3D printing & additive manufacturing news for January/February 2026

PHOTOS COURTESY OF RESPECTIVE COMPANIES

The SLA 825 Dual large frame stereolithography (SLA) 3D printing solution offers high-speed, ultra-precise production of complex, large-format parts. The unit combines large build volume, high speed scanning technology, and a full-solution workflow.

The system produces 3D-printed parts with excellent surface finish, precise dimensional accuracy, and consistent reliability across production-grade applications, such as large investment casting patterns, prototypes, and fixture tooling.

Its high levels of SLA dimensional accuracy, tolerances, and repeatability across builds minimize costly trial-and-error iterations to deliver accurate parts. https://www.3dsystems.com

Nikon SLM Solutions, Additive Assurance partner

Nikon SLM Solutions and Additive Assurance are partnering to integrate the latter’s AMiRIS Inside, a sensor and software platform designed for qualifying and certifying laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) parts, into Nikon SLM Solutions’ NXG platform. It’s the first time a near-infrared optical tomography system will monitor all 12 lasers simultaneously within a production-scale metal additive manufacturing (AM) system. The advance in process monitoring enables real-time quality assurance across the entire build field, offering manufacturers visibility, consistency, and confidence in large-scale metal AM production.

The collaboration will deliver an integrated monitoring solution providing real-time melt pool and layer analysis, ensuring the most complex multi-laser builds meet demanding industrial standards for consistency and reliability and leading toward certifiable, serial AM production of larger, more complex components. https://nikon-slm-solutions.com; https://www.additiveassurance.com

Industrial scale metal additive manufacturing

Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) pioneer EOS unveiled the EOS M4 ONYX at Formnext 2025. The machine offers:

• 450mm x 450mm x 400mm* build volume for larger, more complex parts (*including build platform)
• Six 400W lasers provide 50% higher throughput, reduce part costs by 30%
FLX variant features four 1kW beam-shaping lasers for enhanced speed, flexibility
• Homogeneous gas flow and active temperature control for cleaner builds, shorter cycles
• Integrated error detection reduces quality assurance expenses up to 50%
• More than 90% powder material recovery lowers raw material costs and waste
• RFS Pro filtration eliminates consumables, neutralizes hazardous condensate
• EOS Smart Fusion minimizes supports, enhances surface quality, reduces post-processing
• Automated overnight starts and job changeovers in less than 30 minutes
• Software innovations increase efficiency, transparency, and process stability
• Open platform communications, web APIs integrate with digital workflows, reducing order-to-print lead times up to 30%
• Materials include titanium, nickel, and stainless steel, with additional options available

The EOS M4 ONYX will be commercially available in Q1 2026, with the EOS M4 ONYX FLX variant following in Q3 2026. https://www.eos.info