Wayland Additive’s NeuBeam Technology Offers Hot, Stable Process for Producing Fully Dense Parts

Wayland Additive’s Calibur3 printer features NeuBeam technology, which is a metal additive manufacturing (AM) process that neutralizes the electron beam (eBeam) powder bed fusion (PBF) process to offer greater flexibility than laser-based AM processes. It also overcomes the stability issues many users of traditional eBeam AM systems experience.

The NeuBeam process enables metallurgical requirements to be tailored to application requirements to produce optimum results. Unlike other AM systems, NeuBeam’s stabilized eBeam process in the Calibur3 system has been developed from the ground up, specifically for production purposes.

“The future of AM for production continues to evolve and expand. Working with the team at Wayland, I believe we are now started to fulfill the long-awaited potential of AM with a broader spectrum of metal materials,” says Peter Hansford, chief revenue officer at Wayland. “With NeuBeam, we haven’t just adapted existing technology, we’ve created something entirely new and stable, designed to meet the needs of serious production applications without being limited by the materials.”

The company says the NeuBeam technology unlocks the potential of eBeam metal AM through three key pillars — process stability, flexibility and advanced in-process monitoring.

The system features the NeuBeam hot part process rather than a hot bed process, which means it can efficiently create parts that are free of residual stresses because the high temperatures are only applied to the part and not the bed. This makes powder removal much easier and gives users the flexibility to choose the temperature and melt strategy that best suits the part, material selection and application, rather than being confined by the process itself.

“Our early commercial successes are proof that NeuBeam is resonating with customers,” Hansford says. “Early adopters are working with a truly groundbreaking process, not a repurposed or copied one. NeuBeam offers an open, transparent process, allowing manufacturers to print what they need, rather than being constrained by process limitations.”

Formnext attendees will have the opportunity to see a Calibur3 metal AM system and the parts it has produced on the stand at Formnext. “We’re not interested in delivering black-box solutions,” Hansford adds. “We will be at Formnext to form partnerships and develop tailored solutions for our customers, ensuring they get the best out of metal AM and achieve real production success.”