Danfoss
Danfoss 3D printing centre Denmark
Danfoss CEO, Kim Fausing visits the new 3D printing centre.
Engineering firm, Danfoss has opened the first of three 3D printing centres, each of which will serve a different continent.
This first facility, based in Nordborg, Denmark and opened on August 29th, will enable companies within Europe the opportunity to benefit from additively manufactured prototypes and end-use components. Two more facilities will follow in North American and Asia, as Danfoss aims to be a ‘digital frontrunner’ as a result of its digital transformation strategy.
Danfoss’ new centre has already generated major interest from within the firm, with ‘a major project pipeline’ already building up. The three facilities are set to spearhead the company’s additive manufacturing efforts which will all be equipped with ‘leading’ 3D printing technologies. Operation in the Denmark location has already commenced after Danfoss welcomed the HP Multi Jet Fusion 4200 – the first to be installed by an end user in Scandavia. Per the materials the facility boasts, ‘thermoplastics and resins, as well as ceramics, metals, composites, and concrete’ as listed in a company press release, the HP platform will be joined by a number of other 3D printing machines.
The company expects this adoption of 3D printing technology, and the opening of facilities in which to apply it in, to open up a range of new opportunities.
“We offer world class knowhow and equipment, and I am looking forward to utilising these new digital technologies to strengthen our offering to our customers,” said Kim Fausing, Danfoss CEO. “With this first of our [3D printing] centres, we are taking another major leap forward.”
“These centres will help speed up our R&D and development processes and thus speed up time-to-market, optimise production efficiency, and allow us to engineer the products of tomorrow faster,” added Andre Borouchaki, Chief Technology Officer of Danfosss.
