Products: LPBF ALBA 300 and ALBA 500 metal 3D printers

01 Comparative

ALBA 300 and ALBA 500.

Both machines run the same software, the same electronics, and the same processing technology. Switching from one to the other doesn't require you to retrain your workflow.

ALBA 300

The benchmark in its category

Compact enough for use in a shop floor, laboratory, or office. It fits through a standard doorway, operates on single-phase household current, and consumes about the same amount of energy as an electric iron.

Laser power: 300 W
Wavelength: 1080 nm
Print volume: Ø200 × 250 mm
Layer thickness: 20–100 µm

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Spot diameter: ≈ 75 µm *
Scan speed: 2 m/s
Filtration unit: Simple
Shielding gas: Argon or nitrogen
Oxygen in chamber: < 1000 ppm
Power supply: 230 V · 50–60 Hz · 2.7 kW
Dimensions: 730 × 1550 × 1850 mm
Equipment weight: 800 kg
Certifications: CE and ATEX

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ALBA 500

Unlimited production

Larger prints, more power, and significantly more prints per build plate. The dual filtration with bypass allows you to change the filter without stopping the print, which in long builds is the difference between finishing them and losing them.

Laser power: 500 W
Wavelength: 1080 nm
Print volume: 250 × 250 × 300 mm
Layer thickness: 20–100 µm

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Spot diameter: ≈ 75 µm *
Scan speed: 2 m/s
Filtration unit: Double, continuous: the filter is changed without stopping printing
Shielding gas: Argon or nitrogen
Oxygen in chamber: < 500 ppm
Power supply: 230 V · 50–60 Hz · 2.7 kW
Dimensions: 745 × 1950 × 1940 mm
Equipment weight: 800 kg
Certifications: CE and ATEX

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SamyFlex

Reduced volume

This module is installed inside the chamber and replaces the working area with a smaller one. It allows for testing materials and parameterization using a fraction of the powder, and for starting up without immobilizing the entire load.

Compatible with: ALBA 500
Work area: Circular, from 80 to 150 mm in diameter

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Samylabs Garbi

Closed-circuit screening

Closed-circuit ultrasonic metal powder sieving machine, ATEX certified, with an interior that can be inerted with argon or nitrogen. Powder is recovered without the operator inhaling any of it.

Sieving throughput: 5.6 kg per minute
Dimensions: 632 × 1588 × 570 mm
Equipment weight: 220 kg
Power supply: 230 V 50–60 Hz 0.25 kW

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Gas: Argon or nitrogen
Gas flow rate: 10 l/min
Oxygen in chamber: < 1000 ppm

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Compact metal powder vacuum cleaner, ATEX certified, with collection tank

Compact vacuum cleaner

Laboratory and workshop

A shop floor vacuum cleaner will not do: with fine metal powder the vacuum itself becomes the hazard. We do not manufacture this one, we distribute it. It is ATEX certified and valid for reactive powders. It can be ordered with a cyclone separator and external tank, which is not standard and is what stretches the interval between emptyings.

For: Fine metal powder
Use: Chamber and surroundings cleaning
Airflow: 180 m³/h
Tank: External with cyclone, optional

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Certification: ATEX

Industrial metal powder vacuum cleaner on a trolley, ATEX certified, with integrated tank

Industrial vacuum cleaner

Continuous production

The same job as the compact one but with twice the airflow and with the tank integrated, on a trolley. It is the right one when the machine does not stop: more autonomy between emptyings and less operator time around the powder. Also ATEX certified.

For: Fine metal powder
Use: Chamber and surroundings cleaning, continuous use
Airflow: 360 m³/h
Tank: Integrated, on a trolley

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Certification: ATEX

SamyLifter

Tank elevator

Lift for handling the tank and platform without manual lifting. It's the accessory that makes changing jobs a one-person operation.

For: Manipulation of the plates and build jobs
Load capacity: 150 kg · standard, customisable
Height: 1520 mm · standard, customisable
Dimensions: 920 × 605 × 2305 mm

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Weight: 80 kg
Battery: 24 V · 20 Ah

A316LStainless steel

C300Tool steel

IN718Ni718

AlSi10MgAluminium

Ti6Al4VTitanium

CoCrCobalt chromium

Open parameterization means you're not tied to a single powder supplier. You can develop and save your own material parameter sets and take them with you.

02 Inside the build chamber

What a real building looks like.

Photos from an ALBA build chamber during and after build. No rendering or retouching.

Newly fabricated topologically optimized support on the build platform, with its sacrificial supports still in place — The part is newly finished, still anchored to the platform and with the supports in place. Removing them is manual work.

Turbine impellers printed in metal on the platform, manipulated with gloves integrated into the build chamber — The integrated gloves allow manipulation inside without opening the chamber or losing the inert atmosphere.

Operator looking through the machine window at a build plate of metal-printed turbine impellers — The filter window allows you to see the build plate without being exposed to the beam. The machine is Class 1 on the outside.

View through the window of a machine part under build on a bed of powder. — The work plane does not move: what moves down is the platform, and the workpiece with it.

03 The room

What should the room where the machine will go be like?

It's the most common question when someone is considering buying, and the one least often answered in catalogs. The ALBA fits through a standard door and works with a regular outlet, but the surrounding room does have specific requirements, and these are cheaper to plan before the renovation rather than afterward.

This is what we reviewed with you. We don't need a clean room or a new building: we just need these eight things sorted out.

Argon: bottle or connection

The chamber is inerted with argon. You can work with cylinders or with a supply from an external tank, depending on the print volume. What you need to plan for is where the cylinders will be placed, how they can be changed without having to move halfway across the floor, and that the line must be gas, not reused compressed air.

Oxygen sensors in the room

This is not optional and it's the most often forgotten element. Argon is heavier than air, odorless, and gives no warning: it displaces oxygen at floor level without anyone noticing. Fixed O₂ detection, with the probe at a low angle and an audible alarm, is necessary in the room and in any pit or cavity where it could accumulate.

Ventilation and forced extraction

Air renewal in the room and localized extraction where powder is handled: when opening the chamber, when dusting, and when sieving. The extraction system must be compatible with metal powder; a standard shop floor hood will not suffice.

Temperature and humidity controlled

Metal powder absorbs moisture, and damp powder prints poorly and clumps. Stable climate control and humidity control are essential in the room, especially where the powder is stored. This is the difference between reusing a batch five times or throwing it away.

Anti-static flooring and sweep-free cleaning

Conductive or antistatic flooring, and smooth, cleanable surfaces. No brooms or compressed air: stirring up metal dust is exactly what you want to avoid. Clean with certified vacuum cleaners and a damp cloth.

Certified suction and PPE

A vacuum cleaner designed for metal powder—both of the ones we supply are ATEX; you choose by airflow—and personal protective equipment for the user: mask, gloves, and clothing. Both are in the ecosystem below.

Separate screening area

Sieving and transferring are the moments when the most powder is released into the air. These processes should take place in a separate or isolated area, with its own extraction system, and not in the middle of the flow.

LED or indirect lighting

It seems like a minor detail, but it's not: in direct, harsh light, the powder on the bed is dazzling, obscuring the true condition of the coating. Diffused or indirect LED lighting is sufficient for working inside the build chamber while wearing gloves.

How it looks

What goes around it, and the same machine already in the plant.

SAMYLABS ATEX room with a complete LPBF installation around the ALBA 500 metal 3D printer: Garbi screener, compact vacuum cleaner with cyclone separator, SamyLifter elevator, duct extraction and closed SamyPowder powder containers on shelving, under ATEX protected area signage — Everything that accompanies the machine when the material is reactive: screening, cyclone aspiration, plate handling, powder storage, and extraction. This is all the equipment that must be considered before receiving it.

ALBA 500 metal 3D printer installed and operational in a shop floor — The same machine is already in place. It enters through a standard door and operates without any prior construction work.

We do it with you.

We didn't give you the list and we wish you luck.

Preparing the room is part of the purchase, not a problem that starts when the truck arrives. We'll review the floor plan with you, tell you what's needed and what isn't in your specific case, and give you the best order to do it.

And where a third party is needed—for example, for facility certification, zoning, or atmospheric testing—we work with companies that have already done this for facilities like yours and we put you in touch with them. We don't charge for introductions.

04 Ecosystem

A machine is not an installation.

Personal protective equipment

Mask, gloves, and appropriate clothing for handling fine metal powder. It's the first thing people forget and the first thing an inspector checks.

Certified industrial vacuum

A shop floor vacuum cleaner won't do: with reactive metal powder, the vacuum cleaner itself becomes the hazard. You need one designed specifically for that material.

Samylabs Garbi Screening Machine

Ultrasonic screening with ATEX certification and an inertizable interior, for recovering and reusing powder from each build. See the full data sheet.

Shot blasting station

To remove adhered powder and provide the initial surface finish before machining anything with tolerance.

And what we don't sell

Heat treatment for stress relief, platform separation by electro-erosion or sawing, and metrology. We mention this because it's part of the actual installation budget and should be included beforehand, not afterward.

05 AdditiveDelivery · for those who buy

Your machine can start giving back money in the first week.

An ALBA machine isn't working 100% of the time. Nobody is. Those downtime hours are the most expensive part of any piece of equipment, and until now there was no way to make them profitable.

When you buy a machine, you can join AdditiveDelivery, our on-demand manufacturing network. We deliver the analyzed, targeted, and pre-set work; you decide if you have the capacity. You invoice Samylabs, you don't chase after any clients, and you don't compete on price with anyone.

You buy a machine. You get a machine and a sales channel.

Register on the network

Qualification with the master part, signed confidentiality agreement and processing terms. From then on you start receiving inquiries.

First month

Accredited shop floor plaque

A metal plaque—printed on an ALBA, of course—that certifies your shop floor as part of the network. Your own customers see it when they come in.

Physics, for the wall

Vinyls for the machine

The machine is identified as qualified network equipment, with its number. The same signage is used everywhere, from Bilbao to Porto.

Branded material

Communication kit

Product photos, text, and templates for your own website and social media, featuring your name and branding. No outsourcing required.

Ready to use

Directory entry

Your shop floor appears on the network's public map, along with its materials, certifications, and location. Customers can see where their part comes from before making a purchase.

Visible from day one

Formation and pattern part

Process training at our headquarters or your plant, and the standard qualification part with its report. This is what guarantees that your ALBA delivers the same results as ours.

Two days

SamyQuote

The cost estimation engine, free and without registration, so that you can also provide quotes to your own clients.

Gratuitous

Priority by score

Good parts, on-time delivery, and quality documentation all contribute to a higher ranking. And that ranking determines who receives inquiries first and at what rate.

It's earned, not bought

How to enter

You say so when you buyOr later, whenever you like. It's not a condition of the purchase and it doesn't change the price of the machine.
You qualify the machineThe master part is printed and measured: density, dimensions, and finish. It's the same quality control we perform on ourselves.
You receive the kit and enterNameplate, vinyl decals, communication kit, and directory listing. From there, you'll receive inquiries that match your machine and materials.
You accept what suits you.No exclusivity, no minimums, and no obligation. Your client portfolio remains yours: the network fills the gaps, not your schedule.

How the network works I want to join the network

The network's economic conditions, the machine hourly rate, and the final kit contents are still being finalized and will be agreed upon shop floor by shop floor. What remains unchanged is the rule: no exclusivity and no obligation to accept work.

06 Questions

Before deciding between one and the other.

Which one is better for me, the 300 or the 500?

The ALBA 300 is ideal if your parts fit within its volume and you work in a shop floor, laboratory, or training center: it fits through a door and runs on standard household current. The ALBA 500 is better if you need larger parts or plan for continuous production, as its larger build plate capacity and double filtration with bypass significantly increase productivity. If you're unsure, tell us the largest part you need to produce, and we'll let you know in an email.

What kind of installation do you need?

Less than people expect. The ALBA 300 runs on 230V single-phase domestic current and consumes the equivalent of an electric iron when in operation. It requires a mains connection or an argon or nitrogen cylinder for the inert atmosphere. It measures 730 mm wide, so it fits through a standard doorway, and it's mounted on wheels.

Can I use powder from another supplier?

Yes. The configuration is open: you choose the supplier and you take your own material specifications. We sell powder under the SamyPowder brand because we're asked to, not because we need to.

What about software licenses?

No surprises here: our own software, compiled and encrypted, royalty-free, with unlimited licenses, and it works offline. We don't charge per print or per session.

Does joining the network obligate me to do anything?

No. It's not a condition of purchase, it doesn't change the machine's price, it doesn't bind you exclusively, and you don't have to accept any work. It's a way to monetize downtime, and you can activate and deactivate it whenever you want.

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