Within Australia, Formero's SLA build capacity is 500 x 500 x 600mm, building prototype models with dimensions of more than 1 meter has an enormous impact on throughput time, costs and tolerances.  

Consequently, Formero has access to ARRK's facility in Japan specifically for building extremely large models (2050 x 780 x 700mm), such as complete car interior parts, to provide customers with accurate models in an extremely fast time frame.   

Mammoth SLA models are constructed layer by layer in a liquid polymer that hardens when struck by a laser beam.  The built rapid prototype models offer greater strength and accuracy, when compared to traditional SLA models, as no join lines exist, minimising part movement and gluing inaccuracies.

Mammoth SLA models offers real, tangible benefits to our customers.  Below is a comparison of a car interior dashboard being created on a standard SLA machine (500x500x600mm) versus a Mammoth SLA machine.  The figures below speak for themselves.

 

	SLA 7000	Mammoth SLA
CAD Work	40 hrs	16 hrs
Build time (scanning + layer + deposition)	1450 hrs	515 hrs
Gluing + finish	440 hrs	250 hrs
Throughput time	14 weeks	5 weeks

 

Process

Dashboard fitted on 1 build platform.  Fixtures                   Mammoth SLA machine building model.    Finished Mammoth SLA model.
included in the CAD so it can be used as a tool for
quality inspection as well as part fixtures.