CUMI enters ceramic AM sector with 3DCeram’s C101 EASY FAB
June 30, 2023
Carborundum Universal Limited, (CUMI), headquartered in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, India, has entered into the ceramic Additive Manufacturing sector through the acquisition of a C101 EASY FAB Additive Manufacturing machine from 3DCeram Sinto, based in Bonnac-La-Côte, France.
CUMI is a manufacturer of abrasives, industrial ceramics, refractories and electrominerals for the power, semiconductor & electronics, mining & mineral processing, steel, cement, automotive, and general engineering.
The C101 EASY FAB offers a build volume of 100 x 100 x 150 mm, and makes use of top-down stereolithography technology to produce alumina, aluminum nitride, hydroxyapatite, silica-based, silicon nitride, tricalcium phosphate, zirconia and ceramics parts using a liquid feedstock.
The top-down stereolithography method employed is said to enable the building of parts without support structures. During the process. the tray moves down as the part itself is built from the bottom-up. 3DCeram report this is able to produce consistent parts with high precision and fine details.
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