Evolve Additive Solutions Announced Parts Production Portal and Material Offerings

Evolve Additive Solutions announced a global parts production service and two materials at Formnext 2023 in Frankfurt, Germany. Evolve has created the STEP Parts Now service to broaden access to its selective thermoplastic electrophotographic process technology (STEP). According to Evolve, STEP is an additive manufacturing process that provides the fidelity, surface finish, accuracy and material properties necessary to produce end-use parts at scale.

Customers can now quote and order step parts directly from Evolve through the STEP Parts Now e-commerce portal. STEP Parts Now complements part ordering availability through Evolve’s strategic partners and their STEP production centers: Fathom Digital Manufacturing based in the U.S. and Alphacam Gmbh in Germany. Customers now have additional options in their pursuit of additive manufactured parts from prototype through production.

“What we are launching with STEP Parts Now is much more than parts as a service,” says Jeff Hanson, senior vice president of go-to-market at Evolve. “We are increasing accessibility to a newly identified additive manufacturing technology category that finally delivers on past industry promises of materials, features and scalability by additive manufacturing for true production.”

Expansion to Materials Portfolio

In addition to its launch of STEP Parts Now, Evolve has announced the commercial availability of two new materials in its portfolio: Nylon PA-11(A) and Gray ABS.

Drone made of Evolve’s polyamide PA-11(A). Photo Credit: Evolve Additive Solutions

The company says its PA-11(A) for STEP offers significant mechanical performance advantages over powder bed fusion PA-11. Qualities such as a superior elongation at break, higher impact strength and a higher heat deflection temperature (HDT) make Evolve’s PA-11(A) parts usable in more demanding production applications.

The Gray ABS material complements Evolve’s existing Black ABS and exhibits mechanical properties within 10% of bulk injection molded ABS. Additionally, it exhibits structural color contrast for fine features and textures.

Evolve Additive Solutions was founded in 2017 and offers additive manufacturing production equipment, materials, software, parts production, and application and consulting services. The company is headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota, with a materials technology center based in Rochester, New York.