Calibur3®, featuring the NeuBeam metal AM process, offers a compelling alternative to laser and traditional eBeam metal additive manufacturing systems. Calibur3® overcomes the compromises of traditional metal AM systems, enabling applications previously seen as troublesome or impossible and the development of projects with new materials.
Calibur3® is an open system, allowing the development of new processing parameters in a more straightforward way, promoting innovative application development and optimised material usage. Complete process transparency and control allows continuous monitoring and optimisation of the manufacturing processes in real time.
Calibur3® provides a large build volume (300 x 300 x 450mm). This enables the printing of more parts per run, increasing production throughput, or large single piece prints.
Calibur3® is an open platform and Wayland Additive works with customers to develop the parameters of the material/s of their choice.
NeuBeam® is a hot part process that does not produce a hard sinter cake, which eliminates the need for extensive cake removal around the parts. Parts can be produced without structural supports and do not need Wire EDM support removal. NeuBeam® produces parts with no residual stress and therefore parts do not require subsequent heat treatment (even for large parts).
Calibur3® features a removable build tank, offering the flexibility to exchange the standard build tank for the Small Build Tank (SBT) to accelerate material development projects and process high-value or scarce materials. It enables researchers to assess the viability of new materials quickly and efficiently with the NeuBeam® process, utilising the same calibration and beam parameters as the standard build tank over a smaller area.
The NeuBeam® process provides advanced in-process monitoring using a combination of structured light, electron imaging, and high-speed infrared cameras, all calibrated for optimal results. As a true thermal process, it monitors the entire build chamber, showing the powder bed's temperature and material's thermal history. Surface defects are detected and reported in real time, enabling full quality assurance and traceability of the material, process, and part from start to finish.
Calibur3® captures real-time thermal images of the build process. This enables the monitoring of part temperature and the identification of hot spots where defects may occur. Data from each frame is extractable for further detailed analysis.
The Wayland Connect App, available on the App Store and Google Play, provides real-time, in-process remote monitoring of all your Calibur3® Systems.
After a build, the tank and part are transferred from Calibur3® to Calibur PRS (Powder Recovery System), where powder is recovered, and the part is cleaned through a semi-automated process. For smaller quantities or multiple materials, users can opt for the vacuum cleaner and clean powder cyclone as a flexible solution for powder handling and refining.
Calibur PRS provides an enclosed environment where the Calibur3® build chamber is moved on a table, displacing loose powder to be used as blast media for cleaning sintered material from the part’s surface.
The system includes a cyclone to separate fine powder, a sieving system to remove large particles, and a magnet to capture ferrous contaminants. Refined powder is reloaded into the Calibur3® hopper.
