RIT installs Xerox ElemX metal 3D printer for research & product development

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has obtained a Xerox ElemX 3D printing method for exploration and merchandise advancement with their producing companions.

The device has been mounted at RIT’s AMPrint Middle in Henrietta, NY, the place faculty staff members have several years of metallic 3D printing encounter and a concentration on aerospace. It follows Oak Ridge Nationwide Labs’ installation of the ElemX method in March, and the Naval Postgraduate School’s set up in February 2021.

ElemX is driven by a Liquid Metal printing system, integrated into Xerox’s 3D printing functions through the acquisition of Vader Devices in 2019. It makes use of non-specialty steel wire and a magnetic industry to create components layer by layer, with Xerox suggesting the system is suitable for spares, repairs and lower-volume output areas.

With the installation at RIT total, Xerox will continue on to function carefully with the organisation to ‘scale the ElemX for new business and industrial programs.’

“RIT has by now been a excellent spouse in aiding to progress our liquid metal AM engineering and we consider the installation of the ElemX at the AM Print Heart will be significant to more refine our alternative,” commented Tali Rosman, Basic Supervisor of Elem Additive, Xerox. “Partnering with sophisticated study amenities like RIT that collaborate with manufacturers will be essential to scaling up the adoption of our technological know-how within just the field.”

“Liquid metal AM is a technological innovation poised to deal with on-demand output of replacement aluminium components to minimise stock costs,” additional Denis Cormier, Director of RIT’s AMPrint Center. “Collaborating with market companions like Elem Additive is an critical component of our get the job done right here at the AMPrint Heart to maximise the capabilities of AM technological know-how. We believe that the ElemX has the greatest opportunity for industrial advancement and scalability.”

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