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A buyer's guide from Inframotion 3D argues that searches for metal 3D printing cost mix three questions: purchase price, running cost and the cost of a qualified part. It compares laser powder bed fusion, binder jetting and bound-metal routes, and recommends budgeting from the finished part backward rather than from the machine quote.
Inframotion 3D, a supplier of SLS powders compatible with several printer ecosystems, has released a design guide for selective laser sintering. It lists the geometry rules that matter most, from wall thickness to powder escape, and stresses that all values are starting points to be confirmed for the exact powder and machine.
Inframotion 3D has published a guide to minimum wall thickness in selective laser sintering. It puts roughly 1.0 mm as a first checkpoint for polymer parts, but stresses that the thinnest wall that once printed is not the same as a wall that survives repeated production, cleaning and use.
Inframotion 3D has published a guide on qualifying SLS materials. Its main point: test the part as it is delivered, because powder condition, cooling, reuse and finishing all shift measured values. Datasheet figures such as Nylon 12 tensile strength are only usable with that process context.
A guide from powder supplier Inframotion 3D explains that software for selective laser sintering is a chain of tools rather than one slicer. It covers file checks, orientation, nesting, profiles, machine control and job records, and recommends testing these functions as part of any machine comparison.
A materials overview from Inframotion 3D argues that progress in selective laser sintering lies in powders tuned for specific results, not in longer product lists. PA12 remains the benchmark, with reinforced, flexible and bio-based grades around it. The text stresses that any new powder must be validated on the actual machine, including how it behaves when reused.
Inframotion 3D has published two buyer guides on PA11 (Nylon 11) powder for selective laser sintering. They stress that a datasheet is only a comparison point: the exact grade, the printer it runs on, powder reuse and storage decide whether parts perform as claimed.
Inframotion 3D has published a guide to glass-filled PA12 powder for powder-bed fusion. The material trades some ductility for higher stiffness, better heat resistance and less shrinkage and warping. The guide stresses that grades are system-specific and that data sheets and trials should come before any purchase.