South Korean company RYUJINLAB began to promote FFF low-cost metal 3D printing services

Guide: Europe, America and China3D printingWe often pay attention to the market, but there are few reports on the Korean market.It is reported that as of 2019, South Korea3D printingThe market size of the industry is 377 million U.S. dollars (approximately 2.5 billion RMB), of which3D printingThe size of the service market is 88 million U.S. dollars (580 million yuan), an increase of 23% compared to 2018, and it is the industry with the highest growth rate in the equipment, electronic equipment, and electronic equipment market segments.

November 30, 20203D printingTechnology company RYUJINLAB launched metal in South Korea3D printingServices for public use.
Since 2012, the global3D printingThe industry is developing rapidly and is growing at a rate of approximately 30% every year.This resulted in the whole3D printingThe fierce competition in technology and product development in the industry has enabled people to use more materials at a lower cost. FFF
3D printingDozens of materials are now available, such as PLA (an environmentally friendly material), the more commonly used ABS and PETG, and elastic and ductile materials. In addition, wood, bronze and brass-like materials can be used to express the texture of the sculpture more diversified.Where more details are needed, photosensitive resin can be used3D printing(Also called resin3D printing) Make more precise objects.3D printingThe expensive technologies and materials have become more and more accessible to the general public. However, the creativity and production activities of general users are still restricted, and the threshold for industrial materials and technology is still high.

In metal3D printingIn the industry, the situation is similar.
3D printingMetal materials require high-power energy.Therefore, the metal3D printingThe machine uses high-power laser or high-energy ion beam as energy source, and the cost of equipment installation and operation is very high. Generally, users must pay FFF
3D printing10 to 100 times the cost to use traditional metal3D printingMethod to print small metal sculptures.

Such a high cost weakened3D printingThe advantage of becoming3D printingBarriers to supply.In order to eliminate this “high cost” barrier, RYUJINLAB, INC has been conducting low-cost metal3D printingResearch and demonstrated its achievements at the “Inside 3D Printing Conferences & Expo, Seoul” held in Seoul on November 18.The end user sends an STL or OBJ file to RYUJINLAB, INC, and then they use the FFF metal developed by RYUJINLAB, INC3D printingThe machine prints a blank part made of metal wire Ultrafuse®316L (manufactured by BASF Germany). After that, the blank parts undergo debinding heat treatment and sintering processes. The final metal parts made entirely of Ultrafuse®316L material are then sent to the end user.

The Ultrafuse®316L metal sculpture with a width, length and height of approximately 13 mm (see the picture below) is tentatively set to cost 70,000 won (approximately RMB 417) for the end user.

Tony Park, Vice President of Business Development at RYUJINLAB, INC, said: “In recent years, Desktop Metal and Markforged have been working hard to develop metals that can be obtained at a lower cost.3D printingproduct. However, for usually low-end FFF
3D printingFor Korean users of the machine, this is still a significant expense.We hope more people actively use3D printing,3D printingIt is an excellent manufacturing method that can reduce overproduction, thereby making the global environment a little better, because it can effectively use and allocate resources during the entire process of development and production. RYUJINLAB continues3D printingTechnology research and development to realize the vision of “flexible and affordable manufacturing for all”, and efforts are being made to enable the general public to use various materials at a lower cost. “Low-cost metal3D printingService” is part of this work. We are very pleased to be able to provide better3D printingExperience. We will carefully monitor the service during the test service and improve any inconvenience encountered by the end user to ensure that we can provide a comprehensive service as soon as possible. “

As of 2019, South Korea3D printingThe market size of the industry is 377 million U.S. dollars, of which3D printingThe scale of the service market is US$88 million, an increase of 23% compared to 2018, and it is the industry with the highest growth rate in the equipment, electronic equipment, and electronic equipment market segments. RYUJINLAB, INC’s new metal3D printingServices will arouse widespread public attention because they have used low-cost, high-performance resins in the past 5 years3D printingThe market leader of the machine is well-known.

RYUJINLAB, INC has been involved since 20143D printingService and education market.With RYUJINLAB, INC introduced its own LIPS (light-induced in-plane curing) technology in 2016 and successfully used LIPS technology to develop the market, which was the largest of its kind in the world at a price of less than US$5,000 at that time3D printingmachine.Since then, resin3D printingThe machine department leads the low-cost resin for LCD applications3D printingThe upsurge of machine development, so that more users can use high-end resin at a lower price3D printing.

In fact, in China, there are similar companies that use FFF technology to3D printingMetal blanks, and then through degreasing and sintering processes to achieve low-cost metal3D printingThe Antarctic Bear has also reported on it many times before.

Including the 4Max Metal metal printing solution launched by Longitudinal Cube, which combines metal3D printingThe equipment is reduced from million yuan to 10,000 yuan, and the production cost is equivalent to 20% of traditional laser sintering. The low-cost equipment is used to complete the metal material3D printingIn terms of the current status of the industry, it is undoubtedly a technology with great industrial prospects.

4Max Metal is a desktop-level special printing metal material developed by Zongwei Cube3D printingThe machine can print 316L wire and obtain industrial application-level metal structures and functional parts through the degreasing and sintering process. It has the characteristics of simple operation, stable printing, low equipment cost, and high consistency of finished products.

Core technology highlights:

1) Low cost, only 20% of traditional laser sintering

2) Low material requirements, can match different materials

3) The final product has high performance and the relative density can reach 98%

4) Simple printing operation and stable printing process

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