Impeller

Characteristics

Printing technique: LPBF
Material: Stainless steel 316L (1.4404)
Size: ± 350 x 350 x 180 mm
Post-processing: Blasting + Machining

The reasons to switch to 3D metal printing:

High investment costs in tools

Long lead time

Poor performance

Heavy product

Advantages of 3D metal printing:

-20% weight
-300% lead time
-70% energy consumption

In practice: