Ibex Engineering HQ
Ibex Engineering HQ, the location of Renishaw's new AM Demo Center.
Renishaw has announced the opening of its new Additive Manufacturing Demonstration Center in Ibex Engineering’s HQ in Newbury Park, California.
The demo facility will enable visitors to learn about and interact with Renishaw’s metal additive manufacturing technologies. It will house RenAM 500 laser powder bed fusion machines, which will be used to print parts in Ti64AI4V, a high-precision titanium material.
Visitors to the centre will be able to experience the entire workflow, from powder sieving and recirculation, to part removal, heat treatment and inspection. Also being demonstrated at the site are the InfiniAM Central software and QuantAM build preparation software, which will help visitors understand the development of machine build files, including material parameter development.
The two companies have worked together for several years, and through the launch of this demo centre are hoping to promote the adoption of additive manufacturing in new markets.
“It’s fantastic to be able to place a metal additive manufacturing production cell within Ibex,” commented Stephen Anderson, AM Business Development Manager, Renishaw. “Not only does it allow us to showcase our latest technologies, but partnering with Ibex provides us access to an expert manufacturer of precision staging equipment who will utilise the technology to develop innovative products, and drive metal AM into new markets and even wider adoption.”
“We have been a user of Renishaw’s high precision encoder systems in our products for many years and have a close working relationship. They understand manufacturers and manufacturing, the important of quality, reliability, and most importantly, service,” added Andre Perrin, Ibex Engineering CEO. “We are very excited about Renishaw’s approach to metal additive manufacturing and their vision to develop high precision, repeatable machines capable of serial production of parts. We look forward to developing new AM parts for our business and to sharing our knowledge with Renishaw’s visitors.”