” Fixed sintering time of less then 2 seconds/layer at 100um that don’t depend anymore form the complexity or the number of objects to print. The incredible scalability of the system make possible to build custom printing solutions for huge formats and high production rates…”

Vectron — Technology
Fusing Matrix · layer view live
The technology

Laser powder bed fusion, made fully digital.

Vectron replaces the galvanometer scanner with a projected array of near-infrared lasers. Each layer is fused as a matrix of individually controllable pixels — an energy-based, agent-free process with full digital control of every voxel.

100 µm voxel ~2 s / layer 0 moving optics VCSEL · NIR
01 · Fusing module

A solid-state laser, where the scanner used to be.

At the core of the platform is a dense array of near-infrared VCSEL lasers that projects an entire layer as a matrix of individually controllable pixels — fused all together.

Because the energy is projected, not scanned, there are no galvanometers, no mirrors and no moving optics in the beam path. A custom cut-off u-lens shapes the array’s output into an even energy profile across the bed, and the unit integrates powder spreading, heating and infrared temperature sensing into one module.

VCSEL · NIR source100 µm voxel~2 s / layer0 moving opticsall-in-one recoat + sense
VCSEL ARRAY · NIR ENTIRE LAYER FUSED IN ONE SWEEP — NO GALVOS
A full cross-section fused in one sweep — no point-by-point scanning.
02 · Sub-pixel control

Double the resolution, with nothing that moves.

The array is addressed digitally. By offsetting the projected pixels by half a cell in the scan direction, the system interleaves two grids and effectively doubles resolution — sharpening edges and fine features.

It’s a software-defined gain: every laser pixel maps to a voxel in the working plane, so there is no optical motion to calibrate, align or wear over time.

digital pixel offset½-pixel interleavesharper edgesno alignment drift
native pixels ½-pixel offset RES
Native grid (grey) interleaved with a half-pixel-offset grid (red).
03 · SSRS

Selective Surface Reflectivity Sintering.

Polymer powder is naturally reflective to near-infrared light. Vectron tunes the powder’s surface with controlled infrared u-pulses, changing its reflectivity so the lasers couple their energy into the bed far more efficiently.

High-definition, lower-power lasers define the pattern while infrared delivers the bulk energy — an agent-free process, with no inkjet fusing agents printed onto the powder the way MJF requires.

IR surface conditioningagent-freeefficient energy couplingPA 12 · PA 11 · PP · TPU
IR PRE-CONDITION LASER COUPLE reflective powder absorptive · fused SURFACE REFLECTIVITY TUNED → MORE ENERGY IN, LESS WASTED
IR conditions the surface; tuned reflectivity lets more laser energy fuse the layer.
04 · Recoating & no-stop build

Keep the bed moving.

An ultrafast retractable-conveyor recoater lays each fresh layer, and a rollable-door system lets the build cycle continuously with minimal idle between layers.

Spreading, even heating and sensing all happen in the same travelling unit, so recoat and fuse stay tightly in step — layer after layer, with thousands stacked into the finished part.

retractable conveyorrollable doorintegrated heat + senseminimal idle
CONTINUOUS BUILD LOOPRECOATFUSEINDEXRETRACTABLE-CONVEYOR RECOAT · ROLLABLE-DOOR · MINIMAL IDLE
Recoat → fuse → index, repeating with little dead time between layers.

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