On August 19, the LiM-X800 media conference with the theme of "Great achievement · Shock release" was successfully held in TSC and its wholly-owned subsidiary Tianjin LiM Laser. Attract the including China mold and die industry association, China material manufacturing industry alliance, intelligence into enterprise institute, aviation manufacturing technology, the Chinese modern metal processing machinery, MM, AI automotive manufacturing, metal processing, craftsmen, bears at the South Pole, the labor wisdom sowing, jung material manufacturing, and other industry associations and professional media coverage.

In the morning, Ms. Li Yulin, the deputy general manager of TSC sales, led the leaders of the association and media reporters to visit the laboratory and exhibition hall of TSC Beijing Technology R&D Center, and gave a detailed explanation. TSC Laser Technology Development (Beijing) Co., Ltd. is a state-level high-tech enterprise based on intelligent 3D manufacturing and oriented to aerospace, Marine nuclear power and other high-end manufacturing fields, specializing in complex metal component customized product manufacturing, product design and optimization, software customized development. Its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tianjin LiM Laser Technology Co., LTD., is one of the leading manufacturers of metal 3D printing equipment in China. Its achievements have been widely used in aerospace, mold, automobile manufacturing, medical treatment, education and many other fields.

In the afternoon, LiM-X800 new media meeting was held smoothly in LiM Laser. LiM Laser General Manager Dr Kai Kwan gave a presentation of the LiM-X800 series equipment and led the media to the workshop to see the equipment in situ. The forming size of LiM-X800 equipment can reach 800mmx800mmx1080mm (including the substrate). The height of the equipment is reduced by side dual drive, and the floor area is reduced by designing the forming cylinder to discharge powder and take parts instead of taking parts cabin. Its main functional highlights include: Ten laser multi-mode/new powder taking way/powder automatic and efficient cycle/large surface small footprint, etc.

At the media meeting, Dr. Guan Kai gave a concentrated answer to the questions raised by the media and insiders:

Q (media) : Nowadays, the powder laying equipment in the market is often named after the size of the longest axis, but the LiM laser is named after the size of the format. How do you consider this aspect?

A (Dr. Guan Kai) : Our naming approach is oriented towards meeting the basic needs of the market, rather than promoting the product. The market named after the meter level of equipment, its actual print format may only be a few hundred millimeters, the current Z-axis meter level equipment is more in line with the market demand. We plan in the next generation of products will be a print more than one meter depth of equipment, but the new equipment will also face some new problems, and some equipment on the market at present even made it to print more than one meter depth, but the laser mode of configuration can't both quality and efficiency, so we need to launch meters above equipment, also must be proven by our research and development, In line with the development direction of equipment and meet the market demand.

Q (media) : As for after-sales service, 3D printing is an emerging industry after all. After providing basic after-sales training to customers, customers will inevitably face a series of operational problems in the process of using it. How did LiM solve this problem?

A (Dr GuanKai) : from powder selection, processing, storage, and all of the printing process and finishing process, this is A complete set of solutions, we can do our after-sales service to customers from metal materials into print parts of the whole process, meet the customer's each work link, from equipment factory set up customer files, to 7 * 24 hours of guidance services at any time. For some special customers, for example, the customer's factory is not open to the public, we will invite customers to visit our factory to learn, and carry out online after-sales service during the pandemic, which will make the whole after-sales method more flexible and diverse, and meet the final needs of customers.

Q (media) : Compared with traditional machine tool processing, do we need to redesign the product design when using 3D printing when we get the customer's product design requirements?

A (Dr. Guan Kai) : Yes, metal 3D printing is different from traditional machine tool processing. The drawings can be directly translated into machine language for manufacturing after design. There are two main reasons why 3D printing should be redesigned: First most traditional parts are not suitable for direct 3D printing, because the 3 d printing has its unique technological characteristics, a second even meet the technological characteristics of 3D printing, we were going to have a second design, or for 3D printing processing layer by layer, there must be some auxiliary structure to support, under the auxiliary structure will need to rely on professional design personnel to design, The support added by the secondary design will be removed in the process of post-processing and will not affect the overall structure of the parts.

Q (Media) : What are the main applications of LiM Laser's upcoming LiM-X800 device?

A (Dr. Guan Kai) : The main application area of large-size equipment is still aerospace, and commercial aerospace will also be used, because at present, the demand for large-size equipment is mainly in aerospace. For the LiM-X800 device that we will launch soon, some customers are contacting us, and they still have great demand in this aspect.

During this period, Dr. Guan Kai also led the leaders of the association and the media to visit the LiM laser exhibition hall and the printing service workshop, and explained the specific printing process and the technical achievements of LiM laser.

Metal 3D printing market is showing a trend of explosive growth, especially in the aerospace field has become more and more urgent demand for 3D printing, in response to market demand for metal 3D printing equipment, LiM laser constantly deepening large-format, high deep large size equipment research and development, combined with years of technical innovation in the field of metal material gain and process, It has accumulated unique process and technology and launched LiM-X650H equipment in 2021, which can print up to 1680mm (including 80mm substrate), making it one of the highest level of metal additive manufacturing equipment that can be commercially sold. The LiM-X800 and LiM-X650H devices basically meet the majority of the current market demand for metal 3D printed parts. In the future, LiM Laser will continue to develop its self-developed equipment to large size, multi-material, high-precision and high-efficiency direction, and continue to broaden the application scenarios of metal additive equipment in different industries and fields, so as to contribute to the national manufacturing industry.