Introducing Metal 3D Printing for QLS Series SLS Printers
ColdMetalFusion is now available for all QLS series SLS printers. This innovative metal 3D printing process combines high-throughput laser sintering with established powder metallurgy processes to deliver metal components with exceptional performance, repeatability and precision.
Scalable, Economical, and Support-Free Metal 3D Printing
ColdMetalFusion with QLS enables cost-effective serial production of up to 100,000 parts per year. With this process, you can:
Print freely, uninhibited by the constraints of traditional manufacturing or the limitations of direct metal laser melting processes
Rely on uniform processing that takes the guesswork out of secondary binding processes.
Eliminate time-consuming and costly post processing like support removal, heat treatment, and stress relief
Reduce waste and material costs with reusable feedstock and without unnecessary support structures
How Metal 3D Printing with ColdMetalFusion Works
ColdMetalFusion (CMF) is a proven process that’s very similar to metal injection molding but with the added design freedom and fast production typically associated with 3D printing. Utilizing patented metal powder feedstock from Headmade® Materials, this unique feedstock has a thin polymer coating over each metal particle used to bond particles together during the sintering process. Each particle is sintered at a low temperature in Nexa3D’s fast-cycle QLS printers, and once printed, parts go through a validated debinding and sintering process to burnout and remove the polymer, resulting in fully-metal components.
Print/Post-Process
Daily Output
Chemical Debind
12-Hour Cycle
Sinter Cycle
12-Hour Cycle
Production Parts
SLS 3D Printers for Metal 3D Printing with ColdMetalFusion
QLS series SLS 3D printers offer the most flexible industrial SLS platform for polymer and metal parts production. Providing ultrafast print speed and a 24-hour cycle time, the QLS 3D printers are the most versatile SLS printers on the market producing both polymer and metal components using the ColdMetalFusion process.
Metal 3D Printing Material Options
ColdMetalFusion process uses high-quality feedstock from Headmade Materials®
Titanium (Ti6AL4v)
Known for its high strength and light weight, titanium also offers good corrosion resistance and biocompatibility, making it a great solution for aerospace and medical applications. Titanium alloy Ti6Al4V (Grade 5) is the most commonly used Titanium alloy globally.
Stainless Steel 316L
One of the world’s most loved metals, Stainless Steel 316L is typically used for mechanical components with high demands for corrosion resistance. This material is suitable for operation up to 842 °F (450 °C) and can be easily welded.
Stainless Steel 17-4PH
A stainless and hardenable alloy coupling great mechanical properties and high wear resistance with corrosion resistance. Typically used for industrial applications.
Tool Steel M2
A hardenable, high-speed steel with well-balanced toughness, wear resistance and high hardness. This material is mainly used for abrasive tools, cold work punches, dies, and other cutting applications.
Download the Production Guide for Metal 3D Printing
High-throughput 3D metal manufacturing with ColdMetalFusion Technology
This guide includes:
- Introduction to ColdMetalFusion (CMF) and it’s features
- ColdMetalFusion sinter-based 3D Printing process
- Metal 3D printing part characteristics
- ColdMetalFusion technology’s potential for metal parts production
