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High-Strength Aluminum 3D Printing Powder at ¥300/kg! Deep Material AI Empowers Material R&D, Launches 7 New Materials

September 14, 2025 Materials nanjixiong 14

Chinese companies have emerged that use AI to rapidly develop metal 3D printing powder materials, with a recent investment of tens of millions of yuan, poised to reshape China's metal material innovation paradigm.

On September 10, 2025, AI-driven metal new material R&D company Deep Material held a new product launch event at TCT Shenzhen. The company not only officially launched multiple metal 3D printing powder materials with independent intellectual property rights but also formally introduced its hardware-software integrated material intelligence agent (DM Agent). This landmark release signifies that Deep Material is comprehensively redefining the material R&D paradigm through artificial intelligence, providing robust technological support for additive manufacturing and empowering "Intelligent Manufacturing in China" to reach new heights.

Polar Bear Guide: Domestic companies leveraging AI for rapid development of metal 3D printing powder materials have emerged, with recent investments reaching tens of millions of yuan. This advancement is set to transform the innovation paradigm of metal materials in China.

On September 10, 2025, Deep Material, an AI-powered metal new materials R&D company, hosted a new product launch at TCT Shenzhen. The event featured the debut of multiple independently developed metal 3D printing powder materials and the official release of DM Agent—an integrated hardware-software material intelligence system. This landmark launch demonstrates how Deep Material is fundamentally reshaping material R&D paradigms with AI, delivering solid technological support for additive manufacturing and advancing “Intelligent Manufacturing in China” to a new level.

"Material innovation has always driven the progress of human civilization, but traditional metal material R&D often takes years or even decades and is fraught with uncertainty," said Wang Xuanze, Founder and CEO of Deep Material, during the event. At its inception in 2021, the company faced industry challenges such as high costs, scarcity of metal material data, and low standardization. To address these issues, Deep Material focused on breakthroughs in foundational technologies, independently developing high-throughput experimental equipment, building an intelligent laboratory system, and defining data standards. These efforts ultimately reduced R&D costs by one to two orders of magnitude.

Seven Major Material Matrices: Performance Exceeds Aviation Standards
Deep Material launched a range of metal 3D printing powder materials covering four major systems: high-strength aluminum alloys, medium-strength aluminum alloys, high-temperature alloys, and tool steels. These materials deliver exceptional performance, providing solid support for industrial applications.

High-Strength Aluminum Alloys
Two high-strength aluminum alloys represent breakthroughs in the aerospace sector. The CA224H resolves the cracking issue traditionally associated with 2-series aluminum alloy printing. After heat treatment, it achieves a tensile strength of 550 MPa, an elongation of 14%, and a fatigue performance of 210 MPa*10^7, far exceeding the aviation standard requirement of 170 MPa. It also enables stable printing of large components without cracking. The regular price is USD 55/kg, with an introductory offer of USD 41/kg for the year.

The CA750H addresses the cracking problem in traditional 7-series aluminum alloy printing. After heat treatment, it achieves a tensile strength of 575 MPa, an elongation of 11%, and a fatigue strength of 260 MPa*10^7, meeting the world's highest aviation standards. It supports both natural and black anodizing treatments. The regular price is USD 62/kg, with a special offer of USD 48/kg for the year.

Medium-Strength Aluminum Alloys
The medium-strength aluminum alloy series for the 3C electronics industry includes three products: CA613M, CA661M, and CA663M. These resolve the cracking issue in traditional 6-series aluminum alloy printing. After heat treatment, they achieve a tensile strength of 450 MPa, an elongation of at least 11%, and excellent anodizing effects. Their room-temperature thermal conductivity reaches 217 W/(m·K). The regular price is USD 48/kg, with a special offer of USD 38/kg for the year, providing new options for manufacturing consumer electronics外观parts.

Nickel-Based High-Temperature Alloys
The high-temperature alloy K438 is an optimized version of the mature K438 grade, addressing long-standing industry challenges such as large-part printing and post-processing cracking. Its material composition fully complies with industry standards, significantly shortening the validation cycle for end customers. Notably, its price does not exceed USD 124/kg.

Tool Steels
The two tool steels, CF30H1 and CF30H2, excel in strength-toughness, tempering stability, thermal crack resistance, and thermal conductivity. Their thermal conductivity and hardness significantly outperform traditional printed mold materials, ensuring a longer service life for applications such as integrated die-casting. Their price does not exceed USD 25/kg.

All materials come with complete third-party test reports. Orders exceeding one ton qualify for customized process adjustment services to ensure stable mass production on mainstream equipment.

DM Agent: Ushering in the Era of Automated Material R&D
Another highlight of the launch was Deep Material's independently developed material intelligence agent, DM Agent. This integrated hardware-software solution offers full-process capabilities, including literature analysis, composition optimization, process optimization, experimental analysis, and iterative comparison, achieving an intelligent closed loop in material R&D.

The system combines large-scale models with specialized small models, leveraging the "brain" function of large models and the expertise of specialized models in composition and process parameter optimization. Equipped with high-throughput 3D printers and tensile testing machines, the unmanned laboratory operates 24/7, with a single furnace capable of conducting parallel experiments on hundreds of material compositions.

Currently, DM Agent is available only to strategic partners. However, purchasers of Deep Material's high-throughput laboratory system can gain trial access for the year.

Restructuring the Industry Ecosystem: From Material Breakthroughs to Application Expansion
Wang Xuanze noted that the intensifying competition in the 3D printing industry stems from its limited scale, and material innovation is key to expanding application boundaries. Deep Material has overcome R&D bottlenecks through AI technology and is already developing ultra-high-strength titanium alloys at the 1600 MPa level, high-entropy alloys, and other material systems. Plans are underway to launch more new products at next year's TCT Shanghai exhibition.

Dr. Kong Hui, R&D Director, stated that the company has established a tripartite data collection system encompassing "literature data, experimental data, and simulation/computational data." Using self-developed large language model data extraction software, the system accurately captures expert knowledge from literature. The high-throughput laboratory collects experimental data across hundreds of dimensions throughout the material preparation, processing, post-processing, and testing processes. Combined with computational and simulation data, this accelerates model convergence, forming the core data assets for AI-driven R&D.

Deep Material's high-throughput laboratory has achieved sample standardization, process automation, and data normalization. Its 1000-series mechanical property testing platform has been upgraded to version 2.0, enabling fully unmanned performance testing. This system not only accelerates internal R&D but also helps leading universities and research institutions worldwide build material innovation capabilities, collectively enhancing the metal material database for additive manufacturing.

Strategic Partnerships: Building a New Foundation for Industrial Intelligent Development
At the event, Deep Material established strategic partnerships with four industry leaders: Sichuan Vanadium & Titanium Industry Investment Development Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Kangrui New Material Technology Co., Ltd., Dalian Yaming Auto Parts Co., Ltd., and Hefei Kejing Material Technology Co., Ltd.

This partnership signifies not only a deep convergence of cutting-edge technology and traditional industry, but also a critical exploration of next-generation industrial development models. Deep Material will collaborate with its partners to accelerate the widespread adoption of "AI + new materials" technology across diverse industrial applications, jointly advancing the intelligent transformation of China's manufacturing sector and ushering in a new chapter for "Intelligent Manufacturing in China."

About Deep Material
Deep Material is a leading provider of AI-driven advanced material solutions, integrating cutting-edge technologies such as materials computing, materials informatics, machine learning, and deep neural networks to build an intelligent R&D system that pushes the boundaries of R&D efficiency for high-end metal materials. Leveraging its self-developed high-throughput R&D systems and intelligent computing engines, Deep Material is committed to delivering:

High-throughput R&D equipment

3D printing metal powder materials

Customized R&D solutions for high-performance metal materials

By reshaping R&D processes through data-driven approaches and accelerating material discovery with AI, Deep Material is driving materials science into an intelligent era.