Design supports and powder escape into the part.
Aluminium, stainless steel, titanium, nickel, or cobalt alloys
Manufacturing · 3D Printing
Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS)
DMLS builds dense metal parts layer by layer from powder using a laser. Orientation, support strategy, residual stress, internal channels, powder removal, heat treatment, surface finish, and post-machining are integral to the…
- Price
- Request a quote Confirmed after technical review
- Turnaround
- Confirmed after project review Confirmed after technical review
- Typical outputs
- Metal additively manufactured partsBuild and heat-treatment recordsInspection or material certificate
Why this service
What DMLS can help you understand
DMLS builds dense metal parts layer by layer from powder using a laser. Orientation, support strategy, residual stress, internal channels, powder removal, heat treatment, surface finish, and…
Identify surfaces needing machining.
As-built, heat-treated, bead-blasted, or machined finish
Select inspection for density, dimensions, and internal channels.
Prototype, complex low-volume, or lightweight topology
Choose the scope
Start from the question, not the tool
The method, preparation route and reporting depth depend on what you need to decide.
Aluminium, stainless steel, titanium, nickel, or cobalt alloys
Design supports and powder escape into the part.
- Best used when
- Design supports and powder escape into the part.
- Typical result
- Metal additively manufactured parts
- Preparation note
- Declare confidentiality, file, access or delivery constraints in advance.
As-built, heat-treated, bead-blasted, or machined finish
Identify surfaces needing machining.
- Best used when
- Identify surfaces needing machining.
- Typical result
- Build and heat-treatment records
- Preparation note
- Declare confidentiality, file, access or delivery constraints in advance.
Prototype, complex low-volume, or lightweight topology
Select inspection for density, dimensions, and internal channels.
- Best used when
- Select inspection for density, dimensions, and internal channels.
- Typical result
- Inspection or material certificate
- Preparation note
- Declare confidentiality, file, access or delivery constraints in advance.
Common outputs
A result package matched to the decision you need to make
Fields, conditions, processing and file formats are confirmed before work begins.
A representative output from Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) with agreed units, labels, and revision status.
Checks, tolerances, convergence, uncertainty, or inspection evidence appropriate to the service.
A concise interpretation connecting the deliverable to the customer decision.
Input requirements
What to provide before work begins
Provide representative, clearly labelled inputs and identify the decision, feature or comparison that matters.
| Suitable input | Submission requirement | Planning note |
|---|---|---|
| Project input or design file | Provide the current design, objective, constraints and required deliverables for technical review. | Declare confidentiality, file, access or delivery constraints in advance. |
Objective: state the decision, comparison or acceptance criterion the work must support.
Handling and access: declare hazards, instability, confidentiality, file constraints or special logistics before dispatch or transfer.
Questions and answers
Common planning decisions
Short answers to issues that can change preparation, scope, timing or interpretation.
What inputs are needed for Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS)?
A production CAD file such as STEP, plus a dimensioned drawing for critical dimensions, threads, fits, and tolerances.
Which service option should I choose?
Start with Aluminium, stainless steel, titanium, nickel, or cobalt alloys; the final option is confirmed against the required decision and acceptance criteria.
What will I receive?
Typical outputs include metal additively manufactured parts, build and heat-treatment records, inspection or material certificate. Final files follow the confirmed reporting scope.
How long will it take?
Delivery timing is confirmed after the project inputs, scope and dependencies have been reviewed.
Request a project quotation
Send the information needed to scope DMLS correctly
- Current design, files, inputs and constraints
- Feature or decision the result must address
- Required comparison, acceptance criterion or reference
- Preferred output and reporting depth