Wayland Additive has announced that it is set to return to
RAPID + TCT, North America’s flagship additive manufacturing (AM) event, taking place 13–16 April in Boston (Booth 2733). Visitors are invited to meet the team at booth 2733, where Wayland will be pushing a simple question to the forefront — “If your metal AM process still forces you to design around its limitations, is it really production-ready”.
Wayland’s answer is NeuBeam, its much-lauded approach to electron beam powder bed fusion that was engineered from the ground up to remove the instability and workarounds that have historically constrained e-beam AM. NeuBeam actively neutralises charge during the build, avoiding the build-limiting ‘smoke’ behaviour that conventional electron beam systems must manage with wide-area sintering. The result is a more stable process window, greater freedom to tackle demanding geometries, and a practical route to processing challenging alloys with confidence.
This year’s
RAPID + TCT appearance is positioned less as a technology showcase and more as an invitation to rethink what “capable” really means in metal AM. Too often, manufacturers are sold theoretical capability while living with real-world compromises — restricted material choices, process fragility, excessive post-processing, and inconsistent outcomes when parts get complex. Wayland’s message is that the industry is past the point of excusing those compromises as inevitable.
Calibur3 metal AM systemPeter Hansford, Wayland Additive’s chief revenue officer, said: “Metal AM doesn’t need more hype, it needs fewer constraints. The market is full of systems that can make impressive samples. What manufacturers actually need is a process they can trust when the material is difficult, the geometry is unforgiving, and the application is non-negotiable. NeuBeam was built to behave like a production tool, not a lab experiment, and Calibur3 exists to put that capability on the factory floor.”
Visitors to the stand will be able to engage directly with Wayland’s experts to discuss applications where conventional approaches underdeliver, particularly where charge-related instability, residual stress management, and material processability become limiting factors. Wayland will also share progress from ongoing material development programmes and the growing body of industrial work being executed with the Calibur3 platform, underscoring that NeuBeam is already being used commercially in demanding environments.
Mr Hansford concluded: “If you are currently ‘qualifying’ your way around process uncertainty, we should talk.
RAPID + TCT is where serious manufacturing questions get asked, and we are coming to provide serious answers.”
Wayland Additive welcomes engineers, production leaders, and AM decision-makers to explore how NeuBeam is expanding the practical boundaries of electron beam AM, material by material, application by application, and with commercial momentum.