Services

Metal 3D Printing Services

DMLS/SLM metal printing for lattice structures, conformal cooling and geometries that cannot be machined — finished and inspected like any production part.

Print what you cannot cut

Some problems have no machining answer: internal cooling channels that follow a mold cavity, weight-optimized lattices inside an aerospace bracket, one-piece ducts that would need five welded joints. Metal 3D printing solves those directly — and we treat the result as a manufacturing input, not an ornament: support removal, heat treatment, baseplate separation and critical-surface machining are all planed into the route.

Parts print, then move next door to our CNC department for interface machining — threads, bores and sealing faces back to drawing tolerance. One supplier, one inspection report.

  • DMLS/SLM in aluminum, stainless, titanium, Inconel and maraging steel
  • Lattice, topology-optimized and conformal-cooling geometry
  • Post-processing: stress relief, support removal, HIP on request
  • CNC finishing of critical interfaces in-house
  • Dimensional and density reports per batch

Metal 3D printing workshop at GreatLight
Additive manufacturing at GreatLight

Specifications

3D printing at a glance

Parameter Capability
Process Laser powder-bed fusion (DMLS / SLM)
Materials AlSi10Mg, 316L & 17-4PH stainless, Ti-6Al-4V, Inconel 718, maraging steel
Build envelope Up to 250 × 250 × 300 mm (larger by request)
Typical tolerance ±0.1 mm as-built; ±0.02 mm on machined interfaces
Minimum features Wall thickness from 0.4 mm; internal channels from 0.5 mm
Finishing CNC machining, tumbling, polishing, EDM detachment
Lead time 5–10 working days typical for print + finish

Print + machine

Hybrid parts, one tolerance chain

The best additive results often come from combining both processes: printed geometry for the impossible features, machined surfaces where the part seals, seats or slides. We quote and inspect that combination as one part.