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• Denver-based Beehive Industries has placed a multi-unit order for NXG 600E metal 3D printers from Nikon SLM Solutions, part of Nikon Advanced Manufacturing. The purchase is entirely self-funded and gives the company a capability that remains scarce in the United States: ultra-large-format laser powder bed fusion capacity. The NXG 600E is the biggest machine in…
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Denver-based Beehive Industries has placed a multi-unit order for NXG 600E metal 3D printers from Nikon SLM Solutions, part of Nikon Advanced Manufacturing. The purchase is entirely self-funded and gives the company a capability that remains scarce in the United States: ultra-large-format laser powder bed fusion capacity.
The NXG 600E is the biggest machine in the Nikon SLM Solutions lineup, combining a 600 x 600 x 1500 mm build envelope with twelve 1 kW lasers for high-throughput serial production of large metal parts.
Beehive will dedicate one system to Constellium‘s Aheadd CP1 aluminum and another to Titanium Ti 64 (Ti-6Al-4V), two alloys firmly established in defense, space, and aerospace additive manufacturing. The configuration allows the company to print entire vehicle bodies, lar