Different metal materials offer different properties and expand options for part design and manufacturing. As applications grow, matching materials to printing processes while meeting performance, part-quality, and production requirements is an important step toward practical use of metal AM.
Xihe Additive focuses on green-laser metal 3D printing and continues to expand its capabilities across metal materials, printing processes, and part-manufacturing services. It offers industrial printing services from material selection and process adaptation through part formation, supporting adoption in more applications.
01. A range of metal materials for different manufacturing needs
Pure Cu for high-thermal- and high-electrical-conductivity components
- Pure copper has excellent electrical and thermal conductivity and is an important material for power electronics, thermal management, and high-efficiency heat exchangers.
- Its high reflectivity makes laser processing challenging. Green lasers are absorbed more efficiently by copper, providing more suitable conditions for additive manufacturing of complex copper structures.
CuCrZr balances strength and thermal conductivity
CuCrZr is a precipitation-hardened copper alloy with chromium and zirconium additions. It retains good electrical and thermal conductivity while substantially increasing mechanical strength and resistance to softening at high temperatures. It is suitable for complex metal parts exposed to both heat and mechanical loads.
CuSn10: a copper-tin alloy for wear resistance and mechanical performance
CuSn10 is a copper alloy containing about 10% tin. It combines relatively high strength, wear resistance, and good castability. Powder-bed fusion can produce fine support structures, thin-wall parts, complex channels, and lattice structures that are difficult to make with conventional processes.
AlSi10Mg: aluminum alloy for lightweight and complex structures
AlSi10Mg has low density, good casting and forming characteristics, and good specific strength and thermal conductivity. It is one of the most widely used aluminum alloys in metal AM. Structural optimization through metal AM can reduce material use and part weight while meeting functional requirements.
316L: a general-purpose metal combining strength and corrosion resistance
316L stainless steel offers good corrosion resistance, mechanical properties, and processability, and is widely used in metal AM.
Ti6Al4V: a titanium alloy for high-performance structural parts
Ti6Al4V is a widely used α+β titanium alloy containing titanium, aluminum, and vanadium. It has high specific strength, good corrosion resistance, and excellent overall mechanical properties. Its density is about 4.43 g/cm³, enabling substantial weight reduction while retaining high strength.
Green-laser technology unlocks the forming potential of metals
Each metal has distinct properties. Matching material choice to the printing process directly affects part quality and final performance.
Xihe Additive focuses on its proprietary 532 nm green-laser technology and continues to develop processes and validate applications for different metals. Green lasers are absorbed more efficiently by highly reflective metals such as copper, improving laser-energy coupling. Process adaptation for each material can enable complex internal channels, precision thin walls, and integrated structures, broadening the forming options for metal components.
Xihe Additive continues to develop green-laser metal-printing applications and processes, supporting customers with material matching, printing processes, and part manufacturing to bring metal AM into more industrial applications.
02. Printing services, from process development to part production
From product design to manufacturing, metal parts require material selection, process validation, and build optimization. Planning a suitable manufacturing solution around the part and its intended application is essential to commercialization.
Xihe Additive provides metal 3D-printing manufacturing services, performing technical assessment and manufacturing support based on part geometry, material requirements, and application conditions.
1. Structural assessment and design optimization: evaluates AM suitability based on geometry, dimensions, and function, and recommends design optimizations for complex structures.
2. Material and process matching: selects suitable metal materials based on performance requirements and develops a printing plan aligned with the material, part geometry, and build requirements.
3. Metal 3D-printing manufacturing: uses green-laser metal AM and corresponding processes to print and form parts for different production needs.
4. Post-processing and quality inspection: performs heat treatment, surface treatment, and precision machining as required, followed by relevant quality inspection to confirm the specified technical requirements.
Xihe Additive says it continually aligns print-process optimization and build-quality control with actual product requirements, applies mature processes to production, and can support product development, process validation, and batch manufacturing for diverse customer needs.
Meet Xihe Additive at Formnext 2026 and explore more manufacturing possibilities
From metal-powder selection through green-laser process development to complex metal-part production, Xihe Additive continues to develop processes and validate applications for different materials and manufacturing needs, applying mature processes in production and moving metal AM from process exploration toward parts and batch applications.
From November 17 to 20, Xihe Additive will exhibit its green-laser metal 3D-printing technology, application examples, and manufacturing services at Formnext 2026 in Germany.
Visitors are welcome to discuss metal-material applications, process development, and part-manufacturing needs at the Xihe Additive booth.
Source: Xihe Additive
Original link: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/mMS2Qb0oLr1GIbLH3nAuYw
AI-translated from an article by Kuaixiong on Nanjixiong, originally published on 2026-11-10. Text and images retain the original source attribution.
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