Anisoprint, Bosch Rexroth join forces for industrial continuous fiber AM capabilities

PROM IS 500 industrial 3D printer. Photo Credit: Anisoprint

Anisoprint (Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, U.K.) demonstrates the power of composite additive manufacturing (AM) by powering its PROM IS 500 continuous carbon fiber 3D industrial printers with Bosch Rexroth’s (Lohr am Main, Germany) MTX, a tried-and-proven CNC system for industrial 3D printing technologies. PROM IS 500’s premiere will also be celebrated at this year’s Formnext AM conference, Nov. 16-19, 2021.

“We’ve chosen MTX because it’s considered the most powerful CNC system solution on the market,” says Evgeny Babarykin, PROM IS 500 product owner at Anisoprint. “In combination with the high-quality automation and mechanical components, the open software systems allow unlimited possibilities for innovative technologies.”

According to Anisoprint, MTX is its entry point into the Internet of Things (IoT): All data is collected and processed in real time, allowing rapid reaction times. In this open architecture, the printer is also said to communicate seamlessly with higher level systems like Aura and Aura.Connect. Standardized interfaces enable easier adaptation to new hardware and software environments, for the realization of flexible and fast reactions to customer demands, or new developments. MTX also offers high-output milling, turning, grinding, punching, cutting, lasering and bending, with intuitive multi-touch operation.

“Bosch Rexroth’s software allows us to set all the needed parameters for the peripheral devices and all the necessary modules. The certified Bosch CNC combined with expertise and support allows to implement this fully open system in fundamentally new machines,” notes Babarykin.

MTX CNC system by Bosch Rexroth. Photo Credit: Bosch Rexroth

With the MTX CNC system at the heart of the machine, a wide range of additional capabilities, like 3D scanner integration, polymer annealing control, interpolation numerous axes and more, are made possible for the PROM IS 500. Anisoprint believes it is an exciting journey that will define the future of industrial continuous fiber 3D printing.

“Bosch Rexroth CNC is certified for industrial applications and provides stable performance 24/7 with highest print speeds due to its beltless mechanics and better synchronization,” explains Fedor Antonov, CEO of Anisoprint. “With a real-time synchronization, there is always a signal delay you cannot avoid. For 3D printing it is extremely important to minimize this delay — Bosch provides a very good synchronization of accelerations and velocities between motion and extrusion, which significantly increases the tolerance and quality of prints.”

Anisoprint and Bosch Rexroth plan to continuously improve the technology and automation solution.