Intech Additive Solutions, IRES, and Conify partner to shorten the development cycle time of new alloys for the Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) process

Frankfurt, Germany | November 18, 2021 - CONIFY and Intech Additive Solutions, together with IRES, have established a framework of collaboration towards research and development activities over the past year. This has now come to reality, with a joint exhibition at the recent Formnext-2021 event in Frankfurt!

“New opportunities concerning metal powder engineering, degradation, reusability, and Additive Manufacturing arise with the iFusion SF1 metal printer. We look forward to reaching our goals set, with this strategic alliance of IRES, CONIFY, Intech Additive Solutions, and DMG Mori, at the international level”, said Dr. Elias P. Koumoulos, CEO - IRES.

“By identifying powder characteristics playing a decisive role to the final part quality through our unique material digitisation process, Conify enables the development of individual material-process parameters pairs for high-density, defect-free additively manufactured parts. However, the major challenge lies in establishing and qualifying the print process parameters as it is an iterative process that can take several weeks to months. Intech’s AMOptoMet, in turn, gives users a reliable tool to successfully calculate print parameters and predict print properties with a simulated iterative approach. This reduces the development time to hours/days”, said Dr. Evangelia Caraxis, Managing Director – CONIFY.

Purchase of the iFusion SF1, Intech’s LPBF Metal 3D Printer, complements the vision of transforming innovative ideas into products. With build dimensions of dia. 150 mm x 180 mm ht. and a powerful 500W Laser, the iFusion SF1 is primarily geared towards faster material verification for PBF (laser parameter development/process window), new alloy parameter development, and prototyping of small to mid-size components.

?“DMG MORI and Intech have been in a partnership since 2018, driving development in the field of Metal Additive Manufacturing. We appreciate Conify's belief in our technology and becoming the first European customer to acquire Intech’s LPBF Metal 3D Printer iFusion SF1 and AMOptoMet software. Conify, specializing in AM compatible metal powder production, can now leverage AMOptoMet to qualify print parameters for standard and exotic materials. We are sure that our collaboration with Conify will revolutionize the new material development benefiting the AM community at large and is a step in the right direction towards increasing our presence in the global market.”, said Mr. Friedemann Lell, Managing Director at DMG MORI Additive GmbH.

?“We are pleased that IRES and Conify, an organization leading the way in powder qualification and establishing AM process flow, have found its ideal partner in Intech in the implementation of AM technology. The cost-effective iFusion SF1 is an ideal solution for Conify as the powerful 500W Laser will allow them to experiment with a wide range of exotic alloys. The system can also print with as low as 7-10 Kgs of powder, which is ideal for a research environment, especially when combined with AMOptoMet. We are confident that this partnership will not only immensely benefit all alliance organizations, but also the AM industry at large from the new materials that will be qualified for LPBF.”, said Mr. Pradeep Nair, Vice President, Sales – Intech Additive Solutions.

About IRES

IRES, founded in 2015, is devoted to providing decision-making tools and methodologies for environmental, safety, and risk assessment, materials characterization/digitization, and process optimization; a team of chemical engineers, physicists, materials, and data scientists with a mission to deliver world-class innovative solutions. Customized and tailored solutions on demand, often in tool form, successfully identify possible business risks and provide sustainable directions, recently devoted also to the additive manufacturing sector. For this, the whole lifecycle of products is considered through a holistic evaluation of social, environmental, and economic aspects based on EU standards and regulations. In collaboration with external bodies and related initiatives, IRES is part of, build upon and pushing the frontiers at new technological events, arising innovative technologies and strategic research trends.

About Conify

With a key focus on powder processing methodologies and 3d printing, wire-based Direct Energy Deposition and Laser Powder Bed Fusion, CONIFY is committed to delivering reliable, robust, repeatable, and cost-effective Additive Manufacturing processes and qualified metal AM powdered materials thorough metal powder characterisation and qualification both for virgin and refurbished powder feedstock materials for metal Additive Manufacturing. CONIFY brings together material research, state-of-the-art powder processing facilities, and hands-on AM process development. The unique expertise stems from a multidisciplinary group of Metallurgists, Mechanical and Material Engineers aimed to support customers to adopt AM in their business with process development and feasibility studies, proof-of-concept methodologies, as well as higher TRL demo and prototyping activities.

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About DMG MORI

DMG MORI is a worldwide leader of cutting machine tools for turning and milling, as well as a comprehensive supplier in additive manufacturing. DMG MORI consistently covers the process chain in Additive Manufacturing and bundles the most important generative manufacturing processes under one roof. DMG MORI is a full-service provider in the additive manufacturing of metal components and in the subsequent machining.

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About Intech Additive Solutions

Intech Additive Solutions Pvt. Ltd is the first Indian Origin Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) to develop and supply Metal 3D Printers based on Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) technology. They provide complete solutions in Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) systems and AM Software.

Intech’s Metal 3D Printers, with its software suite, provides customers with a ready-to-print AM solution out-of-the-box, coupled with local after-sales services. Intech Additive Solutions is a TUV Certified ISO 9001:2015 & AS 9100D company.