Sintertek

Project 1 Name: Developing a mini 3D metal printer for a basic feasibility study

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Developing a mini 3D metal printer prototype to test the chemical processes developed by Sintertek on metal sintering.

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System requirement determination, mechanical design requirements determination, designing all mechanical and electronic systems of the system to meet the system requirements, designing axes to provide the necessary motion sensitivity and selecting appropriate actuator systems, making the mechanical design suitable for production, creating technical drawings of the parts with the necessary tolerance values, supervising the production of the parts and completing the assembly, preparing the electronics of the system (main controller, motors, motor drivers, external power devices), creating and applying motion profiles of the 6 axes of the machine, developing the system interface for simple processes and manual control.

Project 2 Name: Revision of build chamber of industrial LLF 3D Printer

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Revisions were made to achieve a more homogeneous heat dissipation in the build chamber of the Sintertek’s Solidzer Pro LLF Printer family.

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Researching the heater systems and deciding on the system to be used, designing the new build chamber using the decided heater system, creating technical drawings with all the tolerances of all welding, sheet bending, CNC mill, and lathe parts required for production, supervising the production of the parts and completing the assembly of the parts

Project 3 Name: Developing a mini 3D metal printer for a basic feasibility study

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Production of a machine that gives the opportunity the dosing and mixing of used powder and unused powders at the desired rate to add to the machine catalog of Sintertek.

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Researching industrial mixing systems and determining the system that will form a homogeneous mixture for small particle powder, creating the mechatronic system design of the machine, selecting the suitable motor and transmission system and motor driver, designing the necessary safety equipment of the machine, creating the bill of materials table of the machine, technical drawings with necessary tolerances and creating production documents, controlling the manufacturing process of parts and completing machine assembly.

Project 4 Name: Developing a powder transfer unit

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Production of a transfer unit for automatic powder transfer to the build chamber and a post-printing process to be added to the Sintertek machine catalog.

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System requirement determination, mechanical design requirements, designing all mechanical and electronic systems of the system to meet the system requirements, designing powder transfer system, making the mechanical design suitable for production, creating technical drawings of the parts with the necessary tolerance values, supervising the production of the parts and completing the assembly, preparing the electrical and electronical systems such as main controller, vacuum motor, pneumatic pistons external power devices

Project 5 Name: Developing a Desktop 3D Metal Printer

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Determination of mechatronic system requirements
Determination of actuator systems, motors, motor drivers, controllers that will provide the necessary
Planning the integration of the system
Developing mechanical design to meet all system requirements
Optimizing the cost, assembly precision, manufacturability, and easy maintenance of the system
Creating production scheme and preparation of the BOM (bill of materials)
Preparation of the technical drawings of all parts with the necessary tolerances
Preparation of the assembly instructions
Mechanical assembly of the machine
Integration of all electronics into the system
Creation and optimization of motion curves of the axes in the controller software
Making necessary optimizations according to printing tests, Designing and producing post-printing processing station.