Wilting Expands Production Capacity with Three DMP Flex 350 Printers
March 12 2024 - 8:30AM
Today, 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) announced that Wilting, an industrial
machining and metal 3D printing service provider, has added two
single laser DMP Flex 350 and one DMP Flex 350 Dual metal 3D
printers to its manufacturing floor. Wilting has experienced
significant growth in its business, and these new printers will
help address both the increased production capacity and broader
materials portfolio required by its customers. The installation of
these three DMP Flex 350 systems, alongside the two that are
already in use, will enable Wilting to dedicate printers to
specific materials such as Titanium and Stainless Steel for 24/7
production of highly precise end-use parts.
3D Systems’ DMP Flex 350 platform is designed for flexible
application use from application development to serial production.
The quick swap build modules and fast powder recycling help
accelerate production and a central server manages print jobs,
materials, settings, and maintenance to facilitate the 24/7
productivity Wilting requires to meet customer demand. Due to
the unique vacuum chamber concept of the DMP Flex 350 printers,
argon gas consumption is heavily reduced while delivering
best-in-class oxygen purity (<25 ppm) resulting in exceptionally
strong parts of high chemical purity. The printer also includes
Oqton’s 3DXpert software which supports every step of the additive
manufacturing workflow from design to post-processing, to quickly
and efficiently transition from a 3D model to successfully printed
parts.
Wilting began as a precision machining company that was
helping a large manufacturer of semiconductor capital
equipment produce complex metal parts to improve
system imaging accuracy and productivity. In 2012,
Wilting began working with 3D Systems’ Application Innovation Group
(AIG) to accelerate the adoption of advanced metal additive
manufacturing (AM) capabilities and expertise in its facility in
Eindhoven, Netherlands. Through this collaboration, Wilting built
up its expertise in metal additive manufacturing, post-machining,
and post-processing. Using the AIG’s technology transfer
process, 3D Systems engineers shared knowledge and provided
training to the Wilting team to streamline and
accelerate their transition to AM and safeguard
their investment. As a result, Wilting produces optimized
components designed for higher performance in semiconductor capital
equipment and the analytics and mobility industries and is
leveraging this expertise and its additional DMP Flex 350 systems
to expand into new markets and applications. To accommodate
this growth and provide room for future expansion, Wilting is in
the process of moving into a new 183,000 sq. ft. (17,000 m2)
facility that is planned to be fully operational by mid-2024.
“Since the start of our Competence Center for 3D Printing, we
built up the expertise and experience to produce parts at an
industrial scale with predictable quality in multiple grades of
Titanium,” said Geert Ketelaars, managing director, Wilting. “The
recent investment in three additional printers allows us to address
the growing demand from customers across several industries to
onboard their new product introductions and to broaden our
materials portfolio with Stainless Steel.”
“We place our customers and their applications at the center of
each engagement,” said Raph Alink, account & business
development manager, 3D Systems. “3D Systems pioneered the use of
additive manufacturing to deliver precise, reliable parts for
semiconductor applications. In the early days of our relationship
with Wilting, it was rewarding to share the application expertise
our AIG had built from more than a decade working with
semiconductor capital equipment manufacturers to scale their use of
additive manufacturing. As an industry leader, the team at Wilting
quickly realized AM’s advantages. It’s a big step for a company to
bring AM in-house, and Wilting has already mastered the technology
and is now transferring that into volume production for its
customers. I look forward to seeing how our collaboration will
continue to unfold, and the potential that AM will unlock for
Wilting and its growth.”
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About 3D Systems More than 35 years ago, 3D
Systems brought the innovation of 3D printing to the manufacturing
industry. Today, as the leading additive manufacturing solutions
partner, we bring innovation, performance, and reliability to every
interaction - empowering our customers to create products and
business models never before possible. Thanks to our unique
offering of hardware, software, materials, and services, each
application-specific solution is powered by the expertise of our
application engineers who collaborate with customers to transform
how they deliver their products and services. 3D Systems’ solutions
address a variety of advanced applications in healthcare and
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