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Our blog explores the technical, operational, and strategic topics impacting advanced manufacturing today. Discover insights on metal powder fundamentals, additive manufacturing trends, specialty alloys, material performance, circular manufacturing, and supply chain resilience from the Continuum Powders team and industry experts.
As Metal AM Scales, Can the Powder Supply Chain Keep Up?
As metal AM moves into higher-volume production, powder supply becomes critical. Explore how availability, consistency, flexibility, utilization, and recovery must evolve alongside faster, more productive AM systems.
The Printer Isn’t the Supply Chain: Why Distributed Manufacturing Still Depends on Physical Material
Distributed manufacturing can bring production closer to the point of need, but the material supply chain remains physical. Explore the critical elements required to make distributed AM truly resilient.
Why Small-Batch Alloy Development Is Becoming a Strategic Advantage for Defense Manufacturing
Flexible domestic material development can help defense and aerospace programs reduce risk, strengthen supply-chain resilience, and accelerate advanced applications from concept to production.
News & Company Updates
Stay up to date on the latest announcements from Continuum Powders, including new material developments, strategic partnerships, technology advancements, event participation, and industry collaborations supporting the future of advanced manufacturing.
Continuum Powders and Mastrex Partner to Validate Sustainable Metal Powders for Mastrex LPBF Systems
Combining Continuum’s materials expertise with Mastrex’s LPBF technology, the companies aim to deliver optimized parameters, repeatable print performance, and technical data that help manufacturers reduce material-adoption time and confidently move to production.
Continuum Powders Appoints Winthrop Sheldon as Chief Revenue Officer
Sheldon will oversee global sales, marketing, business development, and strategic partnerships as Continuum expands its leadership in sustainable metal powders, specialty alloy development, & circular manufacturing.
Continuum Powders Launches Custom Foundry Runtime to Accelerate Specialty Alloy Development and Small-Batch Metal Production
New service model provides secure, flexible access to Continuum’s advanced plasma-gas atomization platform for specialty alloys, precious metals, and development-scale production runs.
Technical Resources
Access datasheets, white papers, application guides, eBooks, and other technical resources designed to support material evaluation, powder qualification, and advanced manufacturing decision-making.
Our resource library helps engineers, manufacturing leaders, and materials teams better understand powder performance, process compatibility, and evolving industry best practices.
Strengthening Supply Chains for Defense and Critical Manufacturing
Continuum Powders is strengthening domestic material supply for defense and critical manufacturing through U.S.-based processing, material traceability, and circular material recovery.
Circular Manufacturing for Metal Additive Manufacturing
Explore how circular manufacturing is moving from concept to performance. This playbook examines reclaimed feedstock, melt-to-powder processing, and independent benchmarking that shows how reclaimed superalloy powder can support demanding AM applications.
Report Highlights the Performance of M247LC Powder for Metal Binder Jetting
Report highlights Continuum Powders’ reclaimed M247LC powder, produced through the Greyhound Melt-to-Powder process, demonstrates strong flowability, spreadability, and consistency for metal binder jet AM applications.
Metal Powder Fundamentals
An educational series examining the material properties, testing methods, and process variables that metal powder performance.
Powder Reuse in Additive Manufacturing: What Changes, What Doesn’t, and What to Monitor
Metal powder reuse can reduce material loss and improve AM economics, but there is no universal reuse limit. Explore what can change, what should be monitored, and when reclamation or reprocessing becomes the better path.
Directed Energy Deposition Powders: What Makes the Feedstock Different?
DED places unique demands on metal powder. Learn how particle size distribution, morphology, feeding behavior, chemistry, and powder delivery influence stable deposition and repeatable DED performance.
Binder Jetting Powders: What Makes a Powder Printable and Sinterable
Binder jetting requires powders engineered for more than printability. Learn how PSD, packing density, spreadability, morphology, and sintering behavior influence dimensional accuracy, density, and repeatable production outcomes.