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TECHNOLOGY

Holo launches H200 machine for high-volume metal part production

and Ti-64 on a pre-commercial basis.
All commercial materials from Holo
meet the MPIF-35 specifications.
“True to CAD™ from Holo’s technol-
ogy means that our H200 system pro-
duces MIM-quality parts without the
mould,” stated Holo co-founder and
Chief Strategy Officer Arian Aghaba-
baie, PhD. “For most applications,
our technology does not require parts
to go through any post-machining or
polishing; it sinters parts to spec for
a first-time-right approach suited for
demanding, high-volume end-use ap-
plications.”
Having been developed over multi-
ple generations of machines and with
over 10,000 parts shipped to custom-
The Holo H200 has a build volume high resolution and precision. The ers so far, Holo’s H200 has demon-
of 244 x 195 x 200 mm and produces components demonstrate fine detail strated its readiness for commercial
parts with a MIM-like surface finish up to 50 μm and maintain strict tol- use. Customers from demanding sec-
(Courtesy Holo) erances within +/-25 μm. Unique to tors such as medical, aerospace and
Holo Inc, based in Newark, Califor- PureForm™, the final parts match the defence, consumer electronics, and
nia, USA, has launched the H200 pro- surface smoothness of commercial the semiconductor industry are re-
duction metal Additive Manufactur- MIM parts, exhibiting a roughness of ported to be adopting the technology.
ing machine. The H200 uses Holo’s 1-3 μm Ra. This is said to eliminate “We are thrilled for customers to
PureForm™ AM platform to produce the need for additional machining or gain access to the H200,” stated Holo
highly-precise metal parts based on a polishing required by other metal AM CEO Hal Zarem, PhD. “Production
sinter-based Vat Photopolymerisation technologies. volumes of parts in fields like surgi-
(VPP) process. Holo’s PureForm™ commercial ma- cal instruments will be within reach,
Over the past nine months, Holo re- terial offering currently includes stain- finally fulfilling the promise of Additive
ports it has been using the H200 in less steel grades 17-4PH and 316L, Manufacturing as a scalable, produc-
its Additive Manufacturing services along with pure copper. The port- tion-ready suite.”
to supply complex metal parts with folio is extending to include Inconel

Upgraded Former is Faster, More Precise

ew features reportedly offer 78.1 Premium. The new thermofor- and increasing machine utilization,
Nmore efficient production of mer has features that reportedly of- Hte Company says.
trays, containers, hinged boxes, pal- fer more efficient production of trays, While maintaining the same forming
lets, blisters, lids and technical prod- containers, hinged boxes, pallets, blis- area as its predecessor, this new ma-
ucts. ters, lids and technical products. chine comes equipped with a bigger
Kiefel’s new Speedformer KMD 78.2 The machine also enables fast and vacuum and forming air system, along
Premium is billed as faster as and more simple tool change, making it easy to with more powerful servo-drives for
precise than its predecessor, the KMD switch film between production runs the forming, punching, and cutting

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