Roboze Inc

The ARGO 1000 can produce parts up to one cubic meter, nearly 40 inches by 40 inches by 40 inches, radically transforming the way industries, including aerospace, energy, transportation, MedTech and automotive, can fabricate lighter, higher-quality components. Using more sustainable and high-performing super polymers and composites such as PEEK, Carbon PEEK and ULTEM ™ AM9085F, Roboze is reducing the current strain on global supply chains and rapidly replacing metal parts and mission-critical components for extreme applications.

ARGO 500 has been designed to produce finished parts using the highest performing super polymers and composites of the entire sector, monitoring the management of the material, from hygroscopic control to drying and preheating, up to the gradual cooling phase of the produced part. Everything is designed to achieve extraordinary mechanical performance.

Speed and repeatability
The patented Roboze Beltless system has made the use of rubber belts in 3D printers obsolete, replacing them with racks and pinions, thus achieving the mechanical accuracy typical of a machine tool. Beltless technology, combined with the B&R industrial automation system, increases production speed, precision and repeatability of the printed parts.

Integration into production
ARGO 500 is the first 3D printer for super polymers equipped with PLC technology from B&R (ABB Group). Roboze and B&R have collaborated to bring for the first time industrial automation into 3D printing systems dedicated to metal replacement, making ARGO 500 integrate and communicate with the entire production workflow in smart factories.

Metal Replacement
Roboze has introduced on the market super polymers and composites suitable for the replacement of metal alloys in environments where high temperatures, high chemical resistance and mechanical properties are required. Thanks to industrial partnerships such as the one with Solvay, Roboze has helped hundreds of companies to change production methods and replace metals, optimizing time and costs.

Automated control
In ARGO 500, all the process variables are controlled in a completely automatic way, eliminating the manual operations and the experience required by the operator - from the leveling of the build plate to the calibration of the extruder, from the insertion and automatic change of filament up to the functions of drying and preheating of the material. Everything is automated and controlled.

Process certification
Thanks to the powerful B&R industrial computer it is equipped with, the ARGO 500 controls, analyzes and stores all the information and parameters used in the production process. The system, at the end of each print cycle, creates a data log recorded automatically in the internal memory. This allows the certification of every single part.

Communication and maintenance
ARGO 500 is equipped with remote maintenance modules to analyze possible anomalies and to reduce the possibility of downtime for the advantage of productivity. The remote management feature includes the automatic sending of software updates to allow the ARGO 500 to evolve over time, acquiring new features, parameters and intelligence.

The Roboze PRO series consists of two solutions: One PRO and Plus PRO.

These two systems see an integration with Roboze Prometheus slicing software, developed for end-to-end workflow management, from the early design stages to the final production of the printed part. The software has strategic printing profiles that allow prints up to 2 times faster, compared to the industry average, with the UltraFAST profile, to obtain tools to support production lines with the material Carbon PA PRO, PA loaded with carbon fiber, and to shorten the concept validation phase with ULTRA-PLA technical material. Print speed is a very important issue for professionals. For this reason, Roboze will extend this profile to other types of materials available on the PRO series and that this will be done through a simple software update.

This solution, in fact, can be critical in the current context of supply crisis by obtaining prototypes and tools on demand, without the need to have a physical warehouse, quickly, reducing the dependence on time and costs of external suppliers. PRO systems enable these advantages by providing a process consisting of: print settings - material-software-machine - automatically and with few manual operations; precise and repeatable, as well as scalable, technological ecosystem; fast material / print project change and low maintenance. In this way, additive manufacturing becomes high quality with a configuration that increases the uptime of the solution at the same time.

Moreover, the Prometheus’ UltraQuality profile is added for the production of components in PEEK, Carbon PEEK and ToolingX CF, which allows to obtain extremely detailed parts with the company's leading materials, among the most adopted in the Electronics, Aerospace, Mobility and Energy industries. The goal is to offer companies the ability to scale functional prototyping and small-volume production, saving time and costs with the possibility of obtaining a more flexible process with the full range of Roboze materials.

Industrial, flexible, and cost-effective process

The PRO series includes all the innovative elements brought to the market in recent years by Roboze. The ecosystem created allows an improvement in the design and feasibility of production with a very high attention to issues related to the production chain, including the answer to the need of reducing the operating costs of machines, materials and labor, as well as design time in a single solution.