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Spanish high-pressure processing (HPP) equipment supplier Hiperbaric has announced its move into the additive manufacturing space through the launch of a Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) system.
The company introduced its HIP technology to more than 500 employees, collaborators, suppliers and customers as it celebrated its 20th anniversary and inaugurated a facility expansion.
Hiperbaric has spent these two decades establishing its status as a leading supplier of HPP equipment for the food industry. Designed, developed and commercialised by Hiperbaric, this HPP equipment serves to extend the shelf life of food and has been installed by a host of customers in Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and Oceania. This engineering output has been supplemented by a research and development programme that consumers the efforts of 20% of Hiperbaric’s workforce and 10% of its annual turnover.
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More than 20 innovation projects have been carried out to date, among them the development of HIP technology for the metal 3D printing market. “This new technology has been developed thanks to an investment of over €4m [and] a tremendous effort during more than three years,” commented Hiperbaric CEO Andrés Hernando.
Hiperbaric’s HIP equipment, which works to eliminate defects and increase the material properties in printed parts, has a maximum operating pressure of 2,050 bars and an oven that can reach 1,400°C. Its hot zone has a diameter of 380mm and a length greater than 1,000mm, which is big enough to support most metal 3D printing systems on the market, and therefore opens Hiperbaric to a wealth of users of additive manufacturing. The machine’s pressure vessel boasts wire winding technology that provides a good fatigue life, while a ‘leak before burst’ failure mode ensures greater safety. A rapid cooling system, meanwhile, also helps to safeguard the metallurgical properties of the parts and improves the productivity of the machine.
