MELD Manufacturing Corporation

MELD Manufacturing is a woman owned business that offers full-scale metal 3D printing machines, contract manufacturing of components, and associated products and services. Our patented MELD technology has won numerous awards including a prestigious spot in the R&D 100 and a Market Disrupter award. MELD is a revolutionary solid-state technology for additive manufacturing of metal and metal matrix composites that can replace castings and forgings.

MELD machines are offered in several sizes to fit the consumers’ needs as well as custom built machines. From our standard L3 with a build volume of just over 114 cm x 58 cm x 58 cm to a custom printer for the US Army that has a build volume of more than 6 m x 9 m x 3.6 m. The MELD technology was chosen to be part of the US Army’s Jointless Hull Program to produce the World’s Largest Metal Printer which will be operational in the beginning of 2023.

Scale. MELD prints at a larger scale than other AM methods.

Speed. MELD deposits material at least 10x faster than fusion-based processes.

Versatility. MELD prints aluminum, titanium, steel, alloys, and more.

Because MELD is an open-air process, no powder beds or special vacuums are needed. This means that with MELD there is no limit to the size part that can be printed. The process will scale with the size of the machine.

High material throughput is one of the greatest advantages of MELD. By utilizing the MELD technology material can be deposited at a rate unmatched by other additive processes. No further processing such as HIP or sintering are required, parts are ready to be machined to their final geometries.

MELD machines produce near-net shape components in a wide range of materials. A MELD machine allows manufacture of fully-built parts, coating existing structures, performing repairs, and joining similar and dissimilar materials using a wide array of metals and metal alloys, even un-weldable alloys.

MELD offers very high-quality depositions at 100% density with equiaxed grain structures, refined grain size, and excellent as-deposited properties. The residual stress formed in the deposited components is much less than stresses developed during casting or other processes that involve melting and solidification. MELD yields a metallurgical bond between the deposited material and substrate or previously deposited layers.

The combination of material freedom and scalability make MELD a revolution for a wide range of industries including aerospace, defense, shipbuilding, and more. Don’t melt. MELD.