Equispheres Joins AM Materials Consortium

Dyndrite, providers of the GPU-accelerated computation engine used to create digital manufacturing hardware and software, announces that metal 3D printing powder manufacturer, Equispheres, has joined the Materials Consortium founded by Dyndrite, Constellium, Elementum3D and Sandvik. As with other consortium members, Equispheres has pledged to develop, test and publicly release parameter sets for their materials, including its NExP-1 line of aluminum powders for Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) applications.

The Materials Consortium (MC) comprises select metal AM powder producers who collaborate to generate and release open parameter datasets with testing data and reproducible toolpath scripts for their materials. Members focus on process development toolpath projects to accelerate qualification. The Consortium actively works to widen the range of usable materials, extend productivity and accelerate the adoption of metal AM in production environments. The founding members are Dyndrite, Constellium, Elementum 3D and Sandvik.

“We believe that a rising tide lifts all boats and are dedicated to collaborating to provide the metal AM community with practical data that will advance the overall expertise in the processes and applications of our products," says Evan Butler-Jones, vice president product & strategy at Equispheres.

Equispheres provides powders designed for users producing metal parts in volume. Its atomization technology, which produces powders optimized for AM processes, enables manufacturers to increase print speeds higher than industry standards, lowering production costs, according to the company. Equispheres’ aluminum powders further support industrial adoption by improving the mechanical properties of printed parts while increasing energy efficiency, reusability, and safety of metal additive manufacturing.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.