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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.
Additive Manufacturing Isn’t Failing—It’s Finally Finding Its Fit
Additive manufacturing is moving beyond early hype and toward a more practical phase of adoption. Learn how engineers are rethinking materials, risk, feedstock, and supply chains to identify where additive delivers the most value, and where it does not.
What Powder Percentiles Really Tell You
What D10, D50, and D90 actually mean for your AM builds and how to read a powder spec sheet to avoid qualification failures.
The True Cost of M247: Chemistry, Critical Minerals, and Supply Chain Realities
M247 commands a premium for a reason: refractory-heavy chemistry, critical minerals, demanding melt/atomization, and fragile global supply chains. This article breaks down what’s inside the alloy—and how to derisk supply chains.
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 HP AM Solutions Collaborate to Qualify M247 for Metal Binder Jetting
Continuum Powders and HP Additive Manufacturing Solutions partner to qualify M247, a low-carbon nickel superalloy engineered for high performance and sustainability—advancing binder jet AM for aerospace, energy, & defense applications.
Continuum Introduces High-Performance Cobalt-Chromium (CoCr) F75 Powder for Advanced Manufacturing Platforms
High-performance Cobalt-Chromium (CoCr) F75 powder from Continuum Powders—gas-atomized via M2P for superior flow, low O₂, and consistency across LPBF, MBJ, DED, MIM, and EBM; ideal for aerospace, industrial, and medical applications.
Continuum Powders Scales Access to Mar-M247 Ni Superalloy for Binder Jetting, Advanced Manufacturing Applications
Continuum Powders launches the commercial availability of OptiPowder M247, the first binder-jet-ready M247 superalloy powder, delivering casting-level performance, speed, and sustainability.
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.
Unlocking Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing Solutions – ebook
Discover how innovative Melt-to-Powder technology enables ASTM-grade metal powders, lower costs, and a stronger, circular supply chain
Reaching for “Green” with Reclaimed Metals – ebook
A mobile, single-step plasma atomization platform transforming industrial scrap into ASTM-spec metal powders—unlocking scalable, sustainable production for advanced manufacturing applications.
Metal Powder Fundamentals
An educational series examining the material properties, testing methods, and process variables that metal powder performance.
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