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Our Industrial Equipment
Two machines, two processes: pellet and filament printing at an industrial level.
Two machines, two processes: pellet and filament printing at an industrial level.
For additive manufacturing, we rely on two complementary machines: the Bosch Pellet Printer for injection-molding and compound pellets – right up to highly filled compounds, extremely soft elastomers and high-performance plastics such as PPS-GF40 – and the InnovatiQ TiQ8 for unfilled, highly crystalline plastics such as POM and PVDF as well as high-temperature materials such as PEEK and PEI.
Pellets or technical filament, depending on the material and component requirements.
Precise heating in the extruder or hotend – up to 370 °C (pellets) or up to 440 °C (filament).
Controlled material deposition through the nozzle along the programmed path.
Building the component layer by layer – build heights of up to 450 mm are possible.
Post-processing as needed, inspection and delivery.
The industrial pellet printer from Bosch Industrial Additive Manufacturing processes standard injection-molding and compound pellets directly – without the detour through costly filament. This makes it especially economical for larger components and small-batch production. Its specialty is materials that can hardly be processed as filament: highly filled compounds, extremely soft elastomers and special compounds.
Processes extremely soft elastomers (e.g., TPE with Shore 00 hardness), glass-fiber-reinforced thermoplastics (e.g., PA6-GF30), highly filled compounds (e.g., PARA-GF50 with 50% glass fiber or tungsten-filled PA-W), special compounds and high-performance plastics (e.g., PPS-GF40). You'll find the pellets we have qualified in our material database.
The TiQ8's specialty is unfilled, highly crystalline plastics such as POM and PVDF. With up to 440 °C at the nozzle, it also processes high-temperature materials such as PEEK and PEI as well as carbon-fiber-reinforced filaments. A heated build chamber, vacuum build plate and an open material platform ensure dimensionally accurate, functional components.
Open material platform for PEEK, PEI, PC and fiber-reinforced compounds, among others. You'll find the filaments we have qualified in our material database.
We're happy to advise you on which process is best suited for your component.
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