Scrap Labs debuted its Scrap 1 laser powder mattress fusion steel 3D printer on the Rocky Mountain RepRap Competition in Loveland, Colorado on April 18 and 19, 2026, marking the machine’s first public look.
The Scrap 1 is constructed round a 100 x 100 x 100 mm construct quantity and a 200W 915 nm laser. It runs browser-based machine management and works with ScrapSlicer, PrusaSlicer, and OrcaSlicer workflows. The corporate is pitching it as a steel printing platform that doesn’t require enterprise-level capital to amass.
Pricing is the place Scrap Labs is making an attempt to make its case. Kits begin at $9,600, totally assembled early-bird programs are available in at $12,990, and commonplace assembled pricing is listed at $17,990. That’s a fraction of what most industrial steel additive programs price.
“RMRRF was the suitable place to indicate Scrap 1 as a result of the individuals there perceive why entry issues,” mentioned Matt Woods, founder and CEO of Scrap Labs. “We’re constructing this for the individuals who need steel printing in their very own outlets, labs, and small manufacturing areas while not having a six-figure machine to get began.”
Attendees at RMRRF, one of many extra hands-on additive manufacturing occasions within the nation, might ask questions and communicate straight with the Scrap Labs crew. The corporate’s now accepting reservations because it continues growth and early-access planning for the platform.
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