Aurora Labs to commission testing of RMP1 Beta Printer.
Australian metal 3D printing company, Aurora Labs has announced it’s now ready to launch the testing phase of its RMP1 Beta Printer.
The machine is a pre-production version of the RMP1 system, which will be commercially available later this year, and is set to undergo its first live tests including machine calibration, printing and sample part production.
“The fact that the RMP1 Beta Printer is operational is a key milestone for the team here. Developing and refining our technology has been long in the making and the RMP1 Beta Printer is now built and ready to go live,” David Budge, Managing Director at Aurora Labs commented. “We are transitioning from a heavy R&D phase with the RMP1 Beta Printer and we will now be able to move to a commercialisation and sales stage much more strongly with the technology we have developed.”
Aurora says the RMP1 Beta is its most sophisticated machine to date with a large build capacity (450 x 400 mm) capable of producing parts up to 10 times the volume, with 3 times the processing capacity, of its previous Alpha2 machine.
“We have prioritised optimising speed increases and print quality which are key pillars of the Aurora strategy, and the team has made substantial progress achieving speed increases throughout the last few months, resulting in the print of a series of 10mm high, titanium hexagon parts in a timeframe of only 20 minutes," Budge added. "This was particularly notable as numerous industry parties commented on the speed of the machine and the fact that machines they are currently using would take 2-3 days to achieve a similar result.”
Parameters for the initial print materials have already been developed on the previous Alpha machines and will only require minimal testing for the RMP1 Beta Printer to allow rapid commercialisation. The final production line of machines will be almost identical to the current beta system with additional improvements based on customer feedback.
After commissioning, Aurora will be holding an open day for industry partners, investors and key players from the AM industry to view the technology in action. The company says preliminary discussions are underway around the potential sale of the RMP1 Beta Printer to one of its industry partners with a number of pre-order customers already in the works.
Aurora Labs is exhibiting at RAPID + TCT in Detroit on May 21-23. Register to attend here.
