BOFA unveil 3D printer fume extractors

BOFA International, a Dorset-based fume and dust extraction specialist, has unveiled a new 3D printing fume extraction device.

With 3D printing developing rapidly, the enabling technology needs to keep up with its progression as new materials, offering precise physical properties such as strength, fire retardation, flexibility and scratch-resistance are introduced. These materials require high temperature 3D environments, BOFA’s research suggests this increases the potential for off-gassing, which can be toxic and emit particulate emissions.

BOFA is addressing these challenges with enhanced fume filtering technology, making equipment work better, longer and helping to maintain a safe working environment.

Resulting from this work, the company has now unveiled in-development 3D PrintPRO HT. It uses advanced electronics components, thermal insulation and innovative air management to keep operating temperatures at the desired level while delivering strong filtration performance.

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Simultaneously, BOFA’s 3D PrintPRO 4 system has undergone a re-design to feature more advanced multi-stage filtration, such as a deeper carbon bed, extending the life of the filter while helping to ensure safer, odourless printing.

Haydn Knight, Sales and Marketing Director at BOFA, said: “These latest innovations from BOFA enable equipment manufacturers to meet growing market demand for technology capable of working new generation functional materials.

“Effective filtration and temperature control are increasingly important to 3D print processes, so systems such as our 3D PrintPRO HT have a vital role to play in enabling an agile additive manufacturing environment.”

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