AIM3D to unveil ExAM upgrades at Formnext
AIM3D, headquartered in Rostock, Germany, announced that it will showcase its latest work in pellet-based Material Extrusion (MEX) Additive Manufacturing at Formnext 2025, including insights into projects with new customers in the United States. The company will also debut a performance upgrade for its ExAM 255 and 510 AM machines, and highlight the new slicer tools developed in collaboration with Create it REAL.
The ExAM 255 and ExAM 510 machine upgrade includes modules for Input Shaping and Extruder Pressure Control. In an effort to optimise the cost-effectiveness of the material extrusion process, the upgrade is available for all of AIM3D’s existing and any new AM machines.
The integration of input shaping based on the industrial PLC control of the ExAM 255 and ExAM 510 machines is an approach to enable higher assembly speeds for components and reduce vibrations. In input shaping, a bandpass filter is used on the control variable acceleration of the axes as a pilot control. This not only enables higher speeds in component assembly, but is reputedly able to produce significantly smoother component edges, as the oscillation of the axes is reduced.
The extruder pressure control optimisation module regulates the pilot control of the extruder. This adapts the non-linear behaviour of the screw extruder to more closely align with the values specified by the slicer. This allows the extruder to respond more flexibly to speed changes in the profile of a build job. At the same time, the extrusion quality is said to be improved through the reduction of material buildup in corners, which sharpens the edge of the components. Additionally, gaps or cavities within the component are avoided, further improving the achievable densities of components from MEX Additive Manufacturing.
AIM3D is currently developing new SlicEx slicing software for the implementation of its Voxelfill AM process on the ExAM 255 and ExAM 510, which is scheduled for market launch in 2026.
The company will also highlight the online slicer (REALvision Online or RVO), as well as the downloadable software REALvision Pro or SlicEx for users of the Voxelfill strategy on AIM3D’s granulate Additive Manufacturing machines. Additional plug-in modules are also available for the REALvision Pro slicer.
