Iranian Knowledge-Based Firm Indigenizes Metal 3D Printer
“We produced a metal 3D printer. This device is custom-made, and its price ranges from 350,000 Euros to 3 million Euros if produced by foreign companies, but this technology has been indigenized in our country and is available at a much less price than the foreign model,” Barzin Qaffari, the managing director of the knowledge-based company, told ANA.
“At the beginning of the work, we faced the challenge of building a robot and manufactured it with many trials and errors, and then we prepared the software systems,” he added.
“There are 13 types of metal printing methods in the world, of which we have developed 2 methods of metal powder and metal wire,” Qaffari said.
Noting that at present Iran is known as one of the countries making this technological product in the world and has reached the mass production stage, he explained, “Metal 3D printers in the market work with metal powder while the metal powder fuses together and the part is made.”
In a relevant development in June, a technological company in Iran has succeeded in manufacturing 3D printers which reduce the cost of production of jewelry and gold accessories.
The technological company, stationed at the incubator center of Islamic Azad University’s Tabriz branch, has manufactured 3D printers in the fields of goldsmithing, dentistry and modeling, a report said.
“Among the achievements of our company, we can mention the indigenization of certain 3D printing technologies with specific technical specifications and presentation of innovations that have promoted this industry and are now being emulated by other industrial activists,” Shahriar Nezakat, the managing director of ‘Kohan Sanatgaran Khallag’ company, told ANA.
“The development and production of 3D printing machines, related machines, peripheral equipment and consumables are among our activities. Also, among the products currently being produced by our company, we can mention 3D printers with DLP and LCD technology, ultra-precise casting resins, and post processing devices,” he added.
Noting that his company has successfully completed the research and development stages of the 3D printer with SLM technology, Nezakat said, “We hope to produce the prototype of this product, whose technology is in the hands of a few countries like the US and Germany, soon.”
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