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Case Studies
Case Studies
Renishaw collaborates with Domin to scale production using additive manufacturing (AM) for hydraulic product
Renishaw collaborates with Domin to scale production using additive manufacturing (AM) for hydraulic product
Domin first collaborated with global engineering technologies company, Renishaw, in 2019. The two companies worked together on a project intended to turn Domin's designs into commercial reality.
Once ready for full-scale production, Domin invested in a RenAM 500Q four-laser system, which was installed at the Domin Technology Centre in Pucklechurch, near Bristol, UK in 2023.
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Kingsbury | Revolutionising UAV Engines with Laser Powder Bed Fusion
Kingsbury | Revolutionising UAV Engines with Laser Powder Bed Fusion
AIE and Additure set out to replace a liquid-cooling system with an advanced air-cooled solution for the 225CS rotary engine, while still delivering 20kW of continuous power at 20,000 ft.
The solution was accomplished by utilising Laser Powder Bed Fusion process for critical rotary engine components. Using LPBF, Additure worked closely with the AIE engineers to produce otherwise impossible designs via casting or machining.
Tilt Angle Drones is a Blackburn-based company specialising in the design and production of bespoke uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) systems and payloads. Their uncrewed vehicles are designed around custom-built carbon fibre composite airframes, which can be tailor-made to the customers’ requirements.
They have previously utilised additive manufacturing using fused filament fabrication (FFF) - which is the layer-wise deposition of heated polymer filament extruded through a nozzle - as well as conventional methods, like machining, to produce fixtures and fittings for their UAVs, resulting in large material wastage and an increased lead time.
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Manufacturing the next generation of thermal management systems.
Manufacturing the next generation of thermal management systems.
This project explored the application of AM in developing heat management structures with the potential for enhanced performance characteristics. AM's design freedoms were exploited and designs with intricate internal channels, fins and lattice structures were created, specifically using triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMS) and gyroid patterns.
These architectures were chosen for their high surface-area-to-volume ratios, and their ability to induce beneficial turbulent flow regimes, enhancing heat transfer. They are geometries inherently unachievable with conventional manufacturing.
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