The Legor 3D Metal Hub Revolution
The new frontier of more sustainable, unrestricted metal printing for contemporary jewelry at competitive costs
In a historical moment in which the cost of precious metals such as gold and silver is at particularly high levels, the luxury jewelry and accessories sector is having to rethink its production processes.
Responding to this need is the Legor 3D Metal Hub, Legor’s cutting-edge center designed to promote additive manufacturing with metal powders — especially steel and titanium — materials that are currently a concrete alternative for designers and brands.
For over 45 years, Legor has been conducting unique metallurgical and chemical research, translating metals into alloys and innovative galvanic solutions for jewelry and fashion. As a Benefit Company, the firm now combines this technical heritage with a rigorous ethical mission through the new hub for Binder Jetting (BJ) technology: a 3D printing process that offers unprecedented design freedom, overcoming the limits of traditional production with medium-to-large volumes while optimizing production times.
Binder Jetting can create complex shapes, grids, internal cavities, and lightweight structures that are impossible to produce by casting or machining. The powder bed acts as a natural support, eliminating additional structures and reducing post-production costs and time. Furthermore, powders can be completely reused to minimize waste — an increasingly central aspect for a sector that sees sustainability as an essential value.
An extremely important factor for the Legor 3D Metal Hub is its collaboration with HP. The Venetian company has integrated HP Metal Jet S100 printers into its sinter-based additive technology center, one of the world’s most advanced platforms for non-precious metal additive production.
Together with other technological synergies within the 3D ecosystem, this represents an authentic innovation accelerator: high quality, industrial scalability, and the possibility of co-developing tailor-made solutions for jewelry, eyewear, fashion, design, and the automotive, medical, biomedical, sports, and leisure industries.
From rapid prototyping to mass production, this flexible and competitive approach opens up new creative opportunities in steel, titanium, 925 silver, bronze, and even 950 platinum.
An invitation for designers and brands to explore a new, less restricted, more sustainable, and contemporary way of thinking about metal.
To discover the infinite potential of the strategic collaboration between Legor and HP, sign up for the webinar scheduled for March 19 at 10 am:
