Opening a New Chapter in Mass Production with 3D Printing: Xi’an Sailong Unveils Microwave Plasma Powder Production Equipment at TCT Asia 2025

From March 17 to 19, 2025, the grand TCT Asia 2025—Asia’s premier event in the additive manufacturing industry—opened at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai). Xi’an Sailong took the stage with the theme “Deepening Application Scenarios, Ushering in the Era of Mass Production,” showcasing its comprehensive solutions for metal additive manufacturing, electron beam 3D printing equipment, and a range of industrial mass production application cases. The company also unveiled its latest innovation—the Sailong Microwave™ Plasma Powder Production System—highlighting its cutting-edge advancements in the industrialization of additive manufacturing.

Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing for Mass Production: Building a Smart Manufacturing Ecosystem with Industry Partners

In the field of orthopedic medicine, Xi’an Sailong demonstrated the batch production of standardized orthopedic implants using electron beam 3D printing. For instance, its T200 model electron beam 3D printer can produce, in a single batch, 288 acetabular cups, 126 femoral stems, over 3,000 intervertebral cages, and 96 tibial platforms—each batch taking approximately 120 hours. This offers users a high-efficiency, low-cost solution for mass production of orthopedic implants. With over 40 self-developed electron beam 3D printers in operation, the company has established a production line with an annual capacity exceeding 100,000 orthopedic implants, having delivered over 50,000 units in 2024 alone—driving the industrialization of additive manufacturing in orthopedics.

In the automotive industry, Xi’an Sailong presented its batch production of copper components via electron beam 3D printing. Using its Y150 model equipment, a single batch can produce 20 constant velocity joint copper induction coils in just 36 hours. The company has built a dedicated production line with an annual capacity of over 20,000 3D-printed induction coils, offering customers a cost-effective and performance-enhancing solution for copper component manufacturing.

Launch of Sailong Microwave™ Plasma Powder Production System: Advancing Resource Recycling and Energy-Efficient, Low-Carbon Innovation

At the exhibition, Xi’an Sailong unveiled China’s first commercially developed microwave plasma powder production system, capable of spheroidizing micron-scale metal and non-metal powders and developing nanoscale powders. This attracted significant interest and engagement from experts and clients across various industries.

Integrating flexible manufacturing, low-carbon reduction, and sustainable recycling as its core philosophy, Xi’an Sailong has made breakthroughs in high-power microwave heating and multi-jet flow precision control. The company independently developed 15kW and 25kW microwave plasma generators, supported by high-efficiency powder collection and classification systems, advanced cooling units, feed mechanisms, precision temperature control, and gas management systems. The system allows optional configuration of spheroidization and nanopowder processing modules, enabling customized production tailored to user needs. It offers precise control over particle size distribution, sphericity, and chemical composition—meeting the diverse demands of additive manufacturing, energy storage, semiconductors, biomedical fields, and aerospace industries for high-performance powders.

The spheroidization module has successfully produced spherical powders of 5–500μm in materials including titanium alloys, iron-based alloys, refractory metals and alloys, superalloys, and high-temperature ceramics. The nanopowder module has achieved production of 10–500nm spherical powders in silicon, copper, nickel, carbides, nitrides, oxides, and more.

Insightful Presentations: Deep Dives into Technology and Application Scenarios

During the exhibition, multiple presentations and seminars were held focusing on technological innovation in additive manufacturing and exemplary application cases. Topics included “Launch of the Microwave Plasma Powder Production System,” “Mass Production of Standardized Orthopedic Implants via Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion,” “Research and Applications of Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing for Hard-to-Machine Metal Parts,” and “Progress in High-Energy Density Plasma Rotating Electrode Atomization Technology and Equipment.” These talks drew enthusiastic audiences and sparked engaging interactions, collectively exploring the new frontiers of additive manufacturing.

As the 2025 TCT Asia Exhibition concludes, Xi’an Sailong remains committed to deepening application scenarios, placing users at the center, and propelling the industrial application of 3D printing to new heights.