Renishaw’s additive manufacturing systems now available within Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE® platform

Renishaw’s full range of RenAM 500 series of metal additive manufacturing (AM) systems and TEMPUS™ technology are now integrated into the 3DEXPERIENCE virtual machine from Dassault Systèmes. Users of the 3DEXPERIENCE DELMIA Powder Bed Machine Programmer Role can now set-up, program and analyse additive manufacturing processes for Renishaw AM systems.

“A virtual machine is an exact representation of a machine in the virtual world, with all its parameters. You can launch a production run and make virtual parts; it’s unique in terms of quality validation,” says Jérémy Mosse, Team & Application Manager at Dassault Systèmes.

Productivity breakthroughs with TEMPUS technology

The 3DEXPERIENCE Powder Bed Machine Programmer (APB) Role provides a 3D interactive environment that enables manufacturing engineers to optimise powder bed fusion manufacturing techniques. This now includes Renishaw’s TEMPUS technology – an innovative scanning algorithm, exclusive to the RenAM 500 series of AM machines. It enables the laser to operate while the recoater is in motion, achieving time savings of up to nine seconds per build layer without compromising part quality. As a result, overall build times can be reduced by as much as 50%.

“This collaboration enables a unique approach to efficient metal 3D printing. The combination of Renishaw’s TEMPUS technology and the end-to-end unique solution provided by the 3DEXPERIENCE platform will break silos and open a new stage for additive manufacturing industrialisation,” said Olivier Scart, DELMIA Alliances Director Partnerships at Dassault Systèmes.

“Partnering with 3D printer manufacturers maximises efficiency by optimising build preparation and streamlining build jobs. This enables manufacturing at all volumes and levels of customisation, allowing users to scale production,” added Scart.

The advantages of an AM end-to-end solution

The DELMIA product range from Dassault Systèmes specialises in global industrial operations software focused on digital manufacturing and simulation. The DELMIA Additive Manufacturing tools facilitate effective data management throughout the AM process. The 3DEXPERIENCE  platform provides an end-to-end solution that streamlines data collection and analysis, allowing manufacturers to ensure certification and replication capabilities.

TEMPUS™ technology offers key productivity advantages to Renishaw’s market-leading range of metal additive manufacturing systems. “This technology allows the lasers to work continuously while the recoater supplies and positions each layer of powder, significantly increasing productivity and reducing the manufacturing cost per part,” said Matt Parkes, AM Strategic Development Manager at Renishaw.

“With TEMPUS technology, Renishaw has successfully solved an inefficiency in the traditional laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) production process, and paved the way for AM use in a broad range of applications where it wasn’t previously cost effective,” continued Parkes.

Thanks to the collaboration between Renishaw and Dassault Systèmes, the DELMIA Additive Manufacturing Software on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform offers a number of advantages to users of Renishaw’s AM technologies. These include part validation for the performance of the parts before they are 3D printed; part simulation of the AM process to virtually explore all the machine parameters specified for a build; part traceability between engineering and manufacturing to ensure an accurate replication of parts; and increasing 3D printer productivity to cut part build time without impacting quality.

To find out more about TEMPUS technology, visit renishaw.com/tempus