Additive Industries introduces new steel 3D printer with versatile construct space

MetalFab 300 Flex goals to be an economical entry level for steel additive manufacturing.

MetalFab 300 Flex goals to be an economical entry level for steel additive manufacturing.

At RAPID + TCT 2024 this week, Netherlands-based Additive Industries unveiled its latest steel 3D printer: the MetalFab 300 Flex. Designed with an on-demand construct platform measurement, the brand new printer is meant to creating steel additive manufacturing (AM) extra accessible and scalable. Utilizing powder mattress fusion (PBF), the MetalFAb 300 Flex incorporates two full-field 500W lasers right into a baseline construct quantity of 11.81in x 11.81in x 15.75in. As its identify implies, the MetalFab 300 Flex may also supply a bigger construct quantity of 16.54in x 16.54in x 15.75in, accessed through a month-to-month or lifetime license. The variety of lasers will also be doubled to enhance productiveness.

The baseline machine is priced at $730,000, which places it on roughly the identical stage as a medium-sized steel 3D printer. In keeping with the corporate, that is the one 3D printer with the choice to extend the scale of the construct space on-demand. Past it’s versatile construct quantity, the MetalFab 300 Flex additionally caters to new additive customers with built-in powder dealing with.

“Our mantra is to maintain operators away from steel powders,” defined Additive Industries strategic advertising director, Kartick Rao, on the press convention launching the brand new machine.

Mark Massey, Additive Industries CEO added, “This announcement is about greater than a brand new machine: it’s about making this expertise accessible to extra individuals.”