Success for the EROFIO group
In less than three months after receiving and installing an M Line system the team at EROFIO successfully 3D-printed its first Mold Core. The Core contains more than eight independent, internal conformal cooling channels, stretching over eight meters in length and between five to eight-millimeters in diameter. The improved cooling will increase the overall plastic injection process productivity through decreased cooling cycle time and warpage, and the improvement of the injected plastic part aesthetics.
When compared with conventional manufacturing processes, additively manufacturing this part has reduced finishing requirements by 90% and reduced the total manufacturing time, from powder to mold assembly, by 30%.
Following remote optimization support from the GE Additive team in Lichtenfels, the part was successfully printed on its first attempt, over a six-day period.