Hunan Tianhai Intelligent Machine Co., Ltd. held a national premiere on October 28 for two self-developed metal 3D printers: the TH-115, aimed at precision scenarios such as dental, jewelry, and teaching/training, and the TH-350, positioned as a popularized industrial-grade model covering consumer electronics, aerospace, medical devices, and automotive precision components. Both machines are fully self-developed across whole-machine structural design, precision machining, assembly and commissioning, control software, and slicing software.
Slicing software handles the path-planning function for layer-by-layer stacking in metal 3D printing and is the core software component of the equipment. Tianhai Intelligent keeps the entire chain of hardware, control software, and process data in its own hands, changing the previous assembly-style innovation path in which domestic equipment hardware could be built but core software and process data were controlled by others, enabling faster version iterations, lower costs, and more timely service response. At the same time as the launch event, the company signed industry-education integration agreements with five local institutions, most of them vocational and technical colleges, pointing to the training gap for on-site technical personnel in programming, parameter tuning, and routine maintenance.
Metal 3D printing has long been constrained by the multi-million-yuan price threshold of imported equipment, with metal powders, process parameters, and post-processing maintenance dependent on foreign manufacturers, and applications basically limited to aerospace and large medical enterprises. Tianhai Intelligent is entering high-volume scenarios such as consumer electronics and automotive precision components—which demand extremely high consistency and yield—with a popularized industrial-grade positioning; the reliability of its equipment still needs to be verified through orders, while the talent cultivation at the institutions covered by the industry-education integration agreements will determine whether the equipment can truly be put to use once it enters the workshop.
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一台金属3D打印机能走多远丨湖南经济微观察
湖南天海智能机器有限公司于10月28日全国首发两款自研金属3D打印机:TH-115型面向齿科、珠宝、教学实训等精密场景,TH-350型主打普及化工业级,覆盖消费电子、航空航天、医疗器械和汽车精密部件。两款设备从整机结构设计、精密机械加工、装配调试到控制软件与切片软件实现全套自研。
切片软件承担金属3D打印逐层堆叠的路径指挥功能,是设备的核心软件环节。天海智能将硬件、控制软件与工艺数据全链条握在手中,改变了过去国产装备硬件可造、核心软件与工艺数据受制于人的组装式创新路径,使改版迭代更快、成本更低、服务响应更及时。发布会同期,企业与五所本地院校签署产教融合协议,其中多数为职业技术学院,指向编程、调参、日常维护等现场技术人员的培养缺口。
金属3D打印长期受制于进口设备数百万元级的价格门槛,金属粉末、工艺参数与后期维护依赖国外厂商,应用基本局限于航空航天和大型医疗企业。天海智能以普及化工业级定位切入消费电子、汽车精密部件等对一致性、良率要求极高的批量场景,其设备可靠性需经订单验证;产教融合协议所覆盖的院校人才培养,则关系到设备进车间后能否被真正用起来。