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HP strengthens its presence in the AM market

Published on June 7, 2017 by Alexandrea P.

At the RAPID + TCT fair in the US this past week, Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced that they would be strengthening their developments in 3D printing, with a Multi-jet Fusion machine. The company has unveiled various launches, including a program to expand their solutions availability, bringing their overall 3D printing game to an all time high.

In 2014, HP revealed a new 3D printing process called “Multi Jet Fusion”, which is made up of a powder binding process that uses an energy source. According to HP, this technology is 25 times faster than the FDM printing process and 10 times faster than powder sintering. Today, their printers are capable of depositing 350 million drops of ink per minute, a faster and cheaper process than what is offered by current systems.

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The Jet Fusion 3D Series Printers by HP

“Building on our experience of more than 500,000 Multi Jet Fusion-produced parts, we are now scaling our 3D printing business to the next level. Today we are expanding our solutions availability through new resellers and service bureau partners, opening new experiential facilities for customers and partners, and widening our open 3D printing materials ecosystem,” said Stephen Nigro, President of 3D Printing, HP Inc.

Moving into the future, HP is planning to continue their development strategy in additive manufacturing, having recently announced this willingness with their proposal of new services for the international market, starting more specifically in the European and US markets.

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The printed parts have a very high precision

In addition, HP has presented us with a global reseller plan, the “HP Partner First 3D Printing Specialization Program”, which already has 30 handpicked trained and certified partners. This program should help speed up the resale of HP machines and allow professionals to quickly find solutions to their needs thanks to an industry-leading response time and customer service.

The US giant also wants to develop a demonstration center and reference sites that are dedicated to additive manufacturing. The goal of this would be to educate companies on HP 3D printing machines through “production scenarios”. This would allow their customers, according to their press release “a simpler path to advance from prototyping to full-scale 3D production”.

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3D printed metal parts by HP

To conclude, HP will also be expanding their network of partners that are dedicated to 3D printing materials. One of these partners is Henkel AG & Co, a global supplier of high-performance adhesive, who plans on working alongside HP to expand their product range. Their main focus will be to provide new powder material for use with HP’s Jet Fusion 3D printers.

To find out more you can read the full press release here

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