AMEXCI adds Solukon depowdering machines at new Swedish AM facility
AMEXCI, headquartered in Tampere, Finland, is reported to have installed two Solukon depowdering machines at its newly established Additive Manufacturing facility in Örebro, Sweden. Solukon, based in Augsburg, Germany, has supplied an SFM-AT350 to process medium-sized parts, and an SFM-AT1000-S for larger Laser Beam Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB) parts.
AMEXCI operates two EOS M290 AM machines, along with an SLM 500 and NXG 600 from Nikon SLM Solutions. Every build is postprocessed in a Solukon depowdering machine, with the company choosing to allocate a single material to each machine. Therefore, for maximum process reliability, the SFM-AT300 is used to depowder components made of stainless steel (316l), the SFM-AT350 for titanium (Ti64), and the SFM-AT1000-S for components made of aluminium (ALSI10Mg).
The Örebro site is specifically designed to address growing requirements for efficiency, production capacity, and technological progress. The facility offers enhanced automation, improved material use, and shorter lead times, positioning the company to guide customers from early development through to full-scale serial manufacturing.
AMEXCI first acquired a Solukon SFM-AT300 depowdering machine in 2018, which it continues to operate at the Tampere facility. “The Solukon system has been an essential piece of our AM workflow from the beginning,” stated Andreas Petersen, Head of Production at AMEXCI.
“We chose the Solukon as for us, it was important to work with powder free parts as early as possible in the process. It is an important equipment for us to get parts free of powder for safer handling of parts for both our operators and our customers. It is simple to use, yet efficient. The cooperation with Solukon has been going well for seven years now, with a team ready to help,” added Petersen.
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Solukon’s SPR-Pathfinder
AMEXCI also reported it is evaluating the implementation of Solukon’s SPR-Pathfinder software solution to further enhance efficiency. By digitally simulating optimal part motion based on the part-specific geometry, the company aims to improve depowdering predictability and streamline part-specific depowdering. This will help to remove powder from channels smaller than 1 mm, which currently still pose a major challenge, even more efficiently.
