Additive Series

CNC + 3D Printing = HYBRID

Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies is the pioneer and leader of integrating industrial metal 3D printing (also known as Additive Manufacturing, AM) into mainstream CNC machines. Tool changeable AMBIT™ metal deposition heads provide a practical means of automating changeover between deposition and milling in a single machine. This enables the creation of unique hybrid parts that are not achievable using either technology independently.

HYBRID is about making Additive available to ALL manufacturers. Fit it to existing machinery or a new machine that you are buying rather than buying bespoke.

CNC + 3D Printing = HYBRID

For decades, material extrusion (including Fused Deposition Modelling, FDM®) of thermoplastics has been accomplished using fine extrusion of heated polymer filament. This approach prioritizes relatively high detail and surface fidelity (minimized “stairstepping” effect) in exchange for relatively low deposition rates. In contrast, the AMBIT™ PE-1 pellet-fed polymer extrusion head offers up to a 200x increase in volumetric deposition rate for rapidly producing “near net” shapes.

HYBRID is about making Additive available to ALL manufacturers. Fit it to existing machinery or a new machine that you are buying rather than buying bespoke.

Fewer steps. Better results.

High material throughput is one of the greatest advantages of MELD. Because of our machines’ large size, they can deposit a wide array of metals at rates that are unmatched by any other metal additive process. In most cases, the MELD process can deposit material at least 10 times faster than other metal additive processes. Unlike parts made with other processes, once the “MELDed” material is deposited, the process is over.

MELD deposition has no material limitations and has no post-processes to prepare the material. You deposit, then You machine!