TRUMPF Qualifies 6K Additive Titanium Metal Powder on truPrint Systems

TRUMPF has qualified 6K Additive’s titanium metal powder for use in the TruPrint additive manufacturing (AM) systems. Both organizations have a strong customer base in aerospace as well as initiatives toward sustainability. 

“At TRUMPF we are dedicated to making our customer’s experience with our TruPrint systems deliver the highest level of performance and this includes the powder they use for their metal parts,” says Dennis Pede, material engineer and scientist at TRUMPF. “TruPrint systems are open systems, allowing our customers to use the powder of their choice. However, for optimal process conditions and material properties, we recommend suitable material powders and work closely with our partners. Having 6K Additive’s titanium sustainable powder added as an approved qualified powder, ensures customers get the quality assurance with the added value of driving down their CO2 footprint.”

Frank Roberts, President of 6K Additive adds, “We continue to hear from our aerospace and defense customers asking us to help lower the barriers for qualification for their applications. The collaboration between our two companies did just that by ensuring the machine and powder are qualified ahead of their own internal qualification, which will streamline the customers process into production faster.”

6K Additive is a producer of AM powder made from sustainable sources—offering a suite of premium metal and alloy powders including nickel, titanium, copper, stainless steel, and refractory metals such as tungsten, niobium, and rhenium. Backed by the UniMelt production-scale microwave plasma process, the technology spheroidizes metal powders while controlling the chemistry and porosity of the final product with zero contamination and high-throughput.

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