3DX Industries, which provides 3D printing for a number of industries including energy, oil and gas, agriculture, tool and die, recently announced they will be offering two new metal powders, developed by NanoSteel, which promise to deliver stronger, longer-lasting results than other metals. Currently their metal printer has the capability to print in stainless steel, bronze, tungsten and glass.
3DX Industries will be offering BLDRmetal J-10 and BLDRmetal J-11 from NanoSteel, for binder jet printing, along with their other metal materials. BLDRmetal J-10, a stainless steel powder infiltrated with bronze, is designed specifically to stand up to abrasive environments. Parts made with J-10 should have approximately twice the elongation and three times the wear resistance and impact toughness of parts made with a traditional 420 stainless steel. BLDRmetal J-11 is essentially J-10 on steroids, capable, in low-impact applications, of producing parts with ten times the wear resistance of parts made with 420 stainless steel.