Los Angeles-based 3DEO, the award-winning high volume metal 3D printing service, has launched 316L austenitic stainless steel. The new material is available to customers across all industries, including medical.
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A fully austenitic, non-magnetic stainless steel, 316L (equivalent to UNS S31603) maintains excellent performance at room and moderately elevated temperatures, as well as excellent ductility and mechanical performance. This weldable material is corrosion resistant, which suits applications that will experience harsh environments.
Matt Petros, CEO and co-founder of 3DEO, said: “Our talented team of material scientists have been hard at work testing and validating 316L on our technology, and we are thrilled with the results. With material properties that meet the MPIF Standard 35 standards, introducing 316L to our customers will allow them to take advantage of the benefits, time-savings and cost-efficiencies of 3D printing using a biocompatible, corrosion-resistant material like 316L for their high-demand applications.
“As our customers aim to innovate and gain a competitive edge with their next generation and new-to-market products, we have seen strong demand for 316L. Introducing this to our customers will continue to enable engineers to develop premium products for a wide variety of demanding applications in partnership with 3DEO.”
3DEO helps customers with complex metal components at every stage of the product life cycle, from early ideation and prototyping to manufacturing at scale. And because prototypes are manufactured using the same machines and technologies as longer production runs, with 3DEO, customers can seamlessly progress from prototype to production without the need to undergo lengthy or costly design changes or requalifications to launch products.
Payman Torabi, CTO, said: “We love to help our customers do what hasn’t been done before and solve their toughest problems. We partner on the design and prototyping to prove novel designs. Then, after the necessary product testing is complete, 3DEO can get them into production faster than any other metal production technology.”
Joining 17-4PH stainless steel, 316L marks the company’s latest expansion in the materials division, with a growing list of new materials undergoing testing currently, and set to release in 2023. Among those metals in development is pure copper launching in Q2.
Mahmood Shirooyeh, 3DEO’s senior materials scientist, said: “3DEO has been qualifying new materials in partnership with some of the industry’s leading suppliers. I am extremely proud of the team, and excited to offer a broader selection of metallic materials to customers and help them develop premium products.”
