MATERIALS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Explore the advanced alloys qualified for the Velo3D Sapphire® system. Each material below has been thoroughly tested to ensure reliable performance from first print to full-scale production.
QUALIFIED MATERIALS
Explore the advanced alloys qualified for the Velo3D Sapphire® system. Each material below has been thoroughly tested to ensure reliable performance from first print to full-scale production.
Aheadd® CP1
Aluminum-Iron-Zirconium
Aluminum-Iron-Zirconium Powder
Description
Constellium's new high-performance Aluminum-Iron-Zirconium powder, designed for laser powder bed fusion. Aheadd CP1 brings high strength and ductility, excellent thermal and electrical conductivity, high productivity LPBF processing, and simplified post-processing.
Applications
Ideal for heat transfer applications in the motorsport, defense and aerospace industries.
Aluminum F357
Aluminum-Silicon
Aluminum-Silicon Alloy
Description
A foundry-grade beryllium free aluminum-silicon alloy. It has excellent weldability and corrosion resistance and is heat treatable to T5, T6, and T7. It is a lightweight, corrosion resistant, and highly dynamic load-bearing material.
Applications
Ideal for heat transfer in the defense and automotive industries.
Copper GRCop-42
Copper-Chromium-Niobium
Copper-Chromium-Niobium Alloy
Description
A copper-chromium-niobium alloy, developed by NASA to additively manufacture parts in need of high-strength dispersion and high conductivity. It retains strength at temperature, has excellent creep resistance, and a low cycle fatigue life.
Applications
Valuable for rocket engine components such as fuel injector faces and combustion chamber linings with regenerative cooling.
Hastelloy® C22
Nickel-Chromium-Molybdenum-Tungsten
Nickel-Chromium-Molybdenum-Tungsten Alloy
Description
An alloy containing chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, and iron, making the alloy resistant to seawater corrosion with excellent weldability. Resistant to both uniform and localized corrosion and a variety of mixed industrial chemicals. Superior pitting, crevice attack, and stress corrosion cracking.
Applications
Used in corrosive environments with high chloride and high temperature conditions, such as flue-gas scrubbers, nuclear fuel re-processing, sour gas handling, and pesticide production.
Hastelloy® X
Nickel-Chromium-Iron-Molybdenum
Nickel-Chromium-Iron-Molybdenum Alloy
Description
A nickel-chromium-iron-molybdenum alloy that is corrosion resistant. It possesses excellent forming and welding characteristics and is easy to fabricate with localized corrosion resistance and oxidation resistance up to 2200° F (1200° C).
Applications
Used in high temperature and corrosive atmosphere applications. Commonly used in gas turbines, energy generation applications such as transition duct, combustor cans, afterburners, and spray bars.
Haynes® 214
Nickel-Chromium-Aluminum-Iron
Nickel-Chromium-Aluminum-Iron Alloy
Description
A nickel-chromium-aluminum-iron alloy designed to provide the optimum high-temperature oxidation resistance, while at the same time allowing for conventional forming and joining. This alloy offers outstanding oxidation resistance to 2300° F (1260° C).
Applications
Ideal for high temperature, oxygen rich environments including turbo-machinery components found in rocket engines.
Haynes® 282®
Gamma-Prime
Gamma-Prime Strengthened Superalloy
Description
A gamma-prime strengthened superalloy developed for high temperature structural applications, especially those in aero and industrial gas turbine engines. It possesses a unique combination of creep strength, thermal stability, weldability, and fabricability.
Applications
Ideal for high temperature applications such as gas turbine and power/process industry parts.
Inconel® 625
Nickel-Based
Nickel-Based Superalloy
Description
A nickel-based superalloy that possesses high strength properties and resistance to elevated temperature. Shows remarkable protection against corrosion and oxidation. It has an ability to withstand high stress over a wide temperature range, both in and out of water, as well as resisting corrosion while exposed to highly acidic environments.
Applications
Ideal for nuclear energy and marine applications.
Inconel® 718
Precipitation-Hardenable
Precipitation-Hardenable Nickel-Based Alloy
Description
A precipitation-hardenable nickel-based alloy known for superb tensile strength under extreme pressure and heat. It has rupture strength at temperatures up to 1290° F (700° C), and is characterized by its superb fatigue, creep and corrosion resistance in extreme environments.
Applications
Ideal for applications in gas turbine and power/process industry parts in aerospace, defense, and chemical industries.
M300 Steel
Ultra-Low
Ultra-Low Carbon Alloy
Description
M300 Steel is an ultra-low carbon alloy with very high strength and hardness properties derived from intermetallic compounds rather than carbon content. The material is comprised mainly of nickel, with cobalt, molybdenum, and titanium as secondary intermetallic alloying metals.
Applications
Ideal for tooling applications such as High Pressure Die Cast (HPDC) inserts, injection molding, and other types of tooling.
Scalmalloy®
Scandium-Aluminum-Magnesium
Scandium-Aluminum-Magnesium Alloy
Description
Made from scandium (Sc), aluminum (Al) and magnesium (Mg), it is the only AM alloy which substitutes for high strength 7000-series aluminum. It has outstanding properties in terms of weldability and low thermal expansion, and is well-suited for anodizing processes and offers good corrosion resistance.
Applications
Ideal for highly loaded, safety-critical parts exposed to high mechanical stress and which are required to be light weight.
Stainless 415
Chromium-Nickel
Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel
Description
Stainless Steel 415 is a chromium-nickel stainless steel with additional molybdenum. Stainless 415 exhibits high mechanical properties due to the concentration of molybdenum and nickel. Its molybdenum content also provides basic pitting and crevice corrosion resistance.
Applications
The combination of good corrosion resistance and excellent strength and toughness makes it a perfect candidate for mechanically highly stressed components in wet corrosive environments.
Ti-6Al-4V
Alpha-Beta
Alpha-Beta Titanium Alloy
Description
An alpha-beta titanium alloy characterized by its strength-to-mass ratio and corrosion resistance. It is a strong lightweight alloy suitable for highly loaded structures. Parts built with this alloy on a Velo3D Sapphire printer can be heat treated like other manufacturing methods.
Applications
Used in jet engines, gas turbines, pressure vessels, and biomechanical components.
Hastelloy® C22
Nickel-Chromium-Molybdenum-Tungsten
Nickel-Chromium-Molybdenum-Tungsten Alloy
Description
An alloy containing chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, and iron, making the alloy resistant to seawater corrosion with excellent weldability. Resistant to both uniform and localized corrosion and a variety of mixed industrial chemicals. Superior pitting, crevice attack, and stress corrosion cracking.
Applications
Used in corrosive environments with high chloride and high temperature conditions, such as flue-gas scrubbers, nuclear fuel re-processing, sour gas handling, and pesticide production.
Hastelloy® X
Nickel-Chromium-Iron-Molybdenum
Nickel-Chromium-Iron-Molybdenum Alloy
Description
A nickel-chromium-iron-molybdenum alloy that is corrosion resistant. It possesses excellent forming and welding characteristics and is easy to fabricate with localized corrosion resistance and oxidation resistance up to 2200° F (1200° C).
Applications
Used in high temperature and corrosive atmosphere applications. Commonly used in gas turbines, energy generation applications such as transition duct, combustor cans, afterburners, and spray bars.
Haynes® 214
Nickel-Chromium-Aluminum-Iron
Nickel-Chromium-Aluminum-Iron Alloy
Description
A nickel-chromium-aluminum-iron alloy designed to provide the optimum high-temperature oxidation resistance, while at the same time allowing for conventional forming and joining. This alloy offers outstanding oxidation resistance to 2300° F (1260° C).
Applications
Ideal for high temperature, oxygen rich environments including turbo-machinery components found in rocket engines.
Haynes® 282®
Gamma-Prime
Gamma-Prime Strengthened Superalloy
Description
A gamma-prime strengthened superalloy developed for high temperature structural applications, especially those in aero and industrial gas turbine engines. It possesses a unique combination of creep strength, thermal stability, weldability, and fabricability.
Applications
Ideal for high temperature applications such as gas turbine and power/process industry parts.
Inconel® 625
Nickel-Based
Nickel-Based Superalloy
Description
A nickel-based superalloy that possesses high strength properties and resistance to elevated temperature. Shows remarkable protection against corrosion and oxidation. It has an ability to withstand high stress over a wide temperature range, both in and out of water, as well as resisting corrosion while exposed to highly acidic environments.
Applications
Ideal for nuclear energy and marine applications.
Inconel® 718
Precipitation-Hardenable
Precipitation-Hardenable Nickel-Based Alloy
Description
A precipitation-hardenable nickel-based alloy known for superb tensile strength under extreme pressure and heat. It has rupture strength at temperatures up to 1290° F (700° C), and is characterized by its superb fatigue, creep and corrosion resistance in extreme environments.
Applications
Ideal for applications in gas turbine and power/process industry parts in aerospace, defense, and chemical industries.
Stainless 415
Chromium-Nickel
Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel
Description
Stainless Steel 415 is a chromium-nickel stainless steel with additional molybdenum. Stainless 415 exhibits high mechanical properties due to the concentration of molybdenum and nickel. Its molybdenum content also provides basic pitting and crevice corrosion resistance.
Applications
The combination of good corrosion resistance and excellent strength and toughness makes it a perfect candidate for mechanically highly stressed components in wet corrosive environments.
Aheadd® CP1
Aluminum-Iron-Zirconium
Aluminum-Iron-Zirconium Powder
Description
Constellium's new high-performance Aluminum-Iron-Zirconium powder, designed for laser powder bed fusion. Aheadd CP1 brings high strength and ductility, excellent thermal and electrical conductivity, high productivity LPBF processing, and simplified post-processing.
Applications
Ideal for heat transfer applications in the motorsport, defense and aerospace industries.
Aluminum F357
Aluminum-Silicon
Aluminum-Silicon Alloy
Description
A foundry-grade beryllium free aluminum-silicon alloy. It has excellent weldability and corrosion resistance and is heat treatable to T5, T6, and T7. It is a lightweight, corrosion resistant, and highly dynamic load-bearing material.
Applications
Ideal for heat transfer in the defense and automotive industries.
Haynes® 214
Nickel-Chromium-Aluminum-Iron
Nickel-Chromium-Aluminum-Iron Alloy
Description
A nickel-chromium-aluminum-iron alloy designed to provide the optimum high-temperature oxidation resistance, while at the same time allowing for conventional forming and joining. This alloy offers outstanding oxidation resistance to 2300° F (1260° C).
Applications
Ideal for high temperature, oxygen rich environments including turbo-machinery components found in rocket engines.
Scalmalloy®
Scandium-Aluminum-Magnesium
Scandium-Aluminum-Magnesium Alloy
Description
Made from scandium (Sc), aluminum (Al) and magnesium (Mg), it is the only AM alloy which substitutes for high strength 7000-series aluminum. It has outstanding properties in terms of weldability and low thermal expansion, and is well-suited for anodizing processes and offers good corrosion resistance.
Applications
Ideal for highly loaded, safety-critical parts exposed to high mechanical stress and which are required to be light weight.
Ti-6Al-4V
Alpha-Beta
Alpha-Beta Titanium Alloy
Description
An alpha-beta titanium alloy characterized by its strength-to-mass ratio and corrosion resistance. It is a strong lightweight alloy suitable for highly loaded structures. Parts built with this alloy on a Velo3D Sapphire printer can be heat treated like other manufacturing methods.
Applications
Used in jet engines, gas turbines, pressure vessels, and biomechanical components.
M300 Steel
Ultra-Low
Ultra-Low Carbon Alloy
Description
M300 Steel is an ultra-low carbon alloy with very high strength and hardness properties derived from intermetallic compounds rather than carbon content. The material is comprised mainly of nickel, with cobalt, molybdenum, and titanium as secondary intermetallic alloying metals.
Applications
Ideal for tooling applications such as High Pressure Die Cast (HPDC) inserts, injection molding, and other types of tooling.
Stainless 415
Chromium-Nickel
Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel
Description
Stainless Steel 415 is a chromium-nickel stainless steel with additional molybdenum. Stainless 415 exhibits high mechanical properties due to the concentration of molybdenum and nickel. Its molybdenum content also provides basic pitting and crevice corrosion resistance.
Applications
The combination of good corrosion resistance and excellent strength and toughness makes it a perfect candidate for mechanically highly stressed components in wet corrosive environments.
Copper GRCop-42
Copper-Chromium-Niobium
Copper-Chromium-Niobium Alloy
Description
A copper-chromium-niobium alloy, developed by NASA to additively manufacture parts in need of high-strength dispersion and high conductivity. It retains strength at temperature, has excellent creep resistance, and a low cycle fatigue life.
Applications
Valuable for rocket engine components such as fuel injector faces and combustion chamber linings with regenerative cooling.
CUSTOM MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT
Need a material not listed here? Velo3D works with customers to qualify new materials for specific applications. Our engineering team can help develop custom parameters for your unique requirements.
- Customized parameter development for your specific application
- Extensive testing and validation processes
- Collaborative approach with your engineering team
Laser and Optics Fidelity
1
Initial Assessment
Evaluation of material properties and application requirements
2
Parameter Development
Creation of custom print parameters for optimal results
3
Testing & Validation
Comprehensive testing to ensure material performance
4
Production Implementation
Full integration into your manufacturing workflow
"It can be a challenge to produce repeatable results across different metal 3D printers — even when they re the same model of printer - however, VeloD's solution can consistently produce parts within spec across any of its printers, which provides huge benefits for companies looking to scale production of their parts"
THOMAS POMORSKI ADDITIVE
MANUFACTURING MANAGER - URSA MAJOR
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