Built on our proven system architecture and performance, established with a global installation base over 10 years and over 1 million production hours, the MetalFab 420K is an evolution in metal AM system performance offering a step change in quality, productivity and usability for industrial manufacturing.
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4 x 1kW full-field lasers -
Variable beam diameter on demand -
Highly optimised gas flow -
Automated & in-process calibration
Additive Industries’ technology stands out for its exceptional consistency and quality, and from the outset the development of the MetalFab 420K was focussed around building on our proven and innovative MetalFab architecture and market leading position in system automation to create a platform that could further drive the adoption of metal AM for industrial users.
With the objective of pushing productivity to the maximum whilst continuously focussing on quality, the goal was to provide a system with enhanced usability and the potential to unlock more demanding applications, in more demanding materials, whilst driving increased throughput for production parts.
The MetalFab 420K system architecture provides flexible module configurations to tailor the system to your unique requirements.
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Add up to 2 additional AM cores for multi-material printing flexibility and continuous uninterrupted production -
Add a Robot & Exchange Module to transfer build plates & completed print jobs
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Add a Storage Module to automate build plate exchange for continuous production of up to 8 jobs
What our customers say – Stoke Space
“Additive manufacturing plays a critical role in our manufacturing and production efforts”
“The MetalFab 420K gives us the productivity, precision, and reliability we need to move quickly from design iteration to flight hardware. Additive Industries has been a strong partner throughout the beta program, and this next step reflects our confidence in the system’s readiness for production.”
Kunal Naik
Senior Manager, Additive Manufacturing, Stoke Space
| Specification | |
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| Laser | 4 x 1000W Yb-fibre laser (max. allowable power 900W) |
| Beam diameter | Variable parameter 100 – 500um |
| Optical calibrations | Automated laser to laser & focus and in process laser alignment |
| Accuracy / reproducibility | <0.05 mm |
| Build volume (x,y,z) | 420 x 420 x 400 mm (16.54 x 16.54 x 15.75″) |
| Layer thickness | 30-180 um |
| Powder handling | Fully internal automated extraction sieving & recycling |
| Build plate | Automated levelling & positioning |
| Build platform heating | Fully controllable to 175 degC |
| Machine dimensions (w,d,h) | 3.9 x 1.9 x 2.5 m (Core configuration) |
| Shielding gas | Argon (Nitrogen on request) |
| Compressed air supply | 6-10 bar / 1000Ndm^3/min |
| Power supply | 3 x 63A |
| Software | Additive Industries Build Processor (powered by Materialise) / Autodesk Netfabb / Dyndrite LPBF Pro / Dynamic Laser Assignment (DLA) |
| Materials | Aluminium Alloy AlSi10Mg* – AlSi7Mg0.6 – Scalmalloy / Copper Alloy GRCop-42/ Nickel Alloy IN718* – IN625 /Stainless Steel Alloy 316L (1.4404) / Tool Steel Alloy M300 (1.2709) – M789 / Titanium Alloy Ti6Al4V Grade 5 – Ti6Al4V Grade 23* *Material available with 420K specific parameter set |
Metal materials to suit your application – MetalFab materials portfolio
Our MetalFab portfolio is always expanding: Nickel, Titanium, Aluminium, Copper and Steel alloys.
Ready to push your industrial applications to the next level and transform your production with the MetalFab 420K?
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