UPM Advanced Solutions Partners with Carpenter Additive for Powder Supply

Additive Manufacturing Powder

To better serve the additive manufacturing community, UPM Advanced Solutions is now the preferred powder distributor for Carpenter Additive. This partnership strengthens Carpenter’s reach by enabling UPM Advanced Solutions to support transactional powder business with expert service and flexible ordering. UPM Advanced Solutions offers fast, reliable delivery—including same-day shipping on in-stock materials—ensuring customers experience shorter lead times and greater convenience. As Carpenter’s trusted distribution partner, UPM Advanced Solutions is committed to helping grow the powder market and making high-performance additive materials more accessible.

UPM Advanced Solutions will be stocking high-quality Carpenter powder that is used for Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF), Direct Energy Deposition (DED), and Electron Beam Melting (EBM). These materials are commonly used in the aerospace, defense, space, medical, and energy industries, as well as other industrial markets. Below is a breakdown of the new powders and some of their key features and benefits:

 

  • Inconel 625: Inconel 625 offers outstanding high temperature strength, great corrosion resistance, and high fatigue and creep rupture strength. This material is commonly used in aerospace, oil & gas, and power generation applications.
  • Inconel 718: Inconel 718 has high temperature strength and fatigue resistance, lending it to a wide range of applications including aerospace, space, defense, oil & gas, and other industries where high temperature and strength are needed.
  • AlSi10Mg: This aluminum alloy powder is known for its lightweight nature, corrosion resistance, thermal conductivity, and high strength-to-weight ratio. It is a versatile material that is used in various industries, particularly aerospace and automotive.
  • Stainless 316: Stainless 316 offers excellent corrosion resistance, strength, ductility, and toughness, as well a great high-temperature performance. In additive manufacturing, this powder is typically used for aerospace and medical applications.
  • Stainless 15-5: This powder poses high strength and hardness, even at elevated temperatures, making it suitable for demanding applications including aerospace, nuclear, and other high energy industries.
  • M300: With high strength, hardness, and wear resistance, tool steel 300 is able to be used in a range of applications, specifically tooling and die casting.
  • Ti-64: This material offers high strength, low density, excellent corrosion resistance, and biocompatibility, making it suitable for medical applications.
  • Grade 23: This titanium grade includes excellent biocompatibility and enhanced mechanical properties, making it a top contender in the medical industry for implants and surgical instruments.
  • Hastelloy HX: This nickel-based powder offers great tensile strength and high temperature performance. Hastelloy HX is used in the aerospace, power generation, and alternative energy industries.  
  • GrCop42: This material displays high thermal conductivity, excellent creep resistance, and the ability to maintain strength at high temperatures, making it suitable for high heat application including space and aerospace.
  • CCM: Due to its excellent mechanical properties, corrosion resistance, and biocompatibility, CCM is commonly used in medical applications and aerospace components.
  • CCM MC: This material offers high strength, corrosion resistance, wear resistance, and biocompatibility. Due to these key features, CCM MC is used in the power generation and medical industries. 

At UPM Advanced Solutions, we are here to be your one-stop shop for additive solutions, with build plates, powder, feedstock, and other consumables, as well as customizable solutions, post print processing, and value chain management. As a global provider, our goal is to achieve same-day responses, next-day shipments, and quick turnarounds, making sure that we have the proper inventory on hand. We are here to help any customer find the powder they are looking for, even if it is not currently stocked and readily available. To learn more about UPM Advanced Solutions powder supply and advanced manufacturing solutions, please click here.


Posted May 08, 2025
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