Facilities and equipment

EOS P 800

• The EOS P 800 is the first Additive Layer Manufacturing (ALM) System which can process high temperature thermoplastics. 
• This system is a powder bed process, scanning each layer using a CO₂ Laser. It has a build volume of 700 x 380 x 580mm (x, y, z).
• Capable of processing polymers up to 380°C
• Materials: EOS HP3 PEK - Unreinforced PolyEtherKetone (PEK), semi crystalline high performance thermoplastic material.
• Development Materials: PEEK, PEKK, Graphene-PEEK, CNT-PEEK.
• Applications: High strength and stiffness as well as good ductility at higher temperatures. Chemically resistant to aggressive environments, suitable for sterilization for medical and food contact applications.
• CALM is proud to be the first owners of an ALM system like this within the UK.

EOS P 810

• The EOS P 810 is the second generation of Additive Layer Manufacturing (ALM) Systems which can process high temperature thermoplastics.
• This system is a powder bed process, scanning each layer using a CO₂ Laser. It has a build volume of 700 x 380 580mm (x, y, z).
• Capable of processing polymers up to 300°C
• Materials: EOS HT23 PEKK - Carbon Fibre reinforced PolyEtherKetoneKetone (CF-PEKK), semi crystalline high performance thermoplastic composite material.
• Applications: Extreme high strength and stiffness at high temperature. Chemically resistant to aggressive environments, suitable for aerospace and automotive applications
• CALM is the only independent research centre with both the P 800 and P 810  systems.

EOS P 100 Formiga

• The EOS P 100 was first released in 2008 with the focus of manufacturing in mind. The P100 is designed for easy of material change, part manufacture and repeatability.
• This system is a powder bed process, scanning each layer using a CO₂ Laser. It has a build volume of 200 x 250 x 330mm (x, y, z).
• Capable of processing polymers up to 200°C
• Materials: High performance thermoplastic; either polyamide 11 or 12, reinforced or unreinforced.
• Applications: Ideally used to manufacture parts for functional testing, design communication and tooling applications. Can withstand high mechanical and thermal loads.

Sharebot SnowWhite

• The Sharebot SnowWhite is a small scale Additive Layer Manufacturing (ALM) System which can process polymers below 200°C
• This System is a powder bed process, scanning each layer using a CO₂ Laser. It has a build volume of 100 x 100 x 100mm (x, y, z)
• Capable of processing polymers up to 200°C
• Materials: Polyamide 12, 11. Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU)
• Applications: Material development, small scale component manufacturing or prototyping

Stratasys Dimension 768

• This FDM system deposits material through an extrusion head layer by layer following a deposition path.
• It has a build volume of 203 x 203 x 305mm (x, y, z).
• Materials: Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)
• Applications: Ideally used to manufacture parts for functional testing, design communication, tooling and final part applications. It also has FDA certified one of its materials for medical devices.

3DGence Industry F340  x 2

• This FDM system produces components within hours, creating highly defined details on parts using 3D printing materials such as PolyEtherEtherKetone (PEEK).
• It has a build volume of 260 x 300 x 340mm (x, y, z).
• Capable of processing polymers up to 500°C
• Materials: A range of thermoplastics from PLA, ABS to high temperature polymers such as PEEK and PEKK. The support material ESM-10 is water soluble for easy removal from complex geometries.
• Applications: Ideally used to manufacture parts for functional testing, design communication and tooling applications.

Markforged Mark 2

• This FDM system is capable of printing Continuous Fibre Reinforced components.
• It has a build volume of 320 x 132 x 154mm (x, y, z).
• Materials: Markforged Onyx (micro carbon fibre filled nylon), Nylon, Carbon Fibre, Glass Fibre and Kevlar Fibre.
• Applications: True continous fibre reinforced polymer composite components where high stiffness is required, such as Automotive components.

Freeman FT4 Powder Rheometer

• The FT4 Powder Rheometer is used to characterise the rheology or flow properties of powders.
• It is able to measure the bulk properties such as density, compressibility and permeability as well as the powder's resistance to flow, whilst also analysing shear strength and quantifying how a powder shears with respect to the surfaces of process equipment.

Granutools Granudrum

• The Grandrum instrument is an automated powder flowability measurement technique predicated on the rotating drum principle.
• The flowability of a powder is measured as a function of the shearing rates and rheological properties like shear thinning or shear thickening can be evaluated.

Granutools Granucharge

• The Granucharge instrument is able to measure the triboelectric charges created during powder flow.

Microtrac Sync

• The Sync Analyser is able to measure particle size and shape (morphology) of dry powders.
• Particle size and shape analysis from 0.01 to 4000 microns using laser diffraction (ISO 13320:2020) and dynamic image analysis (ISO 13322-2).
• Excellent sub-micron detection using blue laser technology. Ability to resolve narrow and multi-modal distributions in the sub-micron range.