Indian machine builder Bharat Fritz Werner Group (BFW) and M2NxT Solutions Ltd (M2NxT) have finalized a firm system sale contract with ADaMS: Additive Design and Manufacturing Systems Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Bharat Fritz Werner Group (BFW) and M2NxT Solutions Ltd (M2NxT) announced that they have finalized a firm system sale contract with ADaMS: Additive Design and Manufacturing Systems Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. This export sale is a key milestone for the entire Indian metal AM industry, as the first ever metal AM Directed Energy Deposition system “Make in India” will be delivered to any international location.
This project is part of BFW/M2NxT’s global vision to democratize metal AM-DED solutions worldwide via innovation, automation, integration, and utilizing the most premium technologies available in the industry, and as such, a strong tick mark in its journey to move aggressively forward with DED solutions for the Indian and Global industries.
This DED system will incorporate state of the art high power fibre laser, best-in-class and most reliable powder feeders, and extremely advanced laser–powder deposition heads incorporating high-rate deposition, multiple nozzle configurations, in-line pyrometry, real-time melt pool monitoring, zoom optics for adjustable melt pool size, and process data capture and recording. The system will be installed on an advanced industrial robot with all control systems, a tilt/rotate part positioned, and a safety enclosure.
“We are happy to initiate the export of the first-ever LDED powder system from India. We stay committed to industrialising large format LDED and EBAM applications here in India, for the world”, said Ravi Raghavan, Managing Director of BFW India.
The press note published by BFW/ M2NxT informs that they are fully committed to bringing the absolute state-of-the-art and competitive metal AM DED solutions to India and the global industry and is working on manufacturing what will be the largest ever metal AM DED systems in the worldwide industry, both for laser-DED and Electron Beam-DED.