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Augmenting Existing Machinery

Reducing Part Weight While Maintaining Strength

When working with automated robotic equipment, ensuring weight and strength requirements are met for all components of the machine is crucial. HARBEC was able to reduce weight while improving strength compared to other additive manufacturing processes. Learn how SLS helped them:

  • Reduce weight of robotic components
  • Improve strength over traditional SLA additive technology
  • Produce wear components in house, saving time and money
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3D Printing

Is SLS Printing Right for Your Organization?

Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) is a 3D printing process that’s currently trusted by engineers and manufacturers across many different industries for its capability in producing strong, functional parts. Due to the ability to densely pack parts within the build volume, as well as the self-supporting nature of the process removing the need for support structures, it’s especially suited for low-volume production. While SLS was traditionally an expensive process with a high initial investment cost, prices have recently dropped significantly, while still delivering quality parts quickly.

However, this approach is not by default suited to all applications. There are significant considerations that must be taken into account when working with powder-based systems, and these can often require additional facilities investment and safety precautions. The variety of available printing materials with SLS may be more limited compared to other 3D printing processes. Parts will also have a textured surface finish that may not be desirable for certain functions

It’s important to fully assess all necessary factors when determining whether or not SLS printing is the right fit for your organization. But this does not need to be a daunting task, and we’re here to help! Download the Guide to SLS 3D Printing for a detailed overview, and don’t hesitate to reach out to our 3D printing experts with any additional questions.

Guide to Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) 3D Printing

Selective Laser Sintering is an Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology that uses a high-power laser to sinter small particles of polymer powder into a solid structure. Grab your white paper now to discover:

  • The Selective Laser Sintering process
  • When to use SLS over other additive methods
  • Specific material properties and strengths
  • More…

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XYZ MfgPro230 xS

An SLS printer for low-volume production with great material properties that produces isotropic parts. Create engineering quality parts with production capacity to rival injection molding.

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Formlabs Fuse 1

The Fuse 1 and Fuse Sift bring the industrial power of Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) to your benchtop, providing prototyping and production at one tenth of the cost of existing SLS machines.

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SLS On-Demand

Want to scale up your production without bringing new hardware in-house? We have the expertise to help! Contact our digital manufacturing team to get your parts made quickly and efficiently.

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