3-D metal printing services

3-D metal printing services

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21 April 2024 at 13:44 #726790
Roy Vaughn
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I am pondering the practicality of replacing what should be a metal casting with a 3-D printed component. Does anyone have any experience of doing this in a hobby context and/or know of any suitable service providers? Roy
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21 April 2024 at 16:45 #726821
Engine Builder
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Check out this video Roy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cekoUKn9RJk
21 April 2024 at 23:29 #726868
Roy Vaughn
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Thanks Engine Builder, I saw the video yesterday. The expectation was that Mark had the printing done in Oz, but JLC is part of the PCBWay operation in China. Not a surprise given how the world is nowadays. I had hoped that my request would reveal experience of some UK-based operations but it looks like not. Roy
22 April 2024 at 09:07 #726896
David Jupp
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A web search will reveal some UK providers of metal 3D print services – you may have to look closely at web sites to confirm actual location (some sites may be a UK page for a service actually provided from elsewhere).

The range of metals that can be processed this way is much wider than it was a few years ago.

I’m aware of 3 major processes (but I could be out of date)

Powder bed with laser melting (SLS)

Powder bed with electron beam melting

Extruded filament, followed by sintering

Most providers will offer a facility to upload CAD files for quotation.
23 April 2024 at 11:56 #727075
Chris Courtney
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I’ve used Protolabs for some business CNC machining. They also offer various types of 3D printing including metal 3D printing. They are not cheap but they do a good job. You can get a free online quote from them by registering an account and sending them a 3D solid model if the part you want.
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