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Metal additive manufacturing you can count on

Additure delivers more than just components:
we deliver trust, transparency and a commitment to quality, all underpinned by our extensive knowledge and manufacturing experience.

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We’re making future tech familiar. Additure takes cutting-edge Metal AM technologies and makes them realistic. Wherever you’re new to additive manufacturing, or you’re looking to scale your production, let us showcase our technologies.

Machines we use

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Nikon SLM® 500

Key benefits:

  • Quad lasers improve build rates in certain scenarios.
  • Large build volume enables us to produce larger components or manufacture multiple parts within one build. 280mm x 500mm x 365mm (x, y, z) bed size with consistent quality across the bed.
  • In-line sieving ensures that the powder is kept within a controlled environment with no exposure to the atmosphere or contaminants. 
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Nikon SLM® 280

Key benefits:

  • Delivers improved cost-per-part for smaller batch quantities and component sizes.
  • Lower barrier for entry for product development.
  • Dual lasers increase production speeds.
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GEFERTEC Arc405

Key benefits:

  • High deposition rates of material, providing part cost reduction.
  • Flexibility of material printing.
  • Gantry system allows robust programmable tool paths similar to machining inputs.
  • Ability to produce reactive materials in an inert atmosphere. 
  • Welding heat source is robust, reducing variables.

Videos:

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What are the Applications of LPBF?

Typical use-cases:

  • Fluid transfer devices, like manifolds, valves and actuators
  • Heat exchangers
  • Medical implants
  • Lightweight components
  • Conformally cooled components
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What are the applications of WAAM?

Key benefits:

  • Impellers and propellers
  • Turbine blades
  • Separators
  • Pressure vessels
  • Turbine blades and housings
  • Mold and Die

Are metal AM technologies right for you?

For us, metal AM technologies are just another tool in the manufacturing toolbox. They’re the best choice for some situations, but not for others. And if we think another process is more appropriate for your use case, we’ll be the first to let you know. 

Our goal is to work with you to find the best possible solution to deploy Metal AM and ensure the parts we produce work as intended.

Need to ask us a question about our technologies?
Get in touch with us today; we’ll be happy to help.

materials

If you’ve designed a part for LPBF, you can expect a limited, high-performance choice of materials.

The industry’s portfolio of powders is expanding, but we’re still quite limited for choice when compared to conventional processes - especially when it comes to alloys.

However, the alloys we have available are backed by significant academic and industrial research - the result is defect-free material (if processed correctly).

WAAM utilises an electric arc as a heat source to melt metal wire onto a substrate, gradually building up a three-dimensional object. This process enables high deposition rates, reduced material waste, and the ability to produce large-scale components. 

WAAM presents an opportunity to reduce lead times and inventory with like-for-like parts. The process attributes means it can replace castings producing near-net shape components for final machining efficiently.