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Figur G15

Digital Sheet Metal Forming Machine from Desktop Metal that Eliminates the Need for Custom Tooling 

Delivering sheet metal forming that is flexible and cost-effective, even at low volumes.

 

Breakthrough digital sheet forming (DSF) technology is changing the way industries manufacture sheet metal components. This digitally-driven process eliminates the need for expensive stamping tools and opens up entirely new segments that weren’t accessible with existing production technologies.

Figur’s patent-pending DSF technology begins with easy-to-use software that creates a toolpath on an XY gantry to shape sheet metal with up to 2,000 lbs of force.

The Figur G15 has an XY forming area of 1,450 x 1,000 mm (57 x 39 in) and can process forms up to 400 mm (15.7 in) in the Z direction. A wide variety of metals and sheet thicknesses can also be processed – including steel up to 2.0 mm (14 Ga) thick and aluminum up to 3.175 mm (10 Ga).

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Figur’s breakthrough, patent-pending DSF technology is ready to unlock the benefits of digitization for sheet metal manufacturers, making them more agile and making sheet metal forms more accessible to new markets.

Digital sheet forming technology can be used by a wide variety of industries including automotive, architectural, aerospace, consumer products, and industrial applications scaling from prototyping to production.

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Digital Solutions Replace Strenuous Work at Custom Auto Shop

Saltworks Fab recently installed two Figur G15 systems at its Sarasota, Florida facility to accelerate its auto restoration business and expand access to metal forming services to new customers. The company often creates metal body panels that are no longer commercially available with manual hammering and laborious forming processes.

Saltworks builds bespoke one-offs and low-volume production creations for the custom automotive world. Digital Sheet Forming on the G15 enables the company to turn design files into custom metal panels accurately, repeatably, and without hard tooling or long lead times. Watch the video to learn more.

Software-Controlled Process Offers an Easy Approach

A software-guided workflow takes users from digital file to formed part with ease. The included software navigates from importing the digital design file to part orientation within the Figur machine for ideal forming conditions. Next the software automatically generates
the “skirt,” or vertical walls around the formed part in just a few minutes of simulation. Finally, the file is sliced into individual 2D layers, or slices. This file is sent to the G15 for layer-by-layer forming of the desired geometry. 

Watch this video to get an inside look of the software-guided process of forming of an automotive interior structural component for Hyundai’s new series of SUVs.