3D Lab launches its new ATO Suite for metallic powder manufacturing at Formnext 2024

Warsaw-based 3D printing service bureau 3D Lab is introducing its ATO Suite at Formnext 2024. 

Designed to offer researchers and producers with better management over metallic powder manufacturing, the ATO Suite allows the environment friendly and sustainable manufacturing of high-quality spherical metallic powders from varied feedstocks, catering to superior functions reminiscent of additive manufacturing.

Comprising the ATO Lab Plus, ATO Noble, ATO Induction Melting System, ATO Solid, ATO Sieve, ATO Wipe, and ATO Clear, the ATO Suite is designed for seamless integration, even in space-constrained environments. Every element serves a selected objective, collectively addressing your complete metallic powder manufacturing workflow, from feedstock preparation to powder refinement and gear cleansing.

Reside demonstrations by 3D Lab in Corridor 11.0, Sales space B21, will showcase how the ATO Suite’s modular design and novel know-how allow producers to provide customized powders on demand whereas specializing in sustainability.

This launch builds on 3D Lab’s established experience in materials manufacturing and processing, marked by latest milestones.

3D Lab’s powder manufacturing legacy

3D Lab just lately secured patents for its ultrasonic atomization know-how within the U.S. and China, advancing the manufacturing of premium metallic powders for AM and industrial use. Within the U.S., the patent addresses strategies and gear for producing heavy metallic powders, whereas in China, it focuses on refining evacuation processes throughout atomization. 

These patents assist the event of the ATO collection, with the ATO Lab Plus standing out as a modular answer for laboratory-scale manufacturing. By enhancing powder flowability, guaranteeing exact particle measurement management, and reducing oxygen ranges, the know-how serves essential industries reminiscent of aerospace, automotive, healthcare, and 3D printing.

Constructing on its previous successes, 3D Lab partnered with jewellery producer Cooksongold in 2019 to create a compact atomizer particularly designed for treasured metallic powder manufacturing. This collaboration led to the event of the ATO Noble, a compact atomizer using patented ultrasonic plasma atomization to optimize the dealing with of silver, platinum, and gold.

Advancing powder manufacturing effectivity and flexibility

On the core of the suite is the ATO Lab Plus, a lab-sized ultrasonic metallic atomizer that gives on-demand powder manufacturing capabilities for reactive and non-reactive metals. Its small footprint and modular design cater to companies of all sizes, facilitating fast alloy growth with exact particle measurement management. For industries working with high-value supplies, the ATO Noble atomizer can be included incorporating a specialised filtration system to maximise materials restoration and high quality.

In the meantime, the ATO Induction Melting System (IMS) introduces a flexible answer for processing various feedstocks, together with 3D printing scraps, into high-purity powders. By combining induction melting and ultrasonic atomization, IMS ensures flexibility, enabling producers to repurpose irregularly formed supplies whereas sustaining strict chemical purity requirements.

The ATO Solid vacuum casting furnace helps sustainable practices by enabling customers to recycle scraps and leftover powders into new rods for atomization. This reduces prices whereas selling a closed-loop materials circulation for zero-waste manufacturing.

Enhancing workflow with complementary instruments

Different options throughout the suite embody the ATO Sieve, which ensures powder purity by ultrasonic sieving beneath inert gasoline situations, and the ATO Wipe, an ultrasonic cleansing system for feedstock supplies reminiscent of wires and rods. These instruments forestall contamination and improve the standard of atomized powders. To make sure environment friendly transitions between supplies, the ATO Clear offers hands-free cleansing of atomizer elements, minimizing downtime and the danger of cross-contamination.

To additional streamline operations, the Revolver Rod Feeding System allows the simultaneous atomization of as much as 10 rods, maximizing productiveness with exact management over feed velocity and rotation. Moreover, the ATO Distant Management pill permits real-time monitoring and adjustment of atomization processes, lowering operator workload and enhancing effectivity.

A key spotlight of the ATO Suite is its potential to assist sustainable manufacturing by patented ultrasonic atomization know-how. Customers can recycle 3D printing scraps, outsized powders, and different waste supplies into high-quality metallic powders, contributing to useful resource effectivity and lowering reliance on exterior suppliers. This course of aligns with the business’s rising emphasis on sustainability, guaranteeing that innovation can coexist with environmental duty.

With its debut at Formnext 2024, the ATO Suite showcases 3D Lab’s method to sustainable and environment friendly metallic powder manufacturing, providing researchers and producers sensible instruments for advancing their workflows. 

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Featured picture reveals the ATO Suite. Picture through 3D Lab.