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SnowX, a company based in Suzhou in China’s Jiangsu province, is developing the SnowPod, a compact metal additive manufacturing (metal AM) system that uses laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). The company has published a Kickstarter pre-launch page ahead of a crowdfunding campaign scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2026, and users can currently sign up to be notified when it goes live.
The SnowPod fits powder containment, material recovery, process monitoring, and a dedicated nitrogen supply into a 360 x 360 x 660 mm machine with an 80 x 80 x 100 mm build volume. Alongside mechanical and robotics components, SnowX is positioning the system for jewelry, metal models, artwork, and product prototypes, and is building a user community partly aimed at artists and designers, extending metal AM towa