SUPPLY CHAIN SIMPLICITY
  • Produce parts as needed at the point of use.
  • Produce just the quantity needed not huge minimum batch sizes. 
  • Less inventory. 
  • Less transportation to move the inventory to where it is actually needed. 

TOOLING

Eliminate the cost and time of making tooling by making a net shape directly.

DESIGN COMPLEXITY
  • Permits highly complex shapes not feasible by machining or conventional manufacturing. 
  • Permits part consolidation. 
  • Permits lightweighting by using lattices and topology optimization. 

PROBLEMS WITH 3D PRINTING

FOR METAL

COST

Cost is often 10 times or more the cost of traditional manufacturing. 

SLOW
  • A typical printer produces 1 to 20 pounds of metal per hour compared to foundries which measure production rates in tons. 
  • Scaling up requires investment in equipment that costs 6 to 7 figures per machine.

POST PROCESSING
  • The dirty secret is that parts aren’t done when they have finished being printed. 
  • Most additive manufactured parts require additional machining. 
  • The larger the part the more likely significant machining is required. This adds time and as much as 40% to the cost.​

QUALIFICATION

In direct metal 3D printing such as powder bed fusion, wire arc additive, or binder jetting, the resultant materials are not the same as conventional processing.  This can require millions of dollars and months of testing per alloy for them to be deemed safe for use in regulated industries such as medical and aerospace. 
Skuld solves these problems while keeping the benefits. 

Our new hybrid process called Additive Manufacturing Evaporative Casting (AMEC) joins the best of casting with the best of 3D printing. 

OUR NEW HYBRID PROCESS

Additive Manufacturing Evaporative Casting (AMEC)
  • 3D print the desired shape and vaporize it with metal to get an exact replica. 
  • AMEC has been used to make 85-pound parts in as little as 12 hours. 
  • Costs the same as traditional manufacturing while eliminating tooling.
  • Is production rate limited by the melt furnace and can scale by having a print farm of low-cost polymer printers.
  • Provides net shape accuracy to eliminate machining even in big parts.
  • Provides the same known materials as traditional casting which makes qualification faster and easier. ​
  • Skuld provides both parts as a service as well as equipment for others to utilize this groundbreaking process.
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