L-PBF
Laser Powder Bed Fusion
High-precision metal additive manufacturing for complex engineering components.
- Stainless steels
- Aluminium
- Titanium
- Nickel superalloys
- Tool steels
Capability
Industrial metal 3D printing.
Metal additive manufacturing using industrial powder bed and binder jetting technologies, selected to suit the component rather than the machine that happens to be free.
Processes
Five routes into metal.
Each process has a distinct combination of accuracy, surface finish, material availability and cost per part.
DMLS
Direct Metal Laser Sintering
For complex geometries, lightweight structures and low-volume precision production.
BJT
Binder Jetting
For applications requiring increased production volumes and manufacturing efficiency.
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Metal Prototyping
Rapid production of functional metal prototypes without traditional tooling.
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Low Volume Production
Cost-effective manufacture of complex components where conventional machining or tooling may be unsuitable.
Process selection
Four questions decide the process.
Process selection is not a preference. It follows from the component.
- Geometry
- Overhang angles, unsupported spans, wall thickness and internal features determine what can be built without distortion or support damage.
- Material
- Not every alloy is available on every process. Material choice narrows the process options before anything else.
- Tolerance
- As-built accuracy is finite. Features tighter than the process capability are machined afterwards, which must be designed in.
- Quantity
- A single development part and a repeating batch of two hundred lead to different process and fixturing decisions.
Printing is one stage
A printed part is rarely a finished part.
Components come off the build plate needing stress relief, support removal, machining of critical features and dimensional verification. Metal3D manages all of it, so a component arrives ready to use rather than ready for someone else to finish.
Next step
Send us the component.
Upload your CAD or drawing and an engineer will assess the manufacturing route, material and finishing requirements.