Starting working on opening the biggest steel alloy manufacturing center in the world, MetalValue will be the number one choice of 3D metal printing world.
One of the most important segments of 3D printing, metal production is developing with innovation and research attempts. Supporting this sector with materials, MetalValuePowder will double metal alloys manufacturing with its new facility.
The new facility, which is expected to create 60 new jobs in the region, will be the largest of its kind in the world, with a massive production capacity of 40,000 tonnes of powder a year. To put that number into perspective, that is close to what is currently being created on a global scale.
The metal powder created in the facility will be utilized largely with additive manufacturing 
systems, which can completely transform the powder into elaborate metal 3D printed pieces. According to MetalValue, its powders will have programs in just the automotive, aeronautics, and vitality sectors. The new plant is anticipated to begin its functions in the final quarter of 2018, and is strategically found following to a Manoir Industries foundry, which will provide the MetalValue facility with melted down liquid metal, which will then be processed into 3D printable metal powders. To enhance the foundry’s capacity, the company will have to spend about twenty five million euros, and create 50 new positions at the Manoir Industries manufacturing facility. As director general of MetalValue Alain Honnart mentioned: “This makes certain both the potential of an previous industry and of the metallurgy of the potential.”
Steel powder delivers a range of advantages as a manufacturing material, which includes resistance to corrosion and significant temperatures. Moreover, it is much more cost-effective as a raw material than stable metal, for, as the company factors out, you only want one.2 kg of liquid metal to make one kg of powder, although you want 3.4 kg to make one kg of stable metal.