Renishaw opens Additive Manufacturing Demonstration Center in California

West Dundee, Ill.-based Renishaw, a manufacturer of metal additive manufacturing (AM) systems, has opened its Additive Manufacturing Demonstration Center in Newbury Park, Calif. The facility, situated within Ibex Eng.’s headquarters, allows visitors to explore, interact with, and use Renishaw’s latest metal AM systems.

The center is equipped to print high-precision titanium (Ti64Al4V) parts on the company’s RenAM 500 series of laser-powder-bed-fusion AM systems. The compact machines offer automatic powder sieving and recirculation, reducing the need for manual handling and exposure to materials.

The center also will feature ancillary elements such as wet downdraft, heat treatment, support, machining and inspection technology, and part removal equipment. These components work in concert with the AM system to ensure parts are printed and finished to specifications.

Also available at the site are InfiniAM Central software with AM production reporting functionality and QuantAM build preparation software, which allows visitors to work through the development of an AM machine build file, including material parameter development.