3D Printing Speeds Up R&D in Flow Meter Technology

Additive Manufacturing 3D Printing Speeds Up R&D in Flow Meter Technology

2023-05-25 Source: Press release Ahlam Rais 2 min Reading Time

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Titan Enterprises’ new UV resin printer facilitates highly iterative design and has the capacity to make small, precise changes to designs. This helps R&D design engineers to experiment with novel designs at a lower cost, both in time and money, and rapid prototyping.

3D printing technology is fundamentally changing the way companies design, prototype and test flowmeter devices within their R&D.(Source: Titan Enterprises) — 3D printing technology is fundamentally changing the way companies design, prototype and test flowmeter devices within their R&D.
(Source: Titan Enterprises)

Titan started incorporating 3-D printing technology for design over 5 years ago, at the time using a state-of-the-art FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) printer. New advances in 3D printing have seen this printer become redundant against Titan’s R&D investment in a new printer, purchased at a fraction of the cost yet capable of so much more!

With improved technology and an increased range of engineering materials available, this 3-D printing technique is taking a greater role in Titan’s research and development activities, allowing for quick and cost-effective prototyping, states the company.

Although more expensive per cubic volume of model, the precision, detail and durability of Titan’s new UV resin printer allows greater fidelity and facilitates highly iterative design. The other advantage of the resin printer is that it enables printing of replacement parts and own tools to use.

Being able to make small, precise changes to designs along the development route to test functionality and performance enables us to fast-track through the design process, mentions the firm. This gives our R&D design engineers more freedom to experiment with novel designs at a lower cost, both in time and money, and rapid prototyping. Models and components can be tested, pushing the boundaries of concept design, durability and size in a short amount of time. As such, a tested and performing prototype that we have a good level of confidence in, can then go out to our injection moulding suppliers to produce a customer prototype, opines the company.

For example, for a recent OEM turbine development, the 3D printer enabled Titan to size and fit the flowmeter’s externals to the customer’s equipment and run preliminary integrated performance tests. Also, using transparent materials, Titan’s R&D engineers could visually examine the internal manufacture, fit and operation of the flowmeter, all of which sped up the product development dramatically. Historically, early prototypes were produced by CNC, which takes time and is expensive. By having an in-house 3D printer, new versions can be quickly modified, and novel designs tested even the same day as conception, mentions the firm.

Titan’s non-metallic flow meters, such as the NSF-Approved 800-series turbine meters and Beverage flowmeters used widely in the medical, food and beverage industries, lend themselves to the 3D printing process for development, progressing and enhancing designs.

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