Stepstone

Stepstone specialisesindustrial scale 3D printing. They are able to produce metal, plastic and ceramic components with an accuracy of 30 microns up to 8 x 4 x 4 metres in sizes with their in-house proprietary systems, while systems on sale are capable of 40 micron accuracy within a volume of 5 x 2.5 x 2.5 metres (£550,000).

Their mobile printer designs can achieve 3,000 micron accuracies laying at 0.5 litres per second in an unlimited volume of simple metals and plastics with a power requirement of 60 kW for £300,000. The high precision systems consume 50 kW to lay 0.5 litres of material per 20 seconds.