Although, China entered the field of additive manufacturing very early. But from the current situation, Europe and the United States have mastered the equipment, materials, software, processes and other core technologies, and has formed a set of mature business model, the advantage is very obvious. In this regard, Dr. Lv Qitao attitude clearly pointed out that: "the source technology and material problems are not solved, the domestic additive manufacturing industry is difficult to achieve good development, can only be subject to others. This is also the reason why Daqi Laser chose to enter the field of additive manufacturing, as early as 10 years ago, Daqi Laser began to research and develop 3D additive manufacturing technology - laser cladding. Based on the strong technical accumulation in the field of lasers, motion control, mechanical mechanism, software development, process research and materials, coupled with the feedback from the client's demand, Daqo Laser will gradually increase the layout of the additive manufacturing field in the future. At present, the sheet metal division of Daqi Laser mainly focuses on high-power additive manufacturing field, laser 3D printing center mainly focuses on small and medium power additive manufacturing field, business to form a complementary relationship. At the same time, we also adhere to the road of independent research and development of materials, making the perfect match between materials and equipment, breaking the international monopoly, and truly creating value for customers."
Subsequently, Mr. Yuan Jian, Director of 3D Printing Center of Daqo Laser, also added: "Thanks to the mastery and breakthrough of Daqo Laser's source technology, the company's additive manufacturing business has developed rapidly, and it has carried out research and development of a variety of technology routes and printing equipment, covering most of the industrial-grade 3D printing technology fields with mature applications in the market at present, such as LENS technology, SMT technology based on LENS, SMT technology based on SMT, SMT technology based on SMT, SMT technology based on SMT, and so on. In 2015, the company launched the 3D 5-axis linkage 3D printing system, in 2015, it took the lead in launching the Ruiyi series of resin 3D printers with DLP technology, and in 2016, it successively launched the metal 3D printers with SLM technology, the large-format surface-exposure resin printers, and the sand 3D printers with 3DP technology. sand 3D printers adopting 3DP technology. In the field of cutting-edge research and development, Daqo Laser 3D Printing Center continues to pay attention to the latest 3D printing technology, and has completed the process test of the self-developed continuous liquid surface molding equipment, and the molding efficiency has been improved by dozens of times compared with the traditional 3D printing equipment."
"Daqi Laser had the idea of acquiring Concept
Laser before, but gave up after careful consideration." In this regard, Dr. Lv Qitao explained: "Now GE acquires Arcam and Concept
Laser, mainly because GE is in the field of aerospace manufacturing, for the application of additive manufacturing needs, which is the reason why it spared no expense to acquire. If the large laser acquired Concept
Laser company, in terms of technology can indeed be further improved, but there is no application market resources to support, and then the good technology will be useless."
In terms of additive manufacturing technology, at present, many domestic research institutes have a certain accumulation, but the marketization is lagging behind, thus limiting the further development of the industry. Dr. Lv Qitao believes: "As a forward-looking, strategic technology, additive manufacturing has a strong engineering application and a large span of fields, which is very important for the future development of manufacturing, especially high-end manufacturing. In addition to strengthening the research of additive manufacturing technology, process, equipment and related materials, it is crucial to find the right application market and industrialization direction. As a leader in laser industry and a responsible enterprise in equipment manufacturing industry, Daqi Laser insists on taking market demand as the guidance in the field of additive manufacturing, continuously improving the existing technology, and raising the existing technical level from processing precision, production efficiency, material performance, etc. Meanwhile, we pay close attention to the recent technological progress at home and abroad. At the same time pay close attention to the recent technological progress at home and abroad to increase their own technical reserves."
For the future development plan of additive manufacturing, Mr. Yuan Jian also made a detailed explanation: "Daqo Laser always adhere to the market application-oriented development direction, is committed to the application of 3D printing technology in the field of traditional processes and industrialization, to provide customers with a complete set of solutions. In the project development process, with Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Hunan University, South China Normal University, Jinan University, Guangzhou Nonferrous Metals Research Institute and other domestic famous research institutions and institutes in-depth cooperation, through the project cooperation *** with the development of the university's talent advantage, scientific research advantages into the company's research and development of a powerful driving force. 2017 we will further improve the existing metal 3D printers and photosensitive resin 3D printers, the two are mainly for the medical, dental and jewelry industries, of which the application of photosensitive resin 3D printers is expected to have explosive growth in the above industries. In addition, we will launch sand 3D printers, targeted at the metal casting industry, and a variety of models of photosensitive resin 3D printers, which will extend their applicability to hand-boarding, prototyping, and the direct production of industrial parts."