FREMONT, CA, Mar 20, 2025 – Velo3D has unveiled its latest offering, Rapid Production Solutions (RPS). Velo3D‘s production cells provide additional manufacturing capacity, allowing rapid scaling without substantial upfront investments. This approach supports the need for scalable and high-quality production parts. The RPS service helps businesses establish U.S.-based robust supply chains for production parts across aerospace, defense, and energy industries.
Making AM More Accessible, Affordable and Scalable
The RPS system was created to meet industry demands for adaptable and efficient production processes. Velo3D provides customers, including OEMs, contract manufacturers, and primes, with a dependable pathway from concept to production. This is supported by their engineering expertise, advanced technology, and Sapphire XC large-format metal 3D printers.
Arun Jeldi, CEO of Velo3D, said, “At Velo3D, we are committed to enabling our customers to scale with confidence. Rapid Production Solutions are designed to accelerate the adoption of additive manufacturing by providing flexible, high-quality solutions that are rapidly tailored to each customer’s unique production needs. This capability seamlessly compliments our success in supplying metal AM hardware systems to today’s leading OEM’s, accelerating AM adoption. By combining our technology, deep expertise, and robust ecosystem, we’re not just meeting industry demand – we’re helping shape the future of manufacturing quickly.”
RPS: Meeting Customer Demands with Innovation and Flexibility
- Accelerating the Path to Production: Velo3D works hand-in-hand with customers to develop application-specific solutions, enabling innovation in production-ready manufacturing. With a focus on aerospace, defense, energy and other industries – companies aims to streamline design cycles and accelerate production qualification..
- Ensuring Consistent, High-Quality Parts: Reliability and consistency are essential for customers seeking to scale production. RPS integrates metrology, software, process control tools, and data-driven solutions to deliver reliable results and speed up product qualification across various industries.
- Flexible Production Supply Chains: Understanding that each customer has unique needs, RPS offers multiple production pathways:
- Vertically integrate AM production within the customer’s own operations.
- Partner with contract manufacturers to expand capacity without substantial capital investment.
- Leverage Velo3D’s production cells for scalable surge capacity, allowing rapid scaling without substantial capital investment.
Success in Action
“Velo3D’s RPS achieved more in four months than we were able to accomplish in the previous four years – building 11 large-format proof-of-concept parts across three materials, moving 2 of 11 parts into the production pipeline, and making substantial progress on IN718 material qualification. This was made possible by Velo3D’s unique combination of in-house expertise, production cells and patented technological capabilities,” said a supply chain executive from a leading aerospace engine manufacturer.
Source: Velo3D, Inc.
About Velo3D
Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Fremont, CA, Velo3D is a leading technology company specializing in fully integrated metal additive manufacturing solutions. The company offers advanced 3D printing systems, including the Sapphire family of printers, Flow pre-print software, and Assure quality assurance software, enabling the production of complex, mission-critical components. Velo3D serves the aerospace, defense, energy, and automotive industries, with clients including SpaceX, Honeywell, and Lam Research. As of January 2025, the company employs approximately 240 people. In the trailing twelve months ending June 30, 2024, Velo3D reported revenues of $46 million.