K3D expands capacity with two more MetalFab AM machines
Additive Industries, headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, has announced that metal Additive Manufacturing service provider K3D, also based in the Netherlands, has expanded its production capacity by adding two further MetalFab systems. This takes the company’s overall MetalFab fleet to six production systems across its two manufacturing sites.
With a range of system configurations from the single core MetalFab 300 Flex through to fully autonomous MetalFab G2 Continuous Production, it is now offering a total capacity of nine AM cores running materials including Stainless Steel 316L, Aluminium AlSi10Mg and Titanium Ti6Al4V.
Founded in 2016 as a subsidiary of Royal Kaak (formerly the Kaak Group), K3D became an early adopter of Additive Industries technology, acquiring its first MetalFab system to serve the food industry with specialised products that leverage the design freedom of metal AM.
As K3D continues to target a broad range of industries, including aerospace, automotive, tooling, energy (including Oil & Gas), and defence, the need to expand its production capacity has increased significantly. This combination of metal AM machines, advanced post-processing capabilities and technical consultants, makes on-demand metal AM readily available, with the company recently announcing the production of its one-millionth metal AM part.
“We are extremely proud to see K3D’s business continue to grow with our MetalFab technology, especially as a company local to us here in the Netherlands and as one of the earliest adopters of our system some 10 years ago, said Rik Bakker, CEO of Additive Industries. “It is testament to the quality, productivity and consistency of our products that customers like K3D continue to place their confidence and future success of their business in the MetalFab hardware, with their first MetalFab system delivered back in 2016 still consistently producing production parts for their customers”
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Jaap Bulsink, CTO of K3D, added, “We are very pleased to expand our Additive Manufacturing capacity with two additional MetalFab systems. These machines have proven to be highly reliable and are known for their robustness and high productivity, where our fully automated MetalFab has achieved utilisation rates of up to 95% over the past few years. Ideal for large products, but also for series production of smaller parts, they are a perfect addition to our existing machines. With this expansion, K3D can serve its customers even better and is one of the largest players in the field of Additive Manufacturing for metals in Europe.”
