01 Materials & Process Development
Beyond standard parameters.
Not a fixed parameter set. A process window, adapted to every part.
For powder producers
A New material process parameter development
New alloy. Ready faster.
The usual way
- ✕Coupons, then tensile bars, lot after lot.
- ✕Repeated for every new geometry.
- ✕Months to years.
With NEOFORGE
- ✓A material model per alloy.
- ✓One process window, adapted to each part.
- ✓Weeks.
Tied to one geometry. Start again for the next part.
Tied to the material and process, not the geometry. One window, every part.
Illustrative.
What you get
Defined by material and chemistry. Translated to each machine.
Density, mechanical properties, surface.
Your alloy in a real application.
Testing for new alloys
In-house and through our partner labs.
Mechanical
- Tensile
- Fatigue (HCF, LCF)
- Impact, bend, hardness
Metallurgical
- Microstructure
- Density / porosity
- Grain size, phases
Powder & chemistry
- PSD, flowability
- Composition (EDS)
- SEM texture, grain size
Specimen preparation
- CNC, wire EDM
- Polishing
- Passivation
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New alloys in development
- High-strength aluminiumnew alloyIn development
- Scandium-modified aluminiumAl-Mg-ScIn development
- High-temperature aluminiumAl-Fe-ZrIn development
- Alloy X2.4665 · Ni-Cr-Fe-MoIn development
How it works
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Composition, chemistry, existing data.
Model and validate
Window predicted, then proven in builds.
Process window delivered
Per alloy, ready for any machine.
B Established alloys: productivity & quality parameters
Beyond standard parameters.
The usual way
- ✕Fixed parameters, one set for every geometry.Standard machine sets, built for the average.
- ✕Every application needs custom work.More builds, more time, more cost.
- ✕Your powder competes on price.Same parameters as everyone else.
With NEOFORGE
- ✓A validated process window, adapted to each part.Tuned for your powder, not the average.
- ✓Ready across applications.One window, adapted to many parts.
- ✓Faster builds, better surface.Your process window, licensed with your powder.
Where you start.
Standard parameter set
~20 HVtypical hardness gap between build-plate positions
- Generic, conservative
- Properties vary with geometry
- Custom development per application
NEOFORGE process window
~4 HVtypical gap, same specimen, same alloy
- High performance from the first build
- Geometry-specific
- Homogeneous mechanical properties
Also measured: AlSi10Mg tensile specimens of different heights keep yield strength above the acceptance limit with our process window, +53 MPa at the minimum, while standard parameters fall below it. Case study 9
Measured on our builds: AlSi10Mg, stacked-diamond hardness specimens (HV0.5 by build height at three build-plate positions). Case study 11
Available materials
Metal LPBF
Aluminium
- AlSi10Mg
Nickel & Cobalt
- Alloy 625
- Alloy 718
- Alloy C22
- Mar-M-509
Steel
- 1.2709 maraging
- 316L (1.4404)
- 17-4PH (1.4542)
- 1.4859 heat-resistant
Copper
- CuCrZr
- CuNiSiCr
- Pure copper
Titanium
- Ti6Al4V
Your alloy not listed? Talk to us · Full materials table
How it works
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Your alloy, your customers' machines.
Optimize and validate
Model-guided process window, proven in builds.
Licensed with your powder
Your process window, licensed with your powder.
Printing an established alloy yourself? Our process windows come through your powder supplier.
Research · Established alloysAluminium with an even structure, top to bottom.Finer, more even cells under SEM
Defence · Process qualificationDefence parts equally strong at every height.Yield strength above the limit, +53 MPa at the minimum
Automotive · Engineering CopilotSame heat exchanger, same behaviour on two machines.~134 °C apart at defaults, aligned per machine, simulatedCommercial terms
- A · New alloys
- Charged as a development project.
- B · Established alloys
- Development project, then process-window licence.
- Rights
- Agreed before work starts. Rights & licensing
Sell a better result.
Tell us your alloy and your customers' machines.