outperform your production limits
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Outperform your production limits.
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PROBLEMS IN THE ADOPTION OF AM
Additive Manufacturing (AM) — the production method of the future — enjoys a rapidly growing market. As it undergoes major technological advances in quick succession its widespread adoption is certain. But of the companies that want to switch to AM:
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71% say that a lack of knowledge* is the greatest limiting factor for AM
51% indicate the high cost* of 3D-printing as a challenge
75% indicate long time to finish* parts as a key challenge
* removal of build support
* long post processing time
* high material use
* long print times
* material waste
* low efficiency
* specialist skillset needed
* high design effort
* low innovation
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OUR SOLUTION
Our patented ADMS technology autonomously handles the highest complexity requirements in a single-build solution. It generates printable structures. Similar to nature, with geometric perfection, fully autonomous.
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AI-driven autonomous design process*
50% design & production cost savings*
30% faster time to finished part*
* support free printing * minimal post processing * no material waste
* minimal material * free print orientation * superior efficiency
* easy to use * minmal engineering * autonomous design
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HOW IT WORKS
Input parameters like shape, material or loads are translated into the ideal geometric form: an Adaptive Density Minimal Surface. ADMS approach maximum weight–to–performance ratio and are inherently printable without build supports. PATENT NR. PCT/EP2020/063727
TWO–CHAMBER SYSTEM
EFFECTIVE DISSIPATION OF STRESS & STRAIN NON-CONSTANT
WALL THICKNESS
Diagonal Print Orientation, Significant Build Support
Flat Print Orientation, Minimal Build Support
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BEATING THE GLOBAL AEROSPACE BENCHMARK: GE BRACKET CHALLENGE
With a fraction of the engineering effort, our ADMS design soundly beat* the winner of the global 3D–printed aircraft component competition.
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«Spherene introduces a completely new way of thinking about how components can be designed, which has been lacking until now.»
85% Part Weight 80% Printed Mass 93% Print Time 20% Post Processing 36% Engineering ∼68% Overall Cost
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ULTIMATE COMPRESSION PERFORMANCE
Shear and compression tests* show almost twice the specific stiffness and +98% superior compression for ADMS pitched against a ‹best in class› design provided by Zühlke Engineering. A random ADMS is as good as Zühlke’s best.
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«ADMS are a very powerful tool: such effective and quick optimisations—for any geometry— are impossible to achieve with the methods we know.» Quick Transition to
Irreversible Damage Catastrophic Failure
Slow Transition to Irreversible Damage
ADMS: · Autonomous Design · Optimal Orientation
Diamond Lattice: · Manually Engineered · Optimal Orientation
ADMS: · Random Design · Random Orientation
Stress–Strain Diagram
* testing by Grasse Composite Testing, Berlin
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WELL-KNOWN MINIMAL SURFACES
SPHERE
SPHERENE ADMS
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«Spherene’s ADMS are ideal — the inverted sphere geometry.»
Angle of surface area
WHY ADMS ARE THE BEST POSSIBLE SOLUTION
ADMS have the same universal properties as the sphere — but the other way around. Nothing used in engineering today is similarly ideal.
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SAVE COST ON ALL LEVELS OF PRODUCTION
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PRE PROCESSING AM BUILD POST PROCESSING
Support structures No engineering No printing No removal
Print optimisation Free print orientation More parts in one build Less material use
Machine Cost Less print time Faster time to finish
Material use Less material cost Easy powder removal
-29% -22% -80%
Our Technology applied.
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NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR MEDICAL IMPLANTS: TITANIUM
Research at University of Applied Sciences FHNW Muttenz showed that ADMS provide support-free titanium SLM printing, superior strength, and no collapsing effect (versus the frequently used Gyroid Minimal Surface)
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«It was shown that ADMS can be success-fully produced out of titanium by SLM without support structures, which is of great advantage for production and post-treatment.»
Titanium SampleStress–Strain Diagram
Gyroid Minimal Surface tested by Young et. al.
ADMS tested by FHNW Muttenz
NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR MEDICAL IMPLANTS: BIOCERAMICS
In-vivo tests at University of Zürich confirmed exceptional bone ingrowth and vastly superior strength compared to their optimal design. ADMS offer excellent characteristics for implants and bone replacements printed from resorbable bioceramics.
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Ingrowth Area
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Strenght
ADMS Implant — very first iteration — strenght: 245%
New Bone: 93%
USZ Lattice Implant — optimized for ingrowth —broken upon implantation — strength 100%
New Bone: 100%
Bone Ingrowth
Mars Samples collected by NASA Perseverance Rover
ESA Earth Re-entry Capsule returning from Mars 2031
Single-print ADMS structure protects samples from re-entry heat, and absorbs shock of high velocity impact on Earth.
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EARLY TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT STUDY
Proposal for the main structure of the Earth Re-entry Capsule* used in the Mars Sample Return Mission. Single-printed aluminium ADMS. Commission through ESA OSIP.
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«ADMS are clearly addressing one of the cross-cutting themes of the ESA technology strategy, but in a novel way.»
Mars Samples collected by NASA Perseverance Rover
ESA Earth Re-entry Capsule returning from Mars 2031
Single-print ADMS structure protects samples from re-entry heat, and absorbs shock of high velocity impact on Earth.
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SATELLITE BRACKET
Design study for an optical bracket on an upcoming research satellite. Commission through ESA OSIP.
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«ADMS are clearly addressing one of the cross-cutting themes of the ESA technology strategy, but in a novel way.»