INTAMSYS at Formnext 2023: Unveiling Next-Gen Industrial 3D Printing Solutions and Revolutionary Software

As Formnext, one of the most anticipated global events in the additive manufacturing calendar, rapidly approaches, the excitement among industry professionals is palpable. This premier exhibition serves as a vital platform for companies to showcase groundbreaking innovations and connect with a diverse audience from across the additive manufacturing ecosystem. With over 800 exhibitors set to participate, navigating the vast halls to discover truly impactful solutions can be a challenge. However, one exhibitor that demands attention at Formnext 2023 is INTAMSYS. This year, INTAMSYS is poised to make a significant impression by focusing on their comprehensive solutions for industrial 3D printing. Visitors are invited to explore their latest advancements and engage with their experts at their booth in Hall 11.1, B31, where they promise to deliver a compelling vision of the future of high-performance additive manufacturing.

Since its inception in 2016, INTAMSYS has experienced remarkable growth, establishing itself as a worldwide leader in the realm of industrial 3D printers. Their rapid ascent is a testament to their unwavering commitment to innovation and their ability to address the stringent demands of various high-performance industries. A clear indicator of their market confidence and technological prowess came in May of this year, when they successfully completed Series B financing. This significant investment round was led by CMB International, with substantial participation from Forebright Capital and Porsche Ventures. Such robust financial backing not only underscores the continued viability and strong interest in INTAMSYS’s cutting-edge technology and solutions but also empowers them to further accelerate their research, development, and global market expansion. We’ve previously highlighted INTAMSYS’s impressive solutions and their impactful applications across different sectors. Now, let’s delve deeper into what groundbreaking offerings and strategic insights attendees can expect from them at Formnext 2023.

Industrial 3D Printers Take Center Stage: INTAMSYS Innovations at Formnext 2023

A primary highlight of INTAMSYS’s exhibit at Formnext 2023 will undoubtedly be their sophisticated line of FFF industrial 3D printers. The company’s comprehensive portfolio of additive manufacturing hardware will be showcased, providing visitors with an immersive experience of their capabilities. While the entire range is impressive, particular emphasis will be placed on two of their most acclaimed machines: the FUNMAT PRO 610HT and the FUNMAT PRO 310. These models, though not entirely new to the market, continue to assert their dominance as flagship printers in the INTAMSYS lineup, alongside the equally robust FUNMAT PRO 410. They embody the company’s commitment to reliability, performance, and advanced material compatibility, which are critical for demanding industrial applications.

The FUNMAT PRO 310: Bringing Industrial Power to the Desktop

The FUNMAT PRO 310, which made its debut in 2022, is designed to democratize industrial 3D printing by bringing professional-grade capabilities to a more accessible footprint. Its compact dimensions of 700x655x700mm make it suitable for a wider range of environments, effectively bridging the gap between professional desktop and full-scale industrial systems. Despite its smaller size, it boasts an impressive feature set that addresses critical needs in engineering and manufacturing. This FFF 3D printer features quick-change printheads, significantly enhancing operational efficiency and versatility by allowing rapid material changes. Furthermore, its Integrated Dual Extrusion (IDEX) technology offers substantial advantages, enabling multi-material printing, multi-color applications, and improved throughput through independent printhead operation for duplicate or mirror mode printing. With a generous maximum printing volume of 305x260x260mm, it provides ample space for producing substantial parts or batches of smaller components.

Crucially, to support the printing of demanding engineering materials, the FUNMAT PRO 310 incorporates a 100°C fully-enclosed build chamber. This heated chamber is not merely a convenience but a fundamental requirement for successful printing with advanced polymers. It plays a critical role in minimizing thermal deformation and shrinkage of the model during the printing process, which are common culprits behind warping and delamination – issues that plague many non-industrial printers. By maintaining a stable, elevated temperature throughout the build, the chamber ensures uniform cooling and adhesion, dramatically improving print success rates and part quality. This feature is particularly vital for materials like polycarbonate (PC), which are highly sensitive to temperature fluctuations and require precise thermal control for optimal results. Furthermore, the heated chamber allows users to fully leverage the maximum dimensions of the large-format build volume without compromising part integrity, opening up possibilities for larger, more functional components.

Beyond thermal management, the FUNMAT PRO 310 integrates several other features essential for professional 3D printing. It includes mesh-leveling with multipoint calibration on the build plate, ensuring exceptional first-layer adhesion and consistent print quality across the entire build area. An intuitive interface, powered by INTAMTOUCH, simplifies operation, making it accessible even for those new to industrial additive manufacturing. For environmental and user safety, the printer is equipped with a HEPA filter combined with active carbon filtration, effectively capturing ultrafine particles and odors generated during the printing process. Moreover, the FUNMAT PRO 310 embraces modern connectivity with remote surveillance, remote control, and remote printing capabilities. These features enable users to monitor and manage print jobs from virtually anywhere, boosting productivity and workflow flexibility. The high-power nozzles are engineered for efficiency, reducing heating time to ensure rapid and complete filament melting. Simultaneously, an active cooling system for the cold end of the printhead prevents heat creep, a common cause of nozzle clogging, thereby enhancing reliability and reducing maintenance requirements.

A distinctive advantage of the FUNMAT PRO 310 is its accompanying independent filament box, the INTAM™ Box. This meticulously engineered accessory features a sealed design and utilizes molecular sieve dehumidification technology, complemented by a built-in temperature and humidity monitoring sensor. The INTAM™ Box is crucial for maintaining optimal filament conditions, ensuring that even the most hygroscopic engineering filaments, such as nylons, polycarbonates, and high-performance materials like ULTEM and PEEK, remain perfectly dry. These advanced materials have extremely high dryness requirements, as moisture absorption can lead to significant degradation of mechanical properties, poor layer adhesion, and visible print defects. By guaranteeing dry filament for weeks, the INTAM™ Box plays a pivotal role in improving printing quality, enhancing part reliability, and preventing costly material waste in the long term. Additionally, INTAMSYS offers other valuable accessories like the INTAM™ Oven, which is designed for precise drying and annealing processes. Proper drying of filaments before printing and controlled annealing of printed parts are vital steps for achieving the best mechanical properties and dimensional stability, further demonstrating INTAMSYS’s commitment to a holistic, high-performance additive manufacturing ecosystem. These complementary solutions will also be showcased at the Formnext booth.

The FUNMAT 610HT: A Benchmark for High-Temperature, Large-Format Production

At Formnext 2023, INTAMSYS will also feature one of its most enduring and popular offerings: the FUNMAT 610HT. This FFF 3D printer has established itself as a mainstay for the company and a go-to solution for many industries, thanks to its unmatched reliability and exceptional efficiency in extreme conditions. The FUNMAT 610HT is specifically engineered for large-format, high-temperature, and industrial-scale production. Its defining feature is a robust 300°C heated chamber, a capability that sets it apart in the market and is critical for processing ultra-high-performance polymers. The efficacy and remarkable uniformity of this chamber’s temperature have been independently validated by outside sources, including findings from national authorities. These validations confirm that even under a demanding chamber temperature of 300℃, the temperature range across each position in the printing area maintains an impressive consistency of ±7.5℃. This unparalleled thermal stability is crucial for successfully printing with advanced materials such as PEEK, PEKK, and ULTEM, which require precise thermal control to prevent internal stresses, warping, and ensuring optimal mechanical properties for end-use parts. This verified performance is a key reason why the FUNMAT 610HT enjoys immense popularity, particularly among service bureaus and manufacturing facilities that require continuous, reliable production of complex, high-strength components for sectors like aerospace, automotive, medical, and defense.

Introducing INTAMSUITE NEO: Revolutionizing 3D Printing Software Workflows

While INTAMSYS has earned widespread acclaim for its robust industrial 3D printing hardware solutions, this year marks a strategic expansion of their focus towards software, recognizing its increasingly pivotal role in complementing and maximizing hardware capabilities. This new emphasis includes the introduction of INTAMSYS HUB, a sophisticated new cloud printing platform management software designed to streamline operations and provide centralized control over multiple printers. More significantly, INTAMSYS is also launching INTAMSUITE NEO, a revolutionary new slicing software engineered to simplify and optimize the entire 3D printing workflow. INTAMSUITE NEO is specifically developed to help users overcome common obstacles associated with preparing models for 3D printing, aiming to eliminate the guesswork and complexity that often hinder efficiency. Launched in mid-October, this completely free software promises to redefine user experience and streamline operations. It integrates a “ribbon-style” user interface (UI), which, according to a press release from the company, is deliberately reminiscent of familiar CAD-style software. This design choice provides users with an immediate sense of familiarity, significantly reducing the learning curve often associated with new software. Furthermore, this intuitive visual organization allows for an easy, at-a-glance overview of all necessary print settings and information, empowering users to make informed decisions quickly and efficiently.

The usability of INTAMSUITE NEO is further enhanced through its “all-in-one” model transformation feature. This allows users to effortlessly move, rotate, and scale models within the software environment, significantly accelerating the preparation phase and reducing manual adjustments. Preparing a print is also remarkably simplified, thanks to built-in, intelligently designed print profiles that enable one-click slicing. These profiles are meticulously optimized for various INTAMSYS printers and materials, effectively taking the complexity out of parameter selection and ensuring consistent, high-quality results. Moreover, INTAMSUITE NEO boasts an intelligent automatic support material recommendation system. Depending on the material type and the specific geometries of the part – especially those with thin walls or finely featured details – the software autonomously suggests the most effective support structures. This intelligent automation minimizes post-processing efforts, reduces material consumption, and ensures the structural integrity of complex designs during the printing process. Ultimately, all the features integrated into INTAMSUITE NEO are meticulously focused on maximizing ease of use for the operator. This user-centric design is a critical component for enabling industrial 3D printing at scale, reducing training times, and fostering greater adoption across manufacturing floors. Both INTAMSUITE NEO and INTAMSYS HUB will be prominently displayed and demonstrated at Formnext 2023, offering attendees a firsthand look at how INTAMSYS is pushing the boundaries of both hardware and software in additive manufacturing.

If you are keenly interested in understanding the cutting edge of high-performance additive manufacturing, a visit to INTAMSYS’s booth at Formnext 2023 is essential. Attendees will have the unique opportunity to interact directly with the brilliant minds behind the renowned FUNMAT series and the innovative new slicing software. This direct engagement provides an invaluable chance to delve into the technical intricacies, development philosophies, and future roadmap of these advanced solutions. The booth will also feature an extensive display of customer parts, offering tangible proof of the versatility and reliability of INTAMSYS printers across diverse applications. Furthermore, visitors can expect to discover a truly surprising and impactful application originating from the demanding automotive industry, showcasing how INTAMSYS technology is enabling revolutionary advancements in sectors requiring extreme precision and performance. Finally, a series of engaging stage talks will be held at the booth, offering deep insights into material science, advanced printing strategies, and case studies from industry leaders. To stay informed about the daily agenda and specific topics, visitors are encouraged to follow INTAMSYS’s social media channels leading up to and during Formnext 2023.

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*Cover Image: UAV inlet lip used in Aerospace and defense, PEEK-CF, 450x164x287 mm, printed on the FUNMAT 610HT (photo credits: INTAMSYS)