3D Systems宣布已达成一项协议，以获取DP Polar GmbH，这是该行业第一个旨在真正的高速批量生产定制组件的设计师和制造商DP Polar GmbH。DP Polar获得专利的连续打印过程的中心是一个大规模的分割，旋转的打印平台，它消除了几乎所有增材制造平台的开始/停止操作。传统打印机在笛卡尔坐标系统上运行，在该系统中，打印头整个组件生产过程中从点到点依次移动。借助DP Polar的技术和专利的极性坐标控制，打印头保持固定在旋转平台上方，提供了连续的打印过程。这种方法不仅会大大加快组件生产的速度，而且还可以最大程度地减少与传统印刷头运动相关的磨损和振动。通过这种模块化方法，旋转平台可以与各种印刷技术交配，甚至可以容纳拾音器机器人系统，这些机器人系统可以将电子设备或其他功能嵌入组件的正文中。通过此次收购，3D Systems将利用其行业领先的聚合物材料组合以及Oqton的软件技术，将真正的高速，大规模生产添加剂制造带到包括航空航天，汽车，公司，消费品，消费品和医疗保健等行业的广度上。
“This acquisition is the next step in executing on our investment strategy to provide our customers with an industry-leading additive manufacturing solutions portfolio to address their critical applications challenges,” said Dr. Jeffrey Graves, president and CEO, 3D Systems. “dp polar has designed a very unique system that provides true high-volume production. The ability to print a broad range of materials, alongside the printer’s modular design that enables multiple processes in one high-speed platform not only increases productivity by orders of magnitude but also reduces the total cost of ownership. Particularly impressive is the level of machine intelligence embedded in the platform’s operating system, which enables continuous operation across the large, rotating print platform. This unique capability is central to the exceptional throughput, economics, and versatility of dp polar’s 3D printing system. By combining our renowned polymer materials portfolio with this first-to-market high-speed production technology, I believe we’ll affect a monumental shift in production workflows for high-value applications in industrial and healthcare markets.”
DP Polar设计的打印过程允许同时应用不同的材料，以精确定义组件中所需的性能特性，例如弹性，硬度，抗温度或着色，并具有很高的精度。高速添加剂制造解决方案可以整合预处理，生产和后处理元素，并与ERP系统无缝连接。这使得端到端可追溯性和质量保证对于在高度监管的市场（如航空航天和医疗保健）中的应用至关重要。
“As the founder of dp polar GmbH, I am very excited about the unique opportunity to work with a leading provider of highly professional 3D printing systems,” said Hans Mathea, CEO, CTO and founder, dp polar GmbH. “The synergy that results from the combination of our two companies is particularly valuable: the mass production solutions meet a range of industrially mature AM materials. With additive manufacturing, the industry is now getting the chance for real mass production for the first time.”
3D系统expects this transaction to close in the fourth quarter of 2022.
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