New DLX series creates synergies between additive and subtractive manufacturing.
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The DLX series is DN Solutions’ global entry into the rapidly growing market for additive technologies. With its first industrial-grade LPBF metal 3D printer, the company is targeting applications where conventional manufacturing processes reach their limits, such as lightweight components, organic structures or function-optimized metal components. At the same time, the metal 3D printer offers solutions for the entire production chain in combination with established machining production processes.
The aim is to close the previously missing end-to-end link between LPBF and CNC processes. Through the systematic integration of software, automation and component handling, DN Solutions creates the basis for scalable turnkey solutions along the entire process chain.
The flagship of the new Additive Manufacturing division is the DLX 450D. The industrial high-performance 3D printer is suitable for 24/7 production and offers an exchangeable build container to minimize non-productive time, a multi-laser system for high printing speed and a build volume of 450 × 450 × 450 mm.
Additive manufacturing and therefore the machines in the DLX series shorten time-to-market for new products, reduce costs through component integration and enable new designs, from complex geometries and lightweight structures to internal near-contour cooling channels and highly customized components. The metal 3D printer is used in industries such as aerospace, automotive, semiconductor manufacturing and medical technology.
Prior to the market launch, DN Solutions successfully tested the technology and additively redesigned the front cap of a spindle cylinder for the multitasking machine DNX2100 – based on the principles of Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM). The result was a 20 percent increase in performance and simplified assembly thanks to component integration.
“In our view, there is no alternative to additive manufacturing for companies that want to produce competitively. It offers opportunities to produce complex metal components that could not be realized otherwise,” says Vino Suntharakumaran, Vice President Additive Manufacturing, DN Solutions. “It was therefore a logical step for as a holistic solution provider to include this technology in our portfolio. The mandatory mechanical post-processing allows us to utilize synergies of already established technologies such as five-axis simultaneous machining and automation solutions. In addition to these solutions, we complete the 360° offering with software, services and support. This ranges from consulting on what to print and how to design for additive, to training and ramp-up support during production, directly on site.”
DN Solutions also provides support along the additive process chain with its in-house AM software suite – from the initial idea to the design and the successful production of the component. The integrated approach of hardware and software is particularly helpful for companies that want to get into additive metalworking or expand their production. In future, customers will receive support at the Additive Solution Center in Gütersloh, which will open in 2026.
