld you also don't want the solids from coolant left over in the weld So to avoid this you can have an automated Air Blast depending on the requirement or application you may want to have a manual operation to clean the part with you know isopropyl alcohol ensure that there's no coolant um left on on the component ideally if you have you know a very high requirement for cleanliness the system
• 56:00 - 56:30 will certainly process it you know one of our kind of fun demos that will run at trade shows is we'll have a layer of coolant left on the part and then weld over top of it and makes for a nice little show but if you had a higher requirement where you wouldn't want to do that I would try to focus on building the part fully before you went to Machining but if that's not the case uh you know worst case scenario having a manual Machining operation uh or manual cleaning operation or you know some type of dry Machining operation to avoid
• 56:30 - 57:00 having coolant on the area that you wanted to posit um we have a few minutes left and a couple more questions um one of these doesn't directly relate to hybrid but uh it asks for to to solid cam what types of additive Technologies broadly in general like what types of additive Technologies is solid cam developing software to support
• 57:00 - 57:30 yeah so uh there's a wide range that we will eventually be able to cover uh for right now we're going to be focusing primarily on DED hybrid platforms and potentially fdm hybrid platforms as well those are we showed the demonstration for the DED and fdm is very similar to slightly more advanced tool paths more support structures different infill patterns those will be the first two that we Target and those will be technology not system dependent right so like we mentioned any other DD platform could technically use the same general tool paths and uh cam package as the
• 57:30 - 58:00 Philips platform be able to uh this question similarly is broader than hybrid the it asks um based on your experience what 3D printing Technologies do you see fitting in well with a traditional machine shop uh probably right off the bat the there's the simplest fdm is probably the most accessible um and a great way to get in the door if you're a very traditional shop that really hasn't started to adopt additive yet um it's a very low cost very easy way to kind of just start figuring out what that technology can do for you very
• 58:00 - 58:30 useful for manager thing from organizational tools to even some basic fixturing and tooling um from their platforms like the these hybrid Solutions we're talking about are really appealing in a lot of cases like I mentioned you kind of get two for one as far as the Machine Tool It's A system that a lot of people are already familiar with everyone's run a hops machine they all know how they work they all know what their capabilities are so the fact you can get that just with this extra add-on where well now we can kind of dip our toes into add it a little bit and do a pretty serious degree with the capabilities there so fdm is a great starting point and then obviously these more capable kind of DED combination
• 58:30 - 59:00 machines are a really good Next Step uh and here's what what might be the the final question we'll get to um Brian the cooled subplate talk about that the the audience member asks specifically is that part of the meltio integration that's part of the the Philips hybrid integration so it's something that our team at Phillips Corporation we design uh we designed the you know and use the rotary unions especially when it comes to five axis machines uh that way you
• 59:00 - 59:30 know when you talk about a table table five axis machine we have to have a rotary Union so that's something that we develop uh as well as make custom for our customers so that way if you're using a particular type of work holding we incorporate that into our design that way if you're using Lang or fifth axis uh we'll use the bolt patterns for those subplates or fixtures all right I think we'll end it there that concludes today's webinar I want to thank our presenters Brian christoponis of Philips Corporation and Pete Genovese
• 59:30 - 60:00 of solidcam guys thank you thank you Pete learn more at solidcam.com and at phillipscorp.com an email with a link to a recording of This webinar should come to you soon so to our audience members thank you for your time today I'm pizzolinski with additive manufacturing media