The recent breakthrough in the manufacturing methods such as additive manufacturing is offering the freedom of designing and manufacturing pumps and compressors. Impellers are some of the most common industrial pieces of equipment. There is an ever increase in the demand for the impellers. Today, we have demands for customized impellers for various applications and to suit the operating environment.
But there are factors that make designing impellers an expensive affair using conventional methods of manufacturing. These are complex shapes and difficulties faced in cutting metals. Consequently, the engineers have to compromise on the quality to make cost-effective designs. These factors compelled engineers and manufacturers to design impellers using the latest manufacturing technology, 3d printing.
3D Incredible AM Pvt Ltd located in Pune is one of the pioneers in 3d printing in India. We manufacture unsurpassable quality products using additive manufacturing to cater to the needs of the customers and their unique business challenges. Here, we’ll take a look at how 3d printing helps in getting better designs for impellers.
What are the benefits of using 3d printing in designing impellers?
- Enhanced Impeller efficiency
Additive manufacturing offers new design complexity that makes it challenging to be produced through traditional manufacturing technologies. Topology optimization enables weight reductions of the massive impeller section, especially the rotating parts. For instance, high-efficiency ducted impellers can be produced that help compresses air.
- Fast Iterations
To design any complex objects such as impellers and turbines, it is important that the parts are produced fast and of reduced cost. It helps to test the form and the functions quickly. And if there is a need, changes could be made in the initial stages itself. This helps to eliminate the risk that products may not be able to perform as had been expected. Thus, with 3d printing, we get inexpensive functional prototypes in only a few days instead of weeks.
- Flexibility in creating designs
3d printing makes use of computer-aided designs to create various models of impellers. With the help of 3d printing, hollow, lightweight patterns are created. This allows for greater design complexity and reduced component weight.
- Reduced cost
In traditional methods of manufacturing impellers, a lot of material is wasted. Thus, production becomes costly, especially with expensive materials such as titanium alloys. However, additive manufacturing helps in creating parts by the layering of materials to get precise shapes. Thus, there is no or less material wastage. Moreover, the novel method eliminates the need for tooling to create sacrificial patterns. All of these lead to the lowering of the cost of designing impellers.
3D Incredible AM Pvt Ltd is the best place to get 3d printed designs for impellers!
The manufacturing unit of 3D Incredible located in Pune offers you a range of 3d printing services for various industrial applications. Our well-equipped plant provides all the facilities that help us to utilize 3d printing technology for specific and accurate engineering solutions.
At our firm, we have a team of skilled and experienced software developers and engineers who aggressively work to turn vision into reality.
We provide all the major 3d printing services such as SLS, FDM, SLA, and MJF.
Conclusion
Impellers are an important industrial part and they need to be made efficient and cost-effective. 3d printing offers effective designs that too at a low cost. Incredible of Pune is a one-stop destination to provide various 3d printing solutions. We offer the shortest turnaround time in our country. For our incredible services and products, we have earned ISO 9001, ISO 13485, and AS 9001 D certifications. So, if you require our help, do contact us.
