CNPC POWDER Brought Innovative Products at RAPID + TCT 2024

 RAPID+TCT 2024, the largest and most influential additive manufacturing trade show in North America, was held at the Los Angeles Convention Center June 2024, showcasing industry-leading products and the latest 3D printing technologies.

According to Nanjixiong, CNPC POWDER, a private domestic 3D printing metal powder manufacturer, has participated and introduced multiple products during the fair. CNPC POWDER is based on the strategic of “Technology Innovation” and “Internationalization”, and its slogan is “high quality 3D printing metal powders at very competitive price”, aiming to promote the large-scale production of 3D printing industry.

CNPC POWDER has long been engaged in the research and production of 3D metal powders, continuously promoting the improvement of material production process and optimization of metal alloys. Its independently developed AMP production line adopts innovative technology, which can achieve continuous and uninterrupted production, manufacturing metal powders with high sphericity and high yield, while ensuring high yield, low gas consumption and low cost, providing strong support for the large-scale application of 3D printing industry.

At the exhibition, CNPC POWDER highlighted a number of innovations in High Strength Aluminium Alloys and Recycled Titanium Alloys suitable for downstream application scenarios.

High Strength Aluminium Alloys

Currently, CNPC POWDER produces a wide range of aluminium-based alloys, including AlSi10Mg, AlSi7Mg, AlMgSc, Series 5 Aluminium Alloy (Aluminium-Magnesium), High Strength Aluminium Alloy (Aluminium-Cerium), High Temperature Resistant Aluminium Alloy (Aluminium-Cerium), Series 6 Aluminium Alloy, AlSi9Cu3, Series 5 Aluminium Alloy (Aluminium-Magnesium-Manganese). The main particle size range is between 15-53μm, 20-63μm, 20-70μm. It has the advantages of good flowability, high sphericity (over 92%), good particle distribution, very low satellite powder, low cost efective, etc. It meets a variety of lightweight applications.

Recycled Titanium Alloys

CNPC POWDER has also achieved remarkable results in the innovation of titanium alloy materials. In response to the high cost of titanium alloy powder, it has introduced a recycled powder manufacturing process, which not only costs half, but also achieves essentially the same performance of recycled titanium alloy materials as virgin powder (see performance comparison chart below).

The Recycled titanium alloys are environmentally friendly and reusable, and are expected to become an alternative to traditional titanium alloy powders without losing quality and performance, allowing a wider application of 3D printing technology in many fields, such as military, aerospace and consumer electronics.

It is worth mentioning that CNPC POWDER became the first 3D printing metal powder manufacturer in the local industry to obtain SCS certification for 100% titanium alloy recycled materials in September 2023, with a production process that emits only 10% of the carbon emissions of the traditional EIGA production process.

Founded in 2017, CNPC POWDER is a company that focuses on the research, development, production, sales and production of micron and nano-sized metal powders. Its self-developed products include aluminium-based powder, titanium-based powder, iron-based powder, copper-based powder, nickel-based powder and other high-quality metal powders, which are suitable for a variety of 3D printing technologies. Among them, the monthly production capacity of aluminium alloy has reached 30 tons, and titanium alloy will reach 400 tons by the end of the year. These products are widely used in aerospace, automotive, consumer electronics, new energy materials and other industries with their excellent sphericity, very low satellite powder, high powder formation rate and other performance advantages, and have won the praise of customers. In addition, CNPC POWDER has been awarded titles such as National high-tech enterprise due to its outstanding research and production capabilities. It has obtained IATF16949 automotive industry certification and has successfully passed multiple international system certifications such as ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001, and ISO13485.

At RAPID + TCT 2024, CNPC POWDER demonstrated its innovations and comprehensive strengths in a comprehensive and multi-dimensional way at Booth No. 2231. Let’s look forward to more breakthroughs and surprises that CNPC POWDER will bring to the field of 3D printing materials.