Hi @cxsey8587, thanks for your question! Our minimum deposition spot size is 6mm/0.25". This means our technology cannot make fine, dainty parts (like nuts and bolts, or teeth crowns for example), but is good for larger, bulkier parts you might need - a spanner, or a bracket for a pipe. That might be one of reasons why the parts made with our technology may not look very pointy or sharp to handle. We hope this answer helps. Feel free to visit our website: www.spee3d.com for more information on our technology. :)

@@SPEE3D gotcha, thanks!

Hi @robinyilmaz1155, thank you for your question. Yes, SPEE3D's cold spray machines themselves are not the price you'd expect for your general plastic printer, and unfortunately this is the case for many metal AM machines throughout the industry. However when it comes producing metal parts, the speed capability of our technology helps with costs in the long run. For instance, it can cost organisations thousands of dollars to source a metal part through the global supply chain. But with SPEE3D technology, that organisation can produce that metal part on demand - in minutes or hours, not weeks or months - this means it is possible to get a metal part that could cost a few hundred dollars or less to actually produce depending on the consumables you have, compared to waiting months for a part from the global supply chain resulting in downtime costs up to the thousands to hundreds of thousands. We hope you find this answer helpful!

Hi @josephblogs352, thank you for your question. Our deposition spot size minimum is 6mm or 0.25". So, our technology is different from other technologies like LBPF which can do small, fine detailed parts at about 200g/hr. Our process makes parts at a rate of 4kg/hr and so focuses on creating large, high-quality, complex parts quickly and on demand. So that means our process is not suitable for parts that require fine detail such as nuts and bolts, or intricate webbed sculptures. It is more suited for creating tools or brackets, such as spanners, nozzle liners, or engine covers etc. We hope this helps answer your question. If you would learn more about the different types of parts our technology can make, see our case studies on our website: www.spee3d.com/resources/?resource=case-studies

@@SPEE3D Yes thanks. Quite impressive all the same. Could you make a smaller nozzled version using this same approach? theoretically speaking?

@@JoeyBlogs007 thank you for your question. Yes it is possible for us to make a smaller nozzle using our same patented technology, however we have not done this as the trade-off is that it will take much longer to build the part. The higher the resolution, the longer it takes to make the part. Our patented technology has been designed to offer the fastest possible build time for high-quality, complex parts, and that is why our deposition minimum is 6mm. This is why other AM technologies such as LBPF take a very long time to make tiny, detailed parts with their lasers because of this speed-resolution trade off. We hope this helps answer your question, and thank you for being interested in our technology!

@@SPEE3D You could install 2 nozzles of different sizes in the machine: A large diameter one (6mm deposition diameter), and a small nozzle (lets say 1 mm deposition diameter). Then you can print the majority of the part with the big nozzle, and do only print details with the small nozzle. You could even consider installing a mill in the machine as well, so if some region of the 3d printed part requires a smooth finish or high accuracy, you can do that during the print. Doing it during the print allows you to reach areas that may be impossible to reach after completing the print. I trust you'll send me royalties ;)

Hi Russ Reynolds, thank you for your question! Our machines, such as WarpSPEE3D and XSPEE3D, are able to fabricate metal parts up to 40kg in weight (around 80-90 lbs), and up to 1m x 0.7m (about 40 x 30"). We hope you found this helpful :)

@@SPEE3D Thanks for that. I'll be in touch.

Hi Project Distraction, thank you for your question. We do believe that printed parts need to always be post-processed, as that is a very important part of the manufacturing process, so yes parts made with our new Phaser Nozzle would still require heat-treating. Also yes, the Phaser Nozzle is also capable of manufacturing parts with Aluminium Bronze and Aluminium 6061. If you would like to learn more about us, please feel free to visit our website at www.spee3d.com. We hope you found this answer useful.

Hi Divya60504, thank you for your question. If you are able to direct your questions to contact@spee3d.com, we would be able to answer your inquiry in more detail. Or to learn more about us and our technology please visit us at www.spee3d.com. Thank you for your interest in our process!

Hi soundspark, thank you for your question. We request an email so that we can keep you up to date with any important updates with SPEE3DCraft. However, whenever you receive an email you can choose in unsubscribe at the bottom of the email. Hope this helps answer your question!

Hi 정유라 ! Sure! Thank you for asking! Just reference us and you are all good to use this video for your learning material!

Hi Michael D, what is happening in the video is that copper metal powder is being shot out of rocket nozzle using compressed air at an incredibly rapid speed - mach 3 in fact. Our technology does not use wax as a feedstock.

Hi Bob TheBlob, yes there are very fast plastic 3D printers in the world. We are proud to state that our patented cold process allows our technology to be the fastest metal 3D printing technology in the world.

Hi Dalton McKee, thanks for your comment. We are able to say we are the world's fastest as the technology we have developed is capable of manufacturing quality metal parts much faster than any other metal 3D printing technology currently on the market. For example, while Laser Bed metal 3D printing is very good at making tiny applications, like teeth crowns or nails etc., it is very, very slow. Our process is only capable of making parts as small as 6mm in width, but is able to make parts very quickly, up to speeds of mach 3, in just minutes. We hope this helps.

Hi KRigby, that's correct, SQ4D is very impressive to be able to 3D print concrete houses so quickly! The LightSPEE3D in this video utilises our patented cold spray technology which can print metal parts incredibly fast. Our technology is currently the fastest metal 3D printing technology available on the market, as other metal 3D printing technologies such as laser-powder bed fusion is very slow but can make very small, highly detailed parts. Thanks for your comment, hope this helps!

Hi Jando, thank you for your question, we hope the answer below helps: Rather than using heat to melt metal powders, our patented process uses cold spray technology in which a rocket nozzle accelerates air up to three times the speed of sound, into which metal powder is injected then deposited onto a substrate maneuvered by a six-axis robotic arm. In this process the sheer kinetic energy of the particles hitting each other causes the powders to bind together to form a high density part with metallurgical properties superior to casting. Thank you for taking interest in our process!

@@SPEE3D Ouuu thats amazing! You guys are wining metal fdm I think such a cool machine!

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Hi Gui B, thanks for your question. While that is still possible to do, machining a block of copper directly creates a lot of excess waste, can be more costly, and you cannot ensure quality. However, with our process you can create the copper part you need to a near net shape in minutes, with little to no waste. Since our machines consume metal powder feedstock, this also helps on cost as you can just fill the machine on how much powder you might need instead of just machining out a large block. We hope this helps answer your question.