What is additive manufacturing?
What you can do with Additive Manufacturing
Design like you have never designed before.
Metal Additive Manufacturing, also known as Metal 3D Printing, is a technology used to produce three-dimensional parts formed layer by layer using a metal powder that is fused with a laser source.
Or, to put it more simply, with this technology it is possible to produce metal components with complex geometries that otherwise could not be produced with other traditional technologies.
The benefits are considerable, starting from a business model truly tailored to your needs, offering previously unexplored production opportunities.
In fact, with Additive Manufacturing it is possible to completely flip the manufacturing paradigm from a model that requires large warehouses to on-demand production, or from standard production to customized production, making components lighter and more functional.
The two main processes of Additive Manufacturing
Complex geometries or targeted repairs, cladding, and recoating. All tailor-made.
Prima Additive develops and offers innovative laser systems for both major metal additive manufacturing processes: Powder Bed Fusion (PBF) and Direct Energy Deposition (DED).
With Powder Bed Fusion technology, also known as Selective Laser Melting, you can make components having very complex geometries, with internal channels or very small parts, thus giving the finished piece a truly functional design.
With Direct Energy Deposition technology, also known as Laser Metal Deposition, you can choose to deposit metal powder exactly where it is needed. In this way, you can repair, customize or coat parts with high added value, reducing waste and embracing the Circular Economy model.
But technology alone is not enough; Prima Additive also provides all the application support needed to derive the best possible benefits from the additive manufacturing process. Thanks to our experience, you can learn how to redesign your components to take full advantage of this technology. By doing so, you can produce more functional and lightweight parts or integrate multiple components into one, thanks to the freedom that additive technology offers.
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Application support
You imagine it, we make it reality.
Metal additive manufacturing offers endless possibilities for companies like yours, but often when facing challenges such as implementing a new technology within your context, what you need is the right teammate. That teammate is us: we like to think of it as a partnership. We like to work close to our customers, sharing knowledge, ideas, dreams and, why not, fears.
Design support
Additive changes you.
The strength of additive manufacturing lies in being able to make parts with shapes that were previously unthinkable. For this reason, if you are approaching this technology for the first time, you will probably need to adjust the design of your components to make them more functional, lighter, and better performing.
Qualification and certification
Quality additive manufacturing.
In addition to the need for dimensional accuracy and mechanical characteristics of finished parts, the need to certify parts to industry benchmark standards also frequently emerges.