The Rapidly Machinable Metal Modeling Material

Applications

• eliminate much of the intensive work required to machine steel
• speed up machining and increase productivity
• use smaller diameter tools at higher feedrates with less breakage
• eliminate coolants
• create delicate features that are difficult to machine directly
• use light-duty equipment to machine stainless steel

Engraving metaMETAL makes it easy to create beautiful, durable signs, plaques, medals, and more.

Applications for metaMETAL usually have one or more of the following attributes:

• the part is time-consuming to machine
• you wish to avoid a metal casting:
  • wrought-material mechanical properties are desired
  • you want to avoid cleanup of sprues and cutoffs
  • surface finish or pitting is a concern
  • rounding on detailed features is unacceptable
• every part is different (customization)
• it has fine features that are difficult to machine or cast
• machining solid metal would be time consuming
• current machining operations have a low yield
• machining causes excessive tool wear
• work hardening or stresses complicate machining
• you need just a few prototypes
• functional testing is required
• the parts are very small
• you wish to avoid tooling to evaluate a few parts