
GIE Media’s Manufacturing Group
About the presentation
Fives Landis Corp. and AddUp, partnered to design and manufacture a 3D-printed coolant nozzle which was installed on a rebuilt Landis LT2 grinding machine to optimize its performance. The custom nozzle design allows the flow position and shape to precisely match the challenging wheel geometry with fewer components in the assembly. It also provides optimum flow to the metal cutting zone in the grinding machine, increasing the machine’s performance and optimizing the grind cycle. Using traditional production processes, fabricating this complex part is difficult and requires multiple pieces with ideal interior geometries. Metal additive manufacturing (AM) allows this nozzle component to be realized from digital design to the final metal part in only a few steps and in a matter of days, not weeks. The coolant nozzle was printed in stainless steel in only a few hours on the FormUp 350 PBF machine which achieves up to 0.1mm dimensional accuracy and 99.99% material density. This ensures accurate and repeatable part performance without failure. The final result is a one-piece optimized coolant nozzle accurately delivering coolant flow into precise locations, optimizing the performance of the machine.
Registration
Powered by AMT and managed by GIE Media, The IMTS 2022 Conference features 69 different sessions you won’t want to miss so register today. Focused on a range of topics that include process innovation, plant operations, quality/inspection, and automation, The IMTS 2022 Conference addresses improving productivity; improving part quality; and developing a stable, competent workforce to lower the cost of manufacturing in the United States and create new levels of market demand.
Meet your presenter
Sammy Passell is an applications engineer with a market focus on industrial and tooling for AddUp, a joint venture between Michelin and Fives. Passell is passionate about creating solutions for his customers while working closely with them and our manufacturing team to make adoption of additive manufacturing a reality. He has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in additive manufacturing, both from Carnegie Mellon University. His main priorities lie in L-PBF, and he also has experience with DED and Binder Jetting.
About the company
AddUp is a French Joint Venture created in 2015 by Michelin & Fives, two referent industrial companies. We design and sell metal AM machines using powder bed fusion (PBF) and directed energy deposition (DED) technologies. From the discovery step to the production series, we are ready to support you along your additive journey and share the benefit of our workshop experience. Our goal is to bring you a beneficial experience and become a trusted industrial partner, sharing our passion for innovation related to AM.
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