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Canadian 3D printing powder developer Equispheres has launched a new, safer-to-handle aluminum feedstock at the Formnext trade show.
Designed specifically to enable the safer, high-throughput 3D printing of aluminum parts, Equispheres’ NExP-1 material is unusual in that it’s dust-free. As such, the powder has the functionality of its competitors, while also being characterized as non-explosible as per ASTM standard E1226, making it less susceptible to flash fires or explosions.
“We have achieved these key safety properties without altering the quality of our material nor the chemical composition,” said Evan Butler-Jones, VP of Product & Strategy for Equispheres. “In printing, this material performs just as well as…