Custom Hybrid Attachments Plates
New hybrid production lowers the cost of special designs and reduces waiting times for attachment plates
Your Challenge:
When customer-specific carrier tabs are produced conventionally, developers of new machine series face significant challenges: long delivery times—due to bending, stamping, or laser erosion—high individual part costs for small quantities, and limited tab geometries are part of everyday development.
Our Solution:
With the new Direct Hybrid Manufacturing technology, you get the best of two different manufacturing methods. Combine the advantages of conventional manufacturing techniques with the possibilities of additive manufacturing, giving your partners greater flexibility in development.
For machine builders, the fusion of both technologies opens up many new opportunities: you can develop new tab geometries and tailor them to specific individual needs without compromising on quality and precision.
Your Benefits
Freeform Design
- No limitations like those in conventional manufacturing processes
- New design possibilities for customized and application-optimized shaping
Cost Effectiveness
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Fast delivery times
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Production starting from batch size 1
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Significant increase in energy efficiency through material savings
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No tooling costs for different configurations
Material Selection
- Various coating options
- Steel
- Stainless steel
- Aluminum
Maximum Flexibility
DHM combines the conventional production of a standard component with customised extensions according to customer requirements: In the hybrid production of attachment plates for roller chains with JWIS brand attachments, we use an additive process that offers you many advantages. These include free shaping for the development of new machine series, low unit costs for small quantities and fast delivery times for your customised products.
Another Plus Benefit:
Despite their high strength, the new drive plates are significantly lighter and therefore increase the energy efficiency of your systems. This is sustainable and protects the environment.
In the DHM process, a standard plate is supplemented with a customised plate design by the customer using an additive/generative process. For this purpose, metal powder is applied layer by layer to an existing standard angle bracket until the desired shape is created. The finished assembly can then be reworked and coated to achieve the desired surface quality and corrosion resistance.
Another Environmental Aspect
In contrast to other processes, such as machining, the additive process produces hardly any
material waste in the powder bed, as over 97% of the powder is reused.
Contact us!
We are happy to advise you on your specific application.