Velo3D is a technology company that provides the industry’s most advanced fully integrated metal 3D printing solution for mission-critical parts. Some of the most pioneering companies, including SpaceX, Honeywell, and Lam Research, use our solution to drive aerospace innovation, enhance transportation efficiency, and produce critical oil & gas applications, among others. While conventional 3D printing and traditional manufacturing methods impose strict design and performance limitations, Velo3D supports true design freedom and allows engineers to build the complex parts they need without compromising performance or quality for manufacturability. In our quest to support tomorrow’s innovations, we enable parts to be printed to exacting standards of consistency, quality, and repeatability.
Products & Services:
Fully integrated metal AM solution consists of Flow™ print preparation software, the Sapphire® family of metal 3D printers, Assure™ real-time quality validation and control software, and is enabled by the Intelligent Fusion® underlying manufacturing process.
Flow™ Print Preparation Software
Flow™ is responsible for prescribing the manufacturing process for the Sapphire® family of printers. The software’s in-depth process library eliminates the need to develop new parameter sets. With over two dozen standardized recipes, engineers can analyse the part while Flow™ automatically applies the right recipe to each design feature. This saves months of development and reduces the need for specialized technicians.
Sapphire® Family of Metal 3D Printers
The Sapphire® family of printers are state-of-the-art laser powder bed fusion metal AM printers that feature optimized gas flow and a unique non-contact recoater. Sapphire® printers are capable of printing today’s most advanced geometries. Furthermore, with nearly 1,000 separate sensors and onboard calibration routines, Sapphire® printers are ready to meet exacting quality standards for today’s most challenging industries.
The Velo3D Sapphire® Family of Printers includes:
- Sapphire® — Ø 315 mm x 400 mm z with two 1kW lasers
- Sapphire® 1MZ — Ø 315 mm x 1000 mm z with two 1kW lasers
- Sapphire® XC — Ø 600 mm x 550 mm z with eight 1kW lasers
- Sapphire® XC 1MZ — Ø 600 mm x 1000 mm z with eight 1kW lasers
Assure™ Quality Control Software
Assure™ quality control software enables visibility into every layer of a part’s build through real-time, multisensor, physics-based excursion detection algorithms and provides unprecedented traceability of machine health, part integrity, and build reporting.
Intelligent Fusion®
Intelligent Fusion® is the underlying manufacturing process that binds and facilitates all aspects of the Velo3D fully-integrated solution, which includes print preparation software (Flow™), advanced metal printer (Sapphire®), and quality assurance software (Assure™).
Flow™ imports native CAD design files and automatically identifies regions of parts based on local geometric attributes (e.g. overhang angle, width, etc) and specifies custom welding instructions tailored to generate the highest quality for each complex feature of the part.
The Sapphire® printer then carries out these instructions using a laser scanning system combined with a novel powder recoating mechanism to produce metal parts with unrivaled complexity and quality.
Finally, the Assure™ software reports detailed real-time progress and quality information utilizing thousands of sensors from the system to provide users with complete quality control.
Intelligent Fusion® unifies and manages all of the above, including the information flow, sensor data from over 950 sensors, and the advanced printing technology for precision control of the entire print.
Major customers:
Airbus, Nordson Dage, Anthony Best Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, BAE systems, Meggitt, Honeywell, HBK, Vestas, QinetiQ