Farsoon Flight 403P Dual-Laser Platform Offers High-Temp Plastic LPBF

Farsoon’s Flight 403P Dual-Laser Platform series is a high-temperature plastic laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) platform. As one of the first machine manufacturers to develop production-targeted LPBF systems using industrial fiber lasers, Farsoon introduced the development of the dual-laser configuration of Flight (Fiber laser) technology and its application on the 403P platform.

Boosting significantly 3-4 times production yield compared to a single CO₂ laser SLS machine, the dual laser Flight 403P system can achieve two full industrial-scale builds (cylinder size 400 × 400 × 540 mm) within 24 hours. The advanced features include removable cartridges and an external cooling station which can further improve the machine uptime and create higher throughput with the same footprint.

With robust laser power, improved energy distribution to the material and smaller laser spot size, Flight Technology is able to achieve the full sintering of powder in a significant short amount of time. It was developed to address the requirements of industrial-scale series production using LPBF technology, increasing the manufacturing turnover rate and accelerating the product-to-market cycles. The dual-laser configuration for Flight technology takes advantage of two powerful 300-W fiber lasers and two dynamic optical systems, creating two ultrafine laser spots with fast scanning speed of up to 20 m/sec (66 ft/sec) for each.

Equipped with powerful fiber lasers in place of standard CO₂ lasers, the Flight 403P-2 Series is capable of delivering greatly increased power to the powder bed. Due to the more robust and stable nature of a fiber laser system, Flight Technology also provides improved laser longevity which is key when considering ROI for manufacturing applications.

Like all Farsoon systems, the Flight 403P-2 Series is offered with fully open machine parameters and unlocked material choices. With its increased power and energy absorption characteristics, Flight Technology is capable of accessing a much different range of processable materials and operational flexibility as compared to standard laser sintering systems, which enables increased freedom for future AM material and application development. Customers can freely choose materials for their application according to the specific needs of end-users. Also, Farsoon works with a fleet of global chemistry providers in validation of their high-performance, specialty engineering materials for fiber laser technology.

To further increase the manufacturing turnover rate, the dual-laser configuration for Flight technology takes advantage of two powerful 300-W fiber lasers and two dynamic optical systems, creating two ultrafine laser spots with fast scanning speed. The new dual-laser configuration can offer significantly 50-90% higher production volume rate compared to the single-laser configuration of Flight Technology, and 3 to 4 times production yield compared to a single CO₂ laser machine.

The optimal performance of the Flight 403P-2 Series — combining extreme sintering speed and high feature resolution — can open up many potential markets and applications for true series production, such as electronic components, robotics, specialized tools and models, battery units, filter modules as well as many consumer products.

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