Vertex Manufacturing Buys 3D Printer that Processes Superalloy Hastelloy-X
Vertex Manufacturing (Cincinnati, OH) has purchased a second end-to-end additive manufacturing solution from VELO3D Inc. (Campbell, CA). The new solution is dedicated to processing the superalloy Hastelloy-X.
Posted: September 11, 2021
A contract manufacturer, Vertex offers other manufacturing services, including advanced, multi-axis CNC machining; rapid castings; and final inspection of manufactured parts. VELO3D offers laser powder bed 3D printers for making metal parts.
“We chose VELO3D because we view this system as being a great fit for a number of applications that we couldn’t build today with our current additive machines,” said Tim Warden, vice president of Vertex. “While our Inconel 718 Sapphire machine will fit the needs of many industries, there’s more of a niche market for the incoming Hast-X machine that will allow our customers with specialized needs for high-temperature, high-pressure, long-lifetime applications in the aerospace and industrial gas turbine markets.”
Steve Rengers, president of Vertex, added: “VELO3D’s technology—the non-contact recoater and the ability to do challenging geometries without supports—is a differentiator,”
