With four 500W lasers, Renishaw’s compact RenAM 500Q metal printer delivers much better productivity, while also increasing the quality of manufactured parts. This speeds up the manufacturing process by up to four times, making AM in metal attractive even for applications where it was previously uneconomical, and thus allowing the technology to enter new sectors.
Essential technologies at the heart of the RenAM 500Q are the optical system and the control software. Laser beams enter the system through four channels, where they are dynamically focused and routed to a thermally controlled galvanometer housing (“galvo housing”). Inside the galvo house are four pairs of digitally controlled mirrors, which guide the lasers in such a way that they cover the entire working area of the powder bed.
