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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.
Supply Chain Resilience Is Becoming a Material Requirement in Additive Manufacturing
Advanced manufacturing programs increasingly depend on stable, repeatable access to high-performance metal powders, making material availability, feedstock flexibility, and supply continuity critical to long-term production success
Rice University Study Highlights the Performance of M247LC Powder for Binder Jetting
A Rice University study found that Continuum Powders’ reclaimed M247LC powder, produced through the Greyhound Melt-to-Powder process, demonstrated strong flowability, spreadability, and consistency for binder jet additive manufacturing applications.
Continuum Powders Employee Spotlight: Jamie Dolpies
Meet Jamie Dolpies, Continuum Powders’ new Senior Sales Director, and learn how her background in advanced manufacturing, business development, and customer partnerships will help support growth across key metal powder markets.
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 Unveils Next-Generation Direct Powder Feeder to Dramatically Reduce Material Waste in Advanced Manufacturing
Continuum unveils next-gen Direct Powder Feeder, enabling unused AM powder to be reclaimed+fed directly back into atomization no intermediate consolidation. Result: dramatically reduced waste, faster processing, & preserved material integrity.
Continuum Powders and INDO-MIM Inc Achieve Qualification of Ni718 for Binder Jet Production
Testing delivered >98% theoretical density, 74–79 HR15N hardness, & controlled carbon (0.013–0.014%). The milestone advances U.S. binder-jet capability for high-value components using domestically produced, lower-impact powders.
AmPd Labs and Continuum Powders Achieve Binder Jet Breakthrough with Nickel M247 Superalloy
AmPd Labs and Continuum Powders have qualified OptiPowder M247—a nickel superalloy, traditionally limited to casting—for metal binder jetting, on Desktop Metal Systems for end-use products. Read to explore partnership.
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.
Precision Powders for Advanced Suppressor Manufacturing
Discover how aerospace & defense manufacturers are using certified recycled metal powders to reduce emissions, lower costs, and stabilize supply chains—without compromising quality or performance. Download the eBook to learn more.
Recycled Metal in Aerospace: Proven Practice – Evolving Potential
Discover how aerospace & defense manufacturers are using certified recycled metal powders to reduce emissions, lower costs, and stabilize supply chains—without compromising quality or performance. Download the eBook to learn more.
The Continuum Consolidator: Turn Powder Waste Into Performance
Unlock up to 70% more value from off-spec metal powders with the Continuum Consolidator. Reduce waste, lower costs, and boost sustainability through circular manufacturing.
Metal Powder Fundamentals
An educational series examining the material properties, testing methods, and process variables that metal powder performance.
Powder Morphology Explained: Why Shape and Surface Matter in Additive Manufacturing
Particle size isn’t the whole story. Learn how powder morphology—shape, surface texture, satellites, and agglomerates—impacts flowability, layer quality, energy interaction, and repeatability in LPBF, binder jetting, and DED.
Size Matters: Choosing the Right PSD for Your Advanced Manufacturing Applications
Learn what particle size distribution means for metal powders in AM Understand measurement methods, narrow vs. broad tradeoffs, and how to choose PSD for LPBF, binder jetting, and DED.