AM3L uses metal additive manufacturing and surface engineering to create custom 3D‑architected metamaterials with precisely controlled porosity, mechanical stiffness, and integrated thermal pathways. These lightweight, recyclable components can incorporate catalytic, antiviral or hydrophobic functions, delivering higher performance for industrial filtration, thermal management and low‑carbon energy applications.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Traditional manufacturing of complex, lightweight components often requires multiple processes, high material waste, and limited ability to integrate multiple functional properties such as controlled porosity, heat exchange, or surface activity. This hampers performance and sustainability in sectors like industrial filtration, thermal management, and low‑carbon energy systems.
Solution
AM3L leverages metal additive manufacturing combined with advanced surface engineering to produce fully custom 3D‑architected metamaterials. By designing multi‑scale lattice geometries, the company can precisely control porosity, mechanical stiffness, and thermal pathways within a single part. Functional surface treatments add antagonistic properties such as catalytic, antiviral, or hydrophobic behavior without additional components. The end‑to‑end production chain ensures traceability from raw material to finished piece, enabling rapid prototyping and low‑volume production while using recyclable or abundant feedstocks. These integrated solutions can be directly incorporated into existing industrial equipment, delivering higher performance with reduced material waste.
Target Audience
Primary customers are manufacturers and system integrators in industrial filtration, thermal management, and low‑carbon energy sectors—including nuclear, transport, defense, hydrogen processing, and agro‑food industries—seeking custom, high‑performance components.
Features
- Metal 3D printing of complex lattice structures with controllable multi‑scale porosity
- Integrated surface functionalization (e.g., catalytic, antiviral, hydrophobic) applied during manufacturing
- Built‑in heat‑exchange channels and shock‑absorbing lattices for thermal and mechanical performance
- Full traceability and quality control from raw material to final part via layer‑by‑layer monitoring
- Eco‑design workflow including life‑cycle analysis and use of recyclable or abundant materials
- Rapid design‑to‑production cycle enabled by agile additive manufacturing processes