Use Cases
From 10 hand-welded pieces to one printed pipe: Incredible Deere’s turbo manifold
A Dutch tractor-pulling team swapped a hand-welded carbon-steel turbo pipe for a 316 stainless part 3D printed on Meltio's IR Engine. Two welds instead of seven.
Building open impeller blades with Wire-Laser Metal Deposition (LMD)
How Meltio wire-laser LMD and precision machining combine to produce 316L open impellers: near-net-shape blades, a 1.5 mm finishing pass, and no casting tooling.
How Ferrita customized a Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren exhaust using Wire-LMD
Discover how Ferrita used Meltio metal 3D printing to create custom McLaren SLR tailpipes, cutting tooling costs by 50 percent and speeding up production.
Transitioning from manual welding to automated metal 3D printing for tool repair
Discover how Cavaletto Mario S.p.A. utilizes Meltio wire-laser metal 3D printing to automate tool repair, achieving significant material savings in steel forging.
Point of need manufacturing: Metal Additive Manufacturing in Defense
Review field data from AM Village 2026 demonstrating how Wire Laser Metal Deposition outperforms legacy systems in programming speed and operational deployment for military logistics.
Additive Manufacturing in Oil & Gas: ExxonMobil’s transition to LMD for Titanium components
Discover how ExxonMobil Louisiana achieved a 42% cost reduction and cut lead times from 6 weeks to 58.8 hours
Additive Manufacturing in Architecture: IALC adopts Meltio for custom metal cladding
Discover how IALC and Steeltech use Meltio metal 3D printing to fabricate complex architectural cladding and 6 meter totems, replacing expensive solid milling.
A 70% cost-saving on industrial pump repair
Discover how iMet-3D utilized the Meltio M450 to repair an obsolete centrifugal pump for Bozzetto Group. Learn how LMD technology achieved 70% cost savings and reduced lead times from 2 months to 1 week by replacing cast iron with 316L Stainless Steel.
Optimizing Trencher blade lifecycles: High-precision hardfacing via Wire-Laser Deposition
Extend trencher blade life with Meltio's wire-laser hardfacing. See how we achieved sub-10% dilution and extreme abrasion resistance in this civil engineering case study.
Eurobearings elevates large-scale component manufacturing and repair with Meltio’s metal 3D printing technology
Eurobearings uses Meltio wire laser DED on a KUKA robot track to manufacture and repair massive industrial bearings. Discover how they cut lead times by 50 percent.