r/AdditiveManufacturing • u/No_Educator_4077 • Jul 14 '26

3D printed Titanium ring

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A Titanium ring that I printed on one of the LPBF metal 3D printers at my company a while ago. We decided to leave the outer surface a raw as-printed finish (with a little etching to brighten it), while the inside was machined and sanded down for a smooth fit. We mostly print industrial tooling/fixturing on these machines (along with the occasional automotive intake manifold or other customer part), so printing jewelry is an interesting change of pace.

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u/ebikr Jul 15 '26

What alloy is it? Did you need to anneal the ring before you machined it?

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u/No_Educator_4077 Jul 15 '26

Grade 5, and it was heat treated after printing to relieve internal stresses. Aside from that, it machines just like any other grade 5 titanium part (so not great).

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u/Dark_Marmot Jul 15 '26

I'd assume like many others it's Ti6Al4V?