The ExOne Company has announced its latest 3D printing system, Innoventâ„¢, designed especially for research and education customers. The industrial-grade, laboratory-sized machine allows for testing material properties, specifically in educational institutions, research laboratories, and research and development departments at commercial organizations. The system balances a specific build box for the technical qualification of materials with a smaller overall lab machine platform size.
Compared to the company’s previous lab model, Innovent offers a build volume that is eight times larger, measuring 65x160x65 mm. Similar to the company’s M-Flex™, Innovent’s software and mechanical components incorporate ExOne’s most up-to-date technology.
Innovent was designed to complement ExOne’s larger machine platforms, so those using Innovent for testing purposes can easily migrate to the larger M-Flex and M-Print™ when they’re ready for larger-scale prototyping or series production.
Innovent employs the ExOne approach to additive manufacturing, using a print head to selectively dispense micro-droplets of specially engineered binder into very thin layers of powdered metal.
ExOne is offering Innovent as part of a complete system that includes an oven and furnace.
