A Head Start With 3D Printing – Lynch Lee solutions Reduce Weight of a 3D-Printed Milling Head

A Head Start With 3D Printing – Lynch Lee solutions Reduce Weight of a 3D-Printed Milling Head

Specialized in advancing engineering solutions, Regional Technological Institute (RTI) is an independent institute affiliated with the University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic. Focusing on metal machining and metal additive manufacturing, RTI collaborated with Advanced Engineering s.r.o. – an Altair channel partner – on a research project that aimed to design a lighter and more efficient manufacturing milling head. RTI benefited from Advanced Engineering s.r.o’s access to the entire Altair® HyperWorks® design and simulation platform to develop the new milling head. The result was a lightweight, 3D-printed milling head with unique features that can only be created using AM. Compared to fully solid milling heads created using traditional methods, RTI’s design is lighter and has significantly better dynamic properties while still meeting stiffness requirements.