Model reference

CEAD Flexbot — Technical data

Name: CEAD Flexbot
Brand: CEAD

The Flexbot is the robot-based printing cell from Dutch manufacturer CEAD in Delft and was initially sold as the AM Flexbot. A Comau industrial robot guides a pellet extruder that melts plastic granulate directly and lays it down in wide beads. A Siemens Sinumerik CNC also controls the robot itself. CEAD offers the cell as Research, Research XL and Industry, with build platforms from 2,000 × 1,000 to 4,000 × 2,000 mm. Depending on the extruder, 12 to 84 kg of material per hour are possible, including glass- and carbon-fibre-reinforced grades up to PEEK.

Used, a Flexbot is more an installation than a single machine: robot, extruder, table, dryer, conveying system and safety fence belong together and should be handed over complete. Key points are the robot's operating hours and service records, the condition of screw, barrel and heater bands in the extruder, and which extruder type is fitted. Depending on the version the cell needs around 8 × 7 m of floor space plus clearance. Also clarify whether Sinumerik licences and slicer can be transferred and whether CEAD will support relocation and recalibration.

MaterialsPLA PP ABS ASA PC PEEK PPSU / PSU / PPS Continuous glass fibre Continuous carbon fibre

How many fit in one build job?

Material

Part (bounding box)

××mm

Quantity Rotation allowed

One layer on the build platform.

–Parts per build job

–Build jobs for the quantity

–Build volume utilisation

Approximation using the bounding box and 0.5 mm spacing. Real nesting of free-form parts usually fits more.

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Specifications

Dimensionscell 7,750 × 6,500 mm (Research, Research XL) or 9,750 × 7,000 mm (Industry), W × D; plus 1,000 mm clearance

ExtruderCEAD pellet extruders E25 (12 kg/h), S25 (20 kg/h), E40 (40 kg/h) or E50 (84 kg/h)

Extrudertemperaturup to 400 °C

Kinematics6-axis Comau industrial robot (2019 folder: NJ60-2.2), Industry version on linear track; optional robot with up to 290 kg payload

Materialsthermoplastic pellets, also fibre-reinforced: PLA and PP with cellulose fibres; PP, ABS, ASA, PET, PC with glass fibre; PEEK, PESU, PPS with carbon fibre

ControlSiemens Sinumerik 840D (2019 folder), currently Sinumerik One; controls the robot directly

Accessories (optional)milling equipment, rotary table, linear track, calibration; pellet dryer with conveying system and safety fence with 3.5 m sliding door as standard

Build PlatformResearch 2,000 × 1,000 mm, Research XL 3,000 × 1,000 mm, Industry 4,000 × 2,000 mm; heatable to 100 °C; 2019 folder: 1,200 × 1,800 mm

Build Envelope in mm (x/y/z)approx. 3,000 × 2,000 × 3,000 mm (standard cell, dome-shaped due to robot reach); longer with linear track

Nozzle Diameter2–18 mm (E25, S25), 4–24 mm (E40), 5–25 mm (E50)

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We currently have no CEAD Flexbot for sale. These systems come closest. They are not this model.

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Same process, similar build volumeWASP Delta 3MT Industrial 4.0 mit Pellet Extrusion SystemFGF · Berlin, GermanyPrice on requestView listing ›

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