{"id":186576,"date":"2022-01-05T03:18:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T03:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/?p=186576"},"modified":"2022-01-18T07:09:31","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T07:09:31","slug":"voestalpine-starts-operating-giant-sand-3d-printer-for-steel-casting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/voestalpine-starts-operating-giant-sand-3d-printer-for-steel-casting\/","title":{"rendered":"Voestalpine Starts Operating Giant Sand 3D Printer for Steel Casting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Austrian company voestalpine has been engaged in <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D print<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ing<\/a> with metals for many years, mainly as a provider of metal <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D print<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ing<\/a> services and metal powder materials for PBF and DED technologies. These metals are already being used at its own <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D print<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ing<\/a> and research centers around the world. Now the steel and technology Group has st<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>ed operating a giant sand <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D print<\/a>er for heavy steel castings at its site in Traisen, Lower Austria. However, a unique and interesting aspect is that the machine is not from European and US leaders such as voxeljet and ExOne but from Chinese company Kocel Machinery.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/img.facfox.com\/imgs\/2022\/01\/078d2494f318be45.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In fact, voestalpine has been collaborating with Kocel since 2014, when the group expanded its special steel activities in the Chinese market, targeting the Chinese premium market with its \u20ac140 million EUR investment in Yinchuan (Ningxia province) and working together with local company Kocel to produce highest-quality tool steels and forged materials for the <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/automotive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">automotive<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/consumer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">consumer<\/a> goods, and <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/mechanics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mechanic<\/a>al engineering industries.<\/p>\n<p>The new additive manufacturing technology for the production of sophisticated castings using silica sand that was installed in Austria reduces production times and is more <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/environment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">environment<\/a>ally friendly than previous processes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1635788335398243401.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Additive manufacturing has long since become an established production method, p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>icularly in the <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/aerospace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aerospace<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/automotive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">automotive<\/a>, and toolmaking industries, as well as in the field of <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/medical\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">medical<\/a> technologies.<br \/>\nOver the past years, voestalpine has consistently expanded its activities in the field of <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D print<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ing<\/a> with metals.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eaeaea7a; padding: 15px 30px; align-items: center; border-radius: 4px; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;\">\n<div style=\"flex: 1; padding-right: 30px;\">\n<h4 style=\"margin-bottom: 14px;\">Manufacturing on Demand<\/h4>\n<div>Order custom parts through our online manufacturing network. Low cost, fast delivery. Upload your design for free quotes now!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a style=\"background-color: #0baee8; color: white; padding: 10px 20px; border-radius: 4px;\" href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fa-fw auxicon auxicon-cloud-upload\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Get Quote<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe new 3D sand printer in Traisen represents a key technological advance for steel casting, and the company expects that it will hugely increase our competitiveness in this area,\u201d said Herbert Eibensteiner, Chairman of the Management Board of voestalpine AG.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>voestalpine Gie\u00dferei in Traisen, a subsidiary in the Steel Division of the voestalpine Group, has installed this first printer at its new 3D sand printing competence center; a second printer will follow in spring 2022. The <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D print<\/a>er model is the Foundry Sand 3D Printer-AJS 2500A\/2600A from Kocel Machinery, with EU CE and ISO 9001 certification; featuring a resin binder recovery system for low resin consumption is low and enabling the use of new sand, reused sand and reclaimed sand. The two models have build volumes of 2500\u00d71500\u00d71000 mm and 2600\u00d72000\u00d71000 mm respectively and measure 6 meters in length (and almost 6 meters in width), weighing 30 and 35 tons respectively. Printing at 0.2 mm layers, supported materials include qu<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>z sand, and ceramsite sand, with furan resin, phenolic resin and inorganic resin binders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are European pioneers in the use of 3D sand printing technology in steel casting, allowing us to offer our customers even more customized solutions of greater design complexity. This not only opens up new business areas for the future, but also creates new opportunities for our employees to work in an innovative <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/environment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">environment<\/a> at our established site in Traisen,\u201d said Hubert Zajicek, Member of the Management Board of voestalpine AG, and Head of the Steel Division, based in Linz.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/img.facfox.com\/imgs\/2022\/01\/70a2a7fd305ea379.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The innovative manufacturing process is primarily used to produce castings for the <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/energy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">energy<\/a> industry, and for the <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/automotive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">automotive<\/a> and railway sector. One recent order, for example, was for rotor discs for water turbines<\/p>\n<p>During the process, a <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D print<\/a>er uses CAD data to directly produce sand molds into which liquid steel is poured. The sand molds are created by the repeated <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/insights\/applications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">application<\/a> of 300-micrometer-thick layers of chemically bonded silica sand. Large sand molds can also be printed in several separate sections and then combined. As a result, complicated wooden models are no longer required, so that molds can be manufactured more quickly and with more near net-shaped contours, p<a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a>icularly for complex castings. This significantly shortens or even eliminates final in-house processing, as well as steps such as welding and forging undertaken on the customer\u2019s premises.<\/p>\n<p>The innovative manufacturing process is primarily used to produce castings for the <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/energy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">energy<\/a> industry, and for the <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/automotive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">automotive<\/a> and railway sector. One recent order, for example, was for rotor discs for water turbines. By removing the need for wooden models, integrated sand recycling, and simplified logistics, 3D sand printing is also more sustainable and <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/news\/topics\/environment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">environment<\/a>ally friendly than the process it replaces.<\/p>\n<p>Whether from traditional Western segment leaders or other machine providers, <a href=\"https:\/\/facfox.com\/service\/3d-printing-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D print<\/a>ed sand casting seems to finally be catching on with many large companies. If properly implemented, the technology holds huge promise for both AM and adopting industries.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: grey;\">* This article is reprinted from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3dprintingmedia.network\/voestalpine-starts-operating-giant-sand-3d-printer-for-steel-casting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D Printing Media Network<\/a>. If you are involved in infringement, please contact us to delete it.<\/p>\n<p><i class=\"far fa-fw fa-user\"><\/i> Author:\u00a0Davide Sher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austrian company voestalpine has been engaged in 3D printing with metals for many years, mainly as a provider of metal 3D printing services and metal powder materials for PBF and DED technologies. These metals are already being used at its own 3D printing and research centers around the world. Now the steel and technology Group has started operating a giant sand 3D printer for heavy steel castings at its site in Traisen, Lower Austria. 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