SLM®280 2.0

Elevate Production with SLM®280 2.0: Advanced Metal Additive Manufacturing Reinvented

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Experience the future of metal additive manufacturing with the SLM®280 2.0. This innovative system combines precision engineering with advanced technology to deliver unmatched performance and reliability. From prototyping to serial production, the SLM®280 2.0 offers tailored solutions for industries seeking to optimize production processes and drive innovation.

Efficient Production Scaling
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Designed to meet the demands of medium to high volume metal part production and rapid prototyping, the SLM®280 2.0 offers a scalable solution, allowing you to efficiently scale your production processes to meet growing demand without compromising quality or speed.

Boost Productivity
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Experience unmatched productivity with the
SLM®280 2.0, featuring multi-laser systems that achieve build rates up to 80% faster than single-laser configurations. This advanced technology, combined with patented bi-directional powder recoating, minimizes manufacturing time by efficiently laying fresh powder, ensuring rapid production turnaround without sacrificing quality.

Enhanced Safety and Powder Quality
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Ensure operator safety and powder quality assurance with the SLM®280 2.0, equipped with a PSM powder sieve. This innovative feature, combined with overflow bottles for material transfer and bi-directional powder recoating technology, minimizes operator contact with loose powder and maintains powder quality in an inert atmosphere, guaranteeing safe and high-quality production processes.

Material Flexibility and Quality Assurance
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Experience unparalleled material flexibility and quality assurance with the SLM®280 2.0 paired with a Powder Sieving Machine (PSM). Manual sieves and powder change kits allow for efficient material changeover, ensuring adaptable production processes while maintaining safety and quality standards. Trust in the SLM®280 2.0 and PSM combination for consistent powder quality and reliable performance in every build.

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Unlock the full potential of your manufacturing with
SLM®280 2.0
Scalable Production

The SLM®280 2.0 is ideal for medium to high volume metal part production and prototypes, providing a scalable solution to meet your growing production needs.

Accelerated Build Rates

Multi-laser systems in the SLM®280 2.0 achieve build rates up to 80% faster than single-laser configurations, thanks to patented bi-directional powder recoating technology.

Enhanced Safety & Powder Quality

With a PSM powder sieve, the SLM®280 2.0 ensures operator safety and maintains powder quality in an inert atmosphere, reducing operator contact with loose powder.

Efficient Manufacturing Process

Patented bi-directional powder recoating in the SLM®280 2.0 reduces manufacturing time by depositing a new layer of powder in both directions without returning to a "home" position.

Material Flexibility & Quality Assurance

Paired with a Powder Sieving Machine (PSM), the SLM®280 2.0 offers material flexibility while maintaining safety and quality standards, enabling efficient material changeover for adaptable production.

Versatile Applications

The SLM®280 2.0 accommodates a wide range of part sizes and geometries, offering versatility for diverse manufacturing needs, from prototypes to end-use parts.

Precision Engineering

High-precision laser technology and advanced thermal management systems in the SLM®280 2.0 ensure exceptional part accuracy and surface finish, meeting stringent quality standards.

Seamless Integration

The SLM®280 2.0 seamlessly integrates into existing production lines, offering compatibility with advanced software and intuitive interface design for a streamlined workflow.

Cost Efficiency & Waste Reduction

The SLM®280 2.0 minimizes material wastage through precise laser control and efficient powder handling mechanisms, reducing production costs and environmental impact. And to make things easier, every SLM®280 comes with a permanent filter module included.

Reliable Performance

Robust construction and rigorous quality control measures ensure consistent performance and reliability, delivering uninterrupted production and peace of mind for operators.

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Brake Caliper
Material: Ti6Al4V ELI Grade 23
Build Time: 1d 9h for 4 Parts
Monolithic Thrust Chamber
Material: IN718
Build Time: 2d 13h 34m for 4 Parts
Throttle Body Intake Manifold
Material: AlSi10Mg
Moon Rover Wheel
Material: AlSi10Mg
Build Time: 1d 7h 8m
VTT Pipe
Material: 316L
Build Time: 2d 7h 25m for 12 Parts
High Pressure Reactor
Material: 316L
Build Time: 3d 3h for 5 Parts
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We decided on the SLM®280 because of the open architecture system. It gives us the freedom to adapt everything we need. The excellent collaboration with our team and the technically acceptable equipment supported our decision.

Marty Gaulin

Atlantic XL, Director of Additive Manufacturing

Audubon Tool is proud to offer state-of-the-art tooling solutions to our customers to improve the outcome in challenging casting scenarios...Additive manufacturing with Nikon SLM Solutions allows us to create conformal cooled inserts to overcome these technical challenges. We decided to work with Nikon SLM Solutions because of their leading-edge technology and long history of quality, well-built machines.

David Weiss

Audubon Tool, Design Engineering Director

Cyient has successfully designed and manufactured metal additive components for some of its key customers—our most recent achievement being the delivery of tooling components for a large aircraft engine manufacturer. The new SLM®280 will enable us to offer manufactured components directly to our customers in the aerospace, defense, medical and energy industries. This is a key milestone on our road to becoming an end-to-end additive manufacturing solutions provider.

Rajendra Velagapudi

Cyient, SVP & Global Operation Head

We are looking forward to positively impacting our product development time with Nikon SLM’s proven uptime and dedicated service group. We’re relying on the high availability to allow us to focus on our proprietary LifeX® products and services that lower the cost and duration of an engine overhaul while maintaining the high safety and quality standards our customers and the industry demand.

John Green

Chromalloy, CTO

Some of the most innovative use cases for Formetrix L-40 powder were developed and printed using Nikon SLM machines. This proven performance made Nikon SLM machines the perfect fit for our initial production product lines.

Greg Rizzo

MacLean Additive, Vice President & General Manager

With the integration of the SLM®280 2.0 into our operations, we are poised to revolutionize the material and process capabilities within the additive manufacturing (AM) industry. This advancement is coupled with our pioneering Additive Manufacturing AcademyTM, set to deliver hands-on experience and groundbreaking training in additive manufacturing.

Robert Higham

Additive Manufacturing Solutions Ltd, CEO

Additive Manufacturing gives us the possibility to provide implants and instruments with functional integration that enable improved surgical outcomes, improving patients’ lives...We decided to work with Nikon SLM® machines, because they provide process safety due to the closed-loop powder handling and have a sintered wall in the process chamber that improves gas flow and part quality. The part quality achieved with the SLM®280 was a decisive advantage for us.

Luiz Guilherme Sartori

Sartori, CEO

We are excited to be one of the few companies in the U.S. printing induction coils with copper. Our collaboration with Nikon SLM Solutions allows us to push the boundaries of what's possible in the induction industry.

Joshua Tucker

Tucker Induction Systems, Manager

We’re excited to kick off the next chapter in Chromalloy’s additive applications with Nikon SLM Solutions, backed by their industrial machine design and the innovative goals of their customers in mind.

Jim Whitton

Chromalloy, Director Technology Strategy

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