Finally week’s RAPID+TCT 2025 in Detroit, steel additive manufacturing options supplier ADDiTEC introduced that it was launching a brand new expertise platform. The corporate already has Laser Direct Vitality Deposition (LDED) and Liquid Steel Jetting (LMJ) options, and now it’s increasing its providing by including Laser Powder Mattress Fusion (LPBF) to its portfolio of steel AM applied sciences with the brand new FUSiON S system. ADDiTEC says that with this addition, it’s now one of many solely firms on this planet to supply three complementary steel AM applied sciences.
FUSiON S
It’s possible you’ll recall that the Florida-based firm, which co-founded the MELTIO model of steel AM platforms in 2019 with Spanish firm Sicnova 3D, resurrected Xerox’s liquid steel 3D printing when it acquired Elem Additive Options in 2023; Xerox itself acquired ElemX expertise in 2019 when it purchased steel 3D printing startup Vader Methods. ADDiTEC calls it Liquid Steel Jetting, or LMJ, and the ElemX printer makes use of molten steel droplets to construct up 3D objects. The corporate additionally affords laser DED, or LDED, by way of its moveable robotic steel AM programs, the AMDROiD and AMDROiD X, the latter of which helps in-field manufacturing and restore for protection and different industrial functions. Each its LMJ and LDED, plus CNC expertise, are supplied in ADDiTEC’s Hybrid 3 manufacturing system.
Now, with the addition of LPBF to its portfolio, ADDiTEC can provide its clients expanded functionality and suppleness throughout a number of sectors, together with automotive, aerospace, dental, power, tooling, jewellery, and different precision functions.
“Our new LPBF platform, Fusion S, brings high-precision, production-grade steel 3D printing to the forefront of our providing. This launch marks a serious milestone in our mission to ship a full-spectrum steel AM portfolio that addresses essentially the most demanding use circumstances—from aerospace and protection to medical and power,” said Brian Matthews, the CEO of ADDiTEC, in a press launch.
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Developed by a strategic collaboration, the brand new FUSiON S printer combines what ADDiTEC calls “a confirmed LPBF basis with distinctive engineering and commercialization experience.” The optimized LPBF platform contains a compact footprint of 600 x 600 mm, industrial-grade efficiency, and optimized print parameters for cobalt chrome, chrome steel, titanium, and different superior alloys. Advanced geometries and tremendous options aren’t any match for the printer’s high-resolution printing, enabled by a really tremendous however highly effective laser spot. The user-friendly FUSiON S additionally has an enhanced materials security function for operators.
“The closed powder circuit ensures extra security at work as a result of the operator doesn’t come into contact with the powder throughout the complete printing course of,” ADDiTEC writes.
The printer’s clever FUSiON Cartridge system ensures secure, economical powder dealing with when paired with the FUSiON Cabin, an unpacking station with a closed course of chamber. Customers merely take the cartridge with their most popular materials from the Cabin and insert it into the FUSiON S. The Cartridge and Cabin present clear separation of the ultimate printed element from any residual powder, which can be collected for attainable reuse. This revolutionary closed powder structure implies that operators don’t have any direct contact with steel powder.
FUSiON Cabin
The brand new FUSiON S additionally contains a most scan pace of 5 m/s, 10-50 μm layer thickness, a virtually 16″ touchscreen, a closed gas-circuit for diminished gasoline consumption, and extra. Customers may also discover a verified database of print parameters for a number of supplies, together with valuable metals.
Now that it affords its three complementary steel AM applied sciences of LDED, LMJ, and LPBF, ADDiTEC clients can choose the proper course of for each mission, with out having to undergo a number of companions.
Pictures courtesy of ADDiTEC
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