Additive manufacturing plastics / SLS Selective laser sintering

The SLS process (selective laser sintering) can be used to additively manufacture plastic components for a wide range of applications. These include functional prototypes, individual components or spare parts as well as complete product series. All plastic parts 3D-printed at FKM are fully resilient from the outset and can be installed immediately.

Advantages of 3D printing Laser sintering with plastic
3D printing has revolutionized the production of plastic parts and offers significant advantages over other manufacturing processes: It allows the production of complex geometric shapes, shortens production times, enables the economical production of small series and individual pieces, even with personalization. As an experienced 3D printing plastics service provider, we at FKM combine these strengths of SLS technology with our process expertise in design and parameterization. This allows us to push the boundaries of the process and expand our production capacities in the field of 3D printing laser sintering:

• Fast production, time-saving processes
• A wide range of post-processing methods
• All parts fully loadable and ready for immediate installation
• Ideal for spare parts, series parts and other components
• Economical production, low unit costs

With currently 28 SLS machines, we realize more than 8,500 orders per year. The consistent optimization and expansion of our machinery ensures short response times and high production capacities for our customers in the field of 3D printing plastics.

We are a reliable and long-standing partner to the industry and consistently rely on the latest manufacturing technologies and optimized processes in the additive manufacturing of plastic components. For economically optimized 3D printing laser sintering, we have optimally adapted our machinery in terms of system size and material usage. Our small and medium-sized SLS machines are ideal for express components or very high-priced materials. The large SLS systems with multiple lasers are always the perfect choice when it comes to speed and performance. They are particularly suitable for large construction volumes, whether for large individual parts or many series parts. With our plastics machine portfolio, we are also able to produce large quantities quickly, promptly and on time. As an industrial supplier with large production capacities in the field of plastic 3D printing, we stand for short delivery times and outstanding production quality.

In addition to additive manufacturing with plastic (3D printing laser sintering), our range of services also includes the coordinated processing of surfaces. This enables us to offer our customers ready-to-install products right through to the surface finish. Our technologies include smoothing, deburring and coloring the 3D-printed parts. One process developed by FKM is chemical smoothing with FKM smooth®. As an all-inclusive 3D printing plastics service provider, we stand for ready-to-install plastic parts in perfect quality – also ideal for rapid prototyping.

Would you like to commission 3D printing? Thanks to our intelligently managed project planning, we process orders quickly, in a structured and efficient manner. At the same time, we can react flexibly at any time. By combining different components from one material and in one construction job, we increase the capacity utilization of our machines and systems. This increases productivity and reduces costs. As a result, we can not only offer extremely competitive prices, but in many cases even work more cost-effectively than in-house production. Short response times, a high degree of transparency and 100% adherence to delivery dates and deadlines are a matter of course for us at all times, even in complicated special cases. We are constantly expanding our capacities for the 3D printing laser sintering of plastic components by continuously investing in new production facilities.

In addition to the high production capacity in the field of 3D printing laser sintering with plastic, the quality of the manufactured parts is an important factor. We ensure maximum precision and reproducibility for 3D printed plastic parts, including in rapid prototyping SLS. To this end, we work with experienced specialists and use a preventive maintenance concept for the machines. Our specialists continuously take care of the calibration of the process parameters, the preventive replacement of wearing parts and the cleaning of the installation space. The continuous printing of test specimens, which are then measured, is an integral part of our quality assurance. In the event of deviations and exceeding the defined tolerance values, the machines are immediately readjusted. We document this quality assurance process using SPC (Statistical Process Control).