Laser powder bed fusion
Full melt metal printing on an EOS M400, the largest commercial additive platform running in Alabama. Fine features and internal passages that no cutter can reach.
How the process worksLaser powder bed fusion
Metal parts too complex to machine.
Full melt metal printing in Inconel 718 and GRCop-42, from first prototype through pilot production.
Ignition test
- PlatformEOS M400
- Envelope400 × 400 × 400 mm
- LocationHuntsville, AL
HUBZone certified
Small Disadvantaged Business
Proven on NASA hardware
Incorporated 2018
What we run, and what we hand back to you.
Five things happen between your model and a part you can bolt down.
Design for additive
Part consolidation, conformal channels, lattice and thin wall work. We review geometry before a single layer is fused.
Flight alloys
Inconel 718 for strength that holds at temperature. GRCop-42 for pulling heat out of combustion hardware.
Post processing
Stress relief, support removal and surface finishing, coordinated through finishing partners we already work with.
Prototype through pilot production
Models during development, then repeatable low volume runs for aerospace, defense, medical and automotive programs.
The largest commercial additive platform in Alabama.
- Build envelope
- 4003mm cube
- Laser source
- 1kW ytterbium fibre
- Qualified alloys
- 2flight materials
- Team experience
- 35combined years in additive
Two alloys, both chosen for propulsion.
We run the materials our customers actually fly, and we know how each one behaves in the build.
IN718
Inconel 718
A nickel superalloy that keeps its strength and creep resistance where aluminium and steel give up. The default for turbine, manifold and structural hardware that runs hot.
Inconel 718 3D printingGRCop-42
GRCop-42
A copper chromium niobium alloy developed by NASA. It moves heat like copper while holding strength past 700 °C, which is why it lines regeneratively cooled combustion chambers.
GRCop-42 3D printingSelected work
A GRCop-42 fuel injector, printed on our floor.
Parts off the plate.
Printed on the build plate
As built surface detail
Housings and manifolds
Internal passages, sectioned
How a model becomes a part.
Five moves. You hear from an engineer at every one of them, not a portal.
Quote
Send a model and a material. You get pricing and an honest read on whether the geometry will build. What drives the price.
Review
We flag overhangs, trapped powder and thin walls that will not survive, then propose the fix.
Build
Fused layer by layer on the M400, monitored through the run.
Finish
Stress relief, support removal and surface work to your callout.
Inspect and ship
Dimensional checks and build documentation travel with the parts.
About AME
Strategically located next to the people who launch things.
Additive Manufacturing & Engineering was incorporated in 2018 in Huntsville, Alabama, a few miles from Marshall Space Flight Center. We are a HUBZone and Small Disadvantaged Business certified supplier, and the team behind the machines has 35 combined years in additive.
Customers come to us for intricate metal parts, prototypes and models that conventional manufacturing cannot produce, and for pilot series work in medical, automotive and aerospace.
More about AME
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What the service includes, how the process works, what the alloys do, and what a part costs.
Service
Metal 3D printing service
What the job includes, the specifications, and how to choose a shop.
ProcessLaser powder bed fusion
How the machine works, the design rules, and LPBF next to powder metallurgy.
PricingMetal 3D printing cost
Six cost drivers, typical ranges, and how to bring the number down.
PrimerMetal additive manufacturing
The process families, the standards, and where LPBF fits.
GuideFDM vs metal 3D printing
When plastic is enough, and when the part has to be metal.
LocationMetal 3D printing in Huntsville, AL
Next to Redstone Arsenal and Marshall. Visit the shop.
Request a quote
Send the model. We’ll tell you if it builds.
Pricing and an honest read on the geometry, from an engineer. Call the shop or send the request and we will pick it up from there.