Made to order
- Install, commissioning & training All three machines set up and dialed in at your site
- Applications engineering Workflow tuned to your alloys and program
AO Metal A50 + ATO Lab + CAMSIZER X2+: R&D Bundle
Atomize your own alloy, measure the powder and print it — the ATO Lab, the Microtrac CAMSIZER X2+ and the AO Metal A50 as one materials-development cell from one supplier.
- ATO Lab: 20–120 µm spherical powder, oxygen below 10 ppm
- CAMSIZER X2+: size and shape from 0.9 µm to 8 mm in 1–3 minutes
- A50: Ø50 × 100 mm LPBF, every laser parameter open
- Installation and training included · 8–14 weeks · 12-month warranty
What your materials engineer actually checks
The full loop on one bench
Atomize a custom alloy on ATO Lab, characterise it on the CAMSIZER X2+, and print it on the AO Metal A50 — the complete powder-to-part R&D loop from a single supplier, sized for the lab.
Small batches, fast iteration
Atomize a few kilograms at a time instead of waiting on a large minimum order, so you qualify a new alloy in weeks and iterate without a powder-vendor bottleneck.
A materials engineer on the line
We run atomization, characterization and LPBF in-house through ATO Lab and AO Metal.
- ATO Lab ultrasonic atomizer — spherical powder of 20–120 µm from wire, rod or scrap
- Microtrac CAMSIZER X2+ — particle size and shape, 0.9 µm – 8 mm
- AO Metal A50 LPBF printer — Ø50 × 100 mm build, AO Build Studio with no annual licence
- Options quoted with the cell: blue laser and 900 °C platform on the A50; plasma or induction melting, feeders, ATO Sieve and ATO Clean on the ATO Lab; X-Jet, X-Fall or X-Flow on the CAMSIZER
- Installation and operator training for all three machines — included in every quotation
What the R&D Bundle is
The R&D Bundle is a complete materials-development cell: an ATO Lab ultrasonic atomizer made by 3D Lab in Warsaw, Poland, a CAMSIZER X2+ particle size and shape analyzer from Microtrac, and an AO Metal A50 laser powder bed fusion printer, designed and built by us in the USA. Without it, every new alloy waits in three outside queues — someone to atomize it, someone to measure it, someone to print it. With it, you design an alloy, atomize it the same week, see its size and shape in minutes, and print it on a machine where every process parameter is yours. Then you change the frequency, the chemistry or the parameters and run the loop again.
The three machines come on one quotation, are installed together and your team is trained on the whole workflow, not on three separate boxes.
The three machines in the cell
How the loop runs
Who the cell is for
- University and national laboratories that develop new alloys and need to print them, not just publish their composition
- Materials and process teams qualifying powder and print parameters for LPBF before scaling up
- Reactive-metal R&D — titanium, aluminum and their alloys — where powder handling under argon matters
- Groups whose alloys are not sold as catalog powder, or are needed in amounts too small for a powder supplier's minimum order
- Labs that want powder quality control — size and shape checked before every build
Specifications summary
| ATO Lab — 3D Lab, Poland | |
| Process | ultrasonic atomization, patented half-wave nanoalloy sonotrode |
| Particle size | 20–120 µm, by frequency module 20 / 35 / 52 kHz |
| Throughput | up to 0.3 L/h — several hundred grams per hour |
| Atmosphere | below 10 ppm O2, approx. 50 mbar, argon |
| Melting | TIG standard · plasma · induction (IMS) module |
| Feedstock | wire 0.8–2.4 mm, rod 2–10 mm, scrap with IMS |
| CAMSIZER X2+ — Microtrac | |
| Principle | dynamic image analysis, ISO 13322-2 |
| Range | 0.9 µm – 8 mm dry · 0.9 µm – 1 mm wet |
| Measuring time | 1–3 minutes |
| Shape | sphericity, aspect ratio, convexity and more (ISO 9276-6) |
| Dispersion | X-Jet air · X-Fall gravity · X-Flow wet |
| AO Metal A50 — Additive Plus, USA | |
| Build envelope | Ø50 × 100 mm (2.0 × 3.9 in) |
| Laser | 1064 nm fiber 300–1000 W · 445 nm blue 250 W optional |
| Layer · accuracy | 15–100 µm · ±0.1% |
| Build platform | 250 °C, or 900 °C optional |
| Software | AO Build Studio + slicer, STL · no annual licence |
Download: R&D solution brochure (PDF) · A50 brochure · CAMSIZER X2+ brochure. Full specifications are on each machine's own page.
What your facility plans for
| ATO Lab | |
| Size (H × W × D) | 1997 × 813 × 1626 mm (78.6 × 32.0 × 64.0 in) |
| Power | 3-phase 400–440 V, 50/60 Hz · 12–20 kW installed, about 4 kW average |
| Argon | purity 5.0, typically 15–25 L/min, about 90% recirculated |
| Also | compressed air · external liquid chiller |
| CAMSIZER X2+ | |
| Size (H × W × D) | 850 × 580 × 570 mm (33.5 × 22.8 × 22.4 in) · 50 kg without PC |
| Compressed air | approx. 6 bar · 25–140 l/min |
| AO Metal A50 | |
| Size | 1150 × 730 × 2050 mm (45.3 × 28.7 × 80.7 in) · approx. 350 kg |
| Power | 120 V 1-phase (300 W) or 120/240 V split-phase (500/1000 W), 60 Hz · max 3 / 5 / 8 kW · dedicated 50 A circuit |
| Inert gas | argon |
No atomization tower and no dedicated powder plant: the cell installs in a standard materials lab. The ATO Lab weight is confirmed in the formal quotation. Videos of the machines are in the Video tab above.
Where the R&D Bundle stops — and what to take instead
This is a development cell, not a powder plant. The ATO Lab makes up to about 0.3 L of powder per hour — roughly 0.5 kg/h for Ti6Al4V and 1 kg/h for Inconel 718 or 316 from wire; if you need tonnes of one standard alloy, buying gas-atomized powder remains cheaper, and for a few kilograms without a machine you can order custom alloy powder. Its range is 20–120 µm. The A50 builds up to Ø50 × 100 mm; for larger parts and short production runs the same open platform comes as the A100, and for coupons and teaching there is the benchtop A30. Copper, gold and silver need the optional 445 nm blue laser, and crack-prone alloys the 900 °C platform — both are quoted options, so tell us your alloys. Raw powder still needs sieving and, for reactive metals, passivation: plan for ATO Sieve, ATO Clean and the Passivation Module. The CAMSIZER X2+ measures size and shape, not chemistry or oxygen content — those need a separate chemical analysis. If you want AI-guided parameter setup and one operator supervising several atomizers, look at the ATO Sparq. And if the cell is for gold, silver and platinum, take the Jewelry Bundle with the ATO Noble and the A100.
Powder made on ATO
Powder 3D Lab has made on the ATO Lab, the atomizer in this bundle. Images: 3D Lab material reports and case studies.
Material reports from 3D Lab
3D Lab has documented atomization results for 22 alloys — Ti6Al4V, TiMo, TiZrNb, niobium, CoCr, Inconel 625 and 718, Haynes 282, 316L and 303 steel, aluminum and copper alloys, gold, PtCu, and the magnesium alloys WE43 and ZX00: particle size distribution (D10/D50/D90), circularity and micrographs at ×100 and ×1000.
See it running in California
Before you commit, you can see an ATO atomizer running at UC Irvine (UCI). Tell us which alloys you work with and we arrange the visit; it is a direct way to judge the process, the footprint and the powder with your own eyes before you order the cell.
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Why buy it through Additive Plus
What usually stops people — and the honest answer
Ready when you are
| Printing Materials | Metal Powders |
| Technology | Ultrasonic atomization, Metal LPBF |
| Brand | 3D Lab, AO Metal, Microtrac, Verder Scientific |
Product videos
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Ask for a free powder sample of a standard alloy, or arrange a paid trial atomization of your own alloy before you decide.
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- ✔ Resistance furnace to 1,550 °C (1 °C steps) · up to 4 IR cells · gold IR path
- ✔ 50–500 mg samples · optional 36/130-position autoloader (acid-resistant)
- ✔ Lead time: configured to order — request current timeline
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- ✔ DMT closed-loop control — dense, repeatable coupons for trustworthy data
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- ✔ Lead time: configured to order — request a quote for delivery & installation
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- Open platform — no material lock; works with Cura, PrusaSlicer, Simplify3D
- Ships in 2–3 weeks · remote commissioning and training · 12-month warranty
Made to order
· Ships in 2–3 weeks · 12-month warranty
Atomize your own alloys from a single rod on an ATO ultrasonic atomizer — 1 to 10 mm in diameter, up to 110 mm long, cast rods welcome.
- Rods 1–10 mm, 4–6 mm recommended, up to 110 mm long
- Cast rods · upgradeable to a Custom Shape Feeder
- Installation, on-site operator training and US service included in every quotation
- Lead time 8–12 weeks · 12-month warranty
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The Farsoon Flight HT601P-4 is a large-format quad-fiber SLS 3D printer — a 600 × 600 × 600 mm cubic build, four 300 W fiber lasers (1,200 W total) scanning to 20 m/s, and a 220 °C chamber for engineering polymers.
- ✓ Cubic 600 mm build · quad 300 W fiber lasers for speed and detail
- ✓ Efficiency and Quality scan modes · adjustable laser spot size
- ✓ Lead time: configured to order — US install, training and support
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· Lead time: configured to order — request a build slot. US installation and operator training included.
Laser diffraction particle size from 0.01 to 2800 µm, optimized below 1 µm — one red and two blue lasers, wet or dry, in about 10 to 30 seconds.
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· Lead time from 4 weeks · installation included
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- ✓ 6-axis robotic LFAM — freeform geometries up to 15 m, beyond any gantry
- ✓ High Flow head: 30 kg/h, 5–14 mm, 450°C — highest throughput, largest parts
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· Lead time confirmed per configuration at quote. Talk to a specialist for a schedule.
Sieve metal AM powder in an argon atmosphere, straight from the ATO atomizer powder container — ultrasonic vibration keeps the mesh open and the powder away from oxygen.
- Same powder container as the ATO atomizers — transfer under argon
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- Installation, training and US service included · free powder samples
- Lead time 8–12 weeks · 12-month warranty
Made to order
· Lead time 8–12 weeks · installation includedWhat our customers say
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