AltForm Unveils ZENIT Modular

AltForm, the Italian manufacturer of metal additive manufacturing and advanced laser systems and part of the Sodick Group, will present the world premiere of ZENIT Modular at Formnext 2026. The new DED cell family is designed for aerospace, defense and energy manufacturers who need to process reactive materials on large components and add capacity without replacing the system they already own.

One year after its debut as AltForm at Formnext 2025, the company returns to Frankfurt with its broadest DED platform to date and a PBF lineup that covers every stage of adoption, from first parts to multi-machine production.

ZENIT Modular: one architecture, three sizes
ZENIT Modular is built from modules that can be combined to match the size of the parts being produced:
ZENIT L: 2 x 2 m work area, one robot
ZENIT XL: 4 x 2 m work area, two robots
ZENIT XXL: 4 x 4 m work area, four robots, working together on a single large component or independently on up to four parts

Modules can be added after purchase. Manufacturers can start at the size they need today and expand the work area and robot count as their parts and volumes grow.

Every ZENIT Modular cell includes an inert chamber as standard. Deposition takes place under controlled atmosphere, which enables processing of titanium and aluminum alloys, the reactive materials that aerospace and defense production depends on. Robots are ceiling-mounted as standard, with floor-mounted robots available when the part requires it, and a rotary-tilt table can be integrated in either configuration.

The cell is available in single-process and multi-process configurations, covering powder DED, wire DED and WAAM, and runs on a Siemens SINUMERIK ONE CNC. ZENIT Modular is already on the market: the first cells have been sold to leading players in the aerospace and defense sector.

Two PBF systems, one software layer
Two Laser Powder Bed Fusion systems will complete the booth:
Print Sharp 200, the entry-level single-laser system with a Ø 200 x 200 mm build volume and an open-parameter configuration, for companies adopting metal additive manufacturing, small-batch production and material qualification.

Print Brilliance 400, the most advanced system in the AltForm lineup. Four lasers work together on a 420 x 420 x 450 mm build volume, on a platform designed for multi-machine production environments and ready for automation.

Both systems run on the same AltForm HMI, with an integrated AI assistant, real-time process monitoring, remote access from mobile devices, fleet management and blockchain-certified traceability of parts and build files.

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