The metal powders for additive manufacturing market continues to see increased competition with the acquisition of Metasphere Technology byHöganäs。
Metasphere的总部位于瑞典的卢莱奥，成立于2009年，并结合了等离子体和离心力来雾化金属并产生球形金属粉末。
The powder has a range of uses including surface coating and additive manufacturing.
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该交易的条款以及该技术的具体细节尚未披露。然而，霍加斯首席执行官弗雷德里克·埃米尔森（Fredrik Emilson）表示：“ Metasphere的技术是独特而创新的。
The plasma atomization technology developed by Metasphere can be used to atomize metals, carbides and ceramics. Operating at “very high temperatures” the groundbreaking reactor has so-far primarily been used to make powders for surface coatings. However as scale up for industrial production begins the focus will be “mainly within additive manufacturing, where there is a large demand for innovative materials,” explained Emilson.
Höganäs表示，生产能力尚未完成，2018年第一季度的生产反应堆将开始工作。
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Headquartered in Sweden, Höganäs are the world’s largest producer of powdered metal products. In the metal powder for additive manufacturing market a fellow Swedish company, Arcam via subsidiary AP&C, is one of the current leaders in production of such materials.
The materials market has seen much activity in 2017, with companies includingAlcoa，，，，LPW，，，，GKNand热原发生在这一年中都有前进。鉴于他们在AP＆C使用的IP开发人员中的专业知识鉴于他们在该领域的专业知识，因此是一家特别有趣的公司。
Also notable are advances in software aimed at reducing the amount of metal powder used during 3D printing. For example the recent launch ofe-Stage for metal by Materialise。
波兰的3D实验室也是一家新颖的企业，也是制造金属粉末的。他们的一台机器is aimed at users who require smaller batches of metal powder materials – for example research labs – and is billed as “office friendly.”
材料市场是一个竞争加剧welcome development, with the end result hopefully a wider palette of materials to work with and also lower price points.
Both are factors that will encourage the wider application and adoption of additive manufacturing.
第二届年度3D印刷行业奖的提名现已开放。让我们知道哪些材料公司现在正在领导增材制造业。
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特色图片显示了卢莱奥（Luleå）Metasphere Technology的创始人UrbanRönnbäck和Höganäs首席执行官Fredrik Emilson。
