3D Printing Stainless Steel Gear

3D printing metal stainless steel is often used to replace CNC machining and sheet metal prototypes with complex structures. 3D printing metal has high strength and good performance, and the prototype can be machined for secondary treatment.

Material: stainless steel

Processing technology: SLM

Time: 5 days

Since the stainless steel is melded at a very high temperature, the additive metallic production process requires vast technical mastery for the initial study of thermal and mechanical effects before 3D printing. It also requires excellent knowledge of finishing techniques for the object’s completion.

Successful additive production of stainless steel parts often constitutes projects in which 3D printing is the best alternative compared to other production methods (foundry, machining, cutting). We have noted that these benefits of 3D printing are often found in:

Complex design/ Wired Geometries/ Fixed Mechanisms

Speed, shortening assembly time

Topology Optimization / Reduction

Small-Volume Production

Mass CustomizationRemote Production

To ensure the successful production of your piece, modifying your initial design is commonplace. Even if we must be repetitive, we prefer to warn you if you wish to create a stainless steel piece just out of curiosity, you risk being disappointed when confronting the necessary effort and cost of undertaking the project!

316L Stainless Steel is a good material for printing functional and spare parts in 3D. The material is easy to maintain because it attracts little dirt, and the presence of chrome gives it the added benefit of never rusting.

316L Stainless Steel offers solid pieces and essential hygiene in several industries, such as the medical, aeronautical, automobile, and domestic products industries.