Powder Bed Fusion Printing Explained

PBF

Choosing the Right Powder Bed Fusion 3D Printer for Your Application

Understanding Powder Bed Fusion Machine Types Before you compare specs or scroll through price sheets, you need to sort PBF machines into two big buckets: polymer systems and metal systems. Both use the same broad idea, a laser (or energy source) melting or sintering powder layer-by-layer, but they behave like two completely different species once you look under the hood. Polymer Powder Bed Fusion (SLS) Machines Polymer PBF systems (mostly SLS Printing) use nylon powders like PA11, PA12, or TPU. They’......

Nov 26, 2025