Customers who get Krones to supply and install a 3D printer for their own use can then obtain the raw materials required for printing from KIC Krones. Two new heavy-duty products have been added to the filaments already offered. These have been tailored specifically to the mechanical requirements that the spare parts encounter in Krones lines, bringing all sorts of benefits: Not only do they give the parts manufactured from them greater capability and durability, but they also open up entirely new applications by significantly expanding the spectrum of printable spare parts.
Instantly recognisable
A special material additive gives the filaments both a characteristic blue shade and unique identifiability. This means that spare parts which were manufactured using the Krones printing method can be identified one hundred percent as such. “That’s an important factor for guaranteeing the quality of our originally 3D-printed spare parts,” says Johannes Karl, Head of Customer 3D Solutions. The reel holders on which the filaments are wound also come with some clever innovations. They are, for instance, detected automatically by the printer, allowing it to make the correct settings on its own. That means the typical errors which can occur when the material is loaded manually are history. “This improves usability enormously,” says a happy Johannes Karl.
