orthopedics – Industrial-volume implants, powered by e-pbf

From lattice design
to serial production

AIM helps orthopedic OEMs scale additive implant production at industrial volume and at a cost that competes with conventional manufacturing. Primary route or qualified second source, with the quality systems and engineering capability a regulated market requires.

60 000+

Implants delivered in serial production

60 000+

Implants delivered in serial production

ISO 13485

Certified since 2022

ISO 13485

Certified since 2022

ISO 9001

Industrial E-PBF systems in production

ISO 9001

Industrial E-PBF systems in production

WHAT aim brings

Audit-ready from day one. Built to compete on cost

A partner across the implant journey

From lattice and trabecular design through process development to serial production, AIM takes implants from first build to industrial volume.

Supportless lattice and trabecular geometries

E-PBF prints complex porous structures in a single build, without the internal supports laser PBF requires, unlocking implant designs other processes cannot produce efficiently.

Competitive on price, not only on capability

An industrialized E-PBF platform and high-volume experience that can translate into significant cost savings, making additive the commercial choice, not only the technical one.

Risk reduction through dual sourcing

For OEMs already running AM in-house, AIM is a regulatory-grade second source, de-risking capacity, redundancy and supply continuity without the cost of adding internal machines.

Supportless

E-PBF needs far less support than laser PBF, since parts build free-floating in sintered powder. On the Spectra L, Point Melt removes it altogether: even steep overhangs are self-supporting, with a homogeneous surface independent of build angle.

For implants, that is decisive. No supports are trapped inside the lattice and none to grind off the solid, so some parts come off the machine finished. AIM is the first contract manufacturer in Europe to run Point Melt, in qualified ISO 13485 production.

Supportless

EXAMPLE

Support-free spinal implants

Complex spinal cages built entirely without support structures, including the porous lattice surfaces designed for bony ingrowth. Point Melt lets the full geometry build in a single setup, with nothing to remove from inside the lattice.

EXAMPLE

Support-free spinal implants

Pilot to serial in 9 months. Three Arcam systems, ISO 13485. Pilot to serial in 9 months. Three Arcam systems, ISO 13485.

EXAMPLE

Stacked acetabular cups

Acetabular cups nested and stacked up to 500 in a single build, so machine time is shared across hundreds of parts at once. Tight stacking on the Spectra L drives cost per part down without giving up quality.

EXAMPLE

High-volume stems

Implant stems running in serial production at several thousand units per year. Qualified processes across multiple E-PBF systems carry the same part from program launch to sustained high-volume output.