Phillips Company has change into the primary Meltio associate to combine the Meltio Engine Blue right into a Haas CNC machine. The combination was demonstrated at RAPID TCT in Detroit this April 2025, utilizing a Haas TM-1r CNC platform. This development combines additive and subtractive manufacturing applied sciences in a single workflow, which can profit protection sector functions.
Meltio’s expertise makes use of laser-wire steel 3D printing, which makes use of welding wire as its steel feedstock. The Meltio Engine Blue permits producers so as to add steel additive manufacturing capabilities to their current CNC machining gear. This hybrid configuration goals to provide complicated steel components with higher precision, shorter lead instances, and decreased materials waste.
The collaboration builds on earlier tasks between Phillips and Meltio within the protection sector. These embrace deploying Meltio expertise on a U.S. Navy ship for onboard manufacturing and the U.S. Division of Protection adopting Meltio’s methods to strengthen provide chain resilience. Phillips Company serves protection and authorities businesses with manufacturing expertise options.
“Integrating Meltio’s spectacular new Engine Blue into the Haas CNC platform unlocks a brand new stage of management and flexibility for producers,” mentioned Brian Kristaponis, Common Supervisor of Phillips Additive Hybrid. Gabriel Ortiz, Meltio Channel Supervisor in the US, famous that “The demand for manufacturing more and more complicated 3D printed components with Meltio’s DED steel expertise utilizing a CNC machine is rising in numerous industries in the US.”
The businesses will host a webinar on June 11, 2025, at 17:00 CET (11:00 AM EDT) to reveal the system. The session will introduce the Meltio Engine Blue, clarify its integration with Haas CNC machines, and spotlight the advantages of this hybrid resolution. A dwell demonstration and Q&A session with consultants from each corporations can be included.
