GF DMP Factory 500

The DMP Factory 500 is a production metal printer built as a set of modules around a 500 x 500 x 500 mm build volume, height inclusive of the build plate. Three 500 W fiber lasers at 1070 nm work the plate, and the listed laser power row notes full-field access, meaning each laser can reach the whole build area rather than a fixed zone.

What sets this machine apart is the removable, swappable print module, listed for continuous production. The module measures 1120 x 850 x 1400 mm and moves between the printer, a depowdering module (3000 x 2530 x 3300 mm uncrated), a powder recycling module (1935 x 2262 x 2521 mm) and a parking module (1450 x 1780 x 1850 mm). While one build is depowdered, another module can be printing. The printer module alone is 3,010 x 2,350 x 3,160 mm and weighs 8232 kg excluding the RPM, so the full installation is a room-scale project, not a single cabinet.

Layer thickness is adjustable between 2 µm and 200 µm, with 60 µm as the typical setting. The listed materials are Inconel 718, Ti Gr23 and AlSi10Mg, with additional materials on request, and the software row names 3DXpert. A soft blade recoater spreads the powder.

Accuracy is ± 0.1-0.2% with a ± 100 μm minimum, and repeatability is 75um (3σ) on each axis. The minimum feature size is 300 μm. These are the listed figures for this page and have not been matched against a current product page, so confirm them with GF before planning a part around them. Next to the DMP Flex 350, which has a 275 x 275 x 420 mm build volume, the Factory 500 offers a plate 500 mm wide instead of 275 mm, room for large single parts or nested batches.