Challenge
Replace a traditional metal robot end-effector with a lighter structure while maintaining usable strength and stiffness.
Application Case Study
Lightweight Robot End-Effector Gripper Case
Using continuous carbon fiber 3D printing, the traditional metal part was replaced, achieving about 40% weight reduction, improving payload capacity and reducing inertia to support faster robot movement, longer service life and lower energy consumption.
Material
PA-based short fiber + continuous carbon fiber
Solution
Use continuous carbon fiber 3D printing to create a composite replacement part with reduced inertia.
Result
Using continuous carbon fiber 3D printing, the traditional metal part was replaced, achieving about 40% weight reduction, improving payload capacity and reducing inertia to support faster robot movement, longer service life and lower energy consumption.
Relevant Products & Services
Continuous Fiber 3D Printing Filament
Self-developed continuous fiber prepreg technology provides high-quality PEEK/CCF continuous fiber 3D printing filament, improving printing performance, reducing structural defects and enabling high-performance lightweight parts.
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GT Slicer Software
Proprietary 3D printing slicing software that combines material characteristics, simulation and path optimization. It supports customized parameters for precise and application-specific printing.
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Carbon Fiber 3D Printing Equipment
A product portfolio from desktop systems to large-format high-temperature industrial printers, with PEEK printing capability and robotic-arm ultra-large 3D curved-surface continuous fiber printing solutions.
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Lightweight Design and Manufacturing Solution
Engineering service for high-value applications, covering rapid prototyping, small-batch production, lightweight design, process development and integrated structure-function manufacturing.
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High-Crystallinity PEEK + Continuous Carbon Fiber Composite Parts
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