VBN Components

VBN Components pushes back material boundaries and launches the world’s toughest stainless steel

June 8, 2017

Did we say it’s 3D-printed? In addition, very high material yield – typically >98% – combined with superior performance and longer product lifetime significantly reduces environmental impact! Download the press release as PDF: 170608 VBN Components launches the toughest stainless metal in the world

VBN Components tänjer gränsen och lanserar det tuffaste rostfria stålet i världen

June 8, 2017

– och förresten, det är 3D-printat Mikrostrukturen hos Vibenite®350 innehåller 20% krom, en hög halt av hårda karbider och är samtidigt helt fritt från kobolt. Tillverkningsprocessen resulterar i en slitstyrka som passar en mängd olika tillämpningar, exempelvis verktyg för tillverkning av plast, pumpar och pumphus, kullager och ventilsätesringar, såväl som slitdelar där korrosion är […]

VBN Presentation at VDI Wissenforum

April 23, 2017

VBN Components has been invited to present our technology for Additive Manufacture of High Strength Wear Resistant Materials at the VDI Conference of Transmissions in Commercial Vehicles. Please read more here: https://www.vdi-wissensforum.de/en/event/getriebe-in-nutzfahrzeugen/. The event will take place in Bonn, Germany, 5-6 July, 2017 and is held under the umbrella of the International VDI Transmission Congress. […]

Vibenite® 280 in petroleum industry tests

April 23, 2017

VBN Components has delivered essential protection details to a large international company. These details are now undergoing tests in petroleum applications. The protection details are made in Vibenite®280 Optimum 70. CEO Martin Nilsson: – This is a very interesting application in the business area of Wear Parts, where we focus on the extremely good properties […]

VBN in the news

April 23, 2017

VBN Components is featured in the news magazine Verkstäderna nr 3-4, 7 April 2017 (article only in Swedish). VBN is presenting some experience from the market, and how so solve typical 3D-printing problems. See pages 6 and 24. Please also visit http://www.verkstaderna.se

VBN Components has received support from EIT Raw Materials for product development to LKAB Wassara

February 13, 2017

European Institute for Innovation and Technology’s Raw Materials (EIT Raw Materials) has funded a project where VBN Components will do product development for LKAB Wassara in water driven rock drilling. VBN Components has a unique 3D-printing technique for manufacturing of wear resistant materials. LKAB Wassara develops and manufactures water driven down-the-hole rock drills with high […]

VBN presents at Swerea KIMAB and Triple Steelix AM-seminar in Kista / Stockholm

February 8, 2017

Swerea KIMAB and Triple Steelix arranges a seminar about Additive Manufacturing (3D-printing) Thursday 9th of February. VBN will present our views and show our capabilities. Link to Swerea, http://www.swerea.se/en. Link to Triple Steelix, http://www.triplesteelix.se/en/home.

VBN at the EPMA booth at Formnext

November 28, 2016

VBN were presented at the EPMA booth at Formnext in Frankfurt 2016-11-15 to 2016-11-18. In the images an High performance lightweigth Vibenite® gear hob is shown. In tests, the hard and heat resistant material performed very well resulting in twice the lifetime and also the possibility for running with double feed in hobbing. The possibility […]

VBN featured in a film from UIC

September 29, 2016

VBN Components AB is one of the successful companies in Uppsala Innovation Centre (UIC), one of the best business incubators in the world. VBN in a film from UIC here.

VBN Components selected as Alumni at Uppsala Innovation Center

September 2, 2016

VBN Components has been selected as Alumni by the Uppsala Innovation Center (UIC) at the “UIC-day” 1st of September. UIC was chosen as no 10 in the world as a Business Incubator and as no 5 in Europe 2015. (Link). Here you can also read the story from UIC (in Swedish) New alumns of UIC […]

VBN rename materials in the portfolio for more logical naming structure

September 1, 2016

VBN rename our existing materials in the portfolio for a more logical naming structure. Vibenite®150 is the new name for what previously was called Vibenite®5. This material is very well suited as a multipurpose material for varying applications. Vibenite®280 is the new name for what previously was called Vibenite®60. This material is very well suited […]

Inauguration of 3D Meetup Center / Invigning av 3D Meetup Center

June 7, 2016

Inauguration of 3D Meetup Center A new venue for 3D-printing and Additive Manufacturing, 3D Meetup Center, was inagurated the 3rd of Juni in central Stockholm. 3D Meetup Center is a venue and showroom for exchange of knowledge through meetings, lectures and educations from leading actors in the 3D-printing business. The 3D Meetup Center are provided […]

VBN in article on Swedish steel for 3D-printed plastic processing components

March 29, 2016

Svenskt stål för 3d-printade formverktyg / Swedish steel for 3D-printed mould The latest issue of Swedish magazine PlastForum features an article on VBN Components. You’ll find it (in Swedish) on page 46, following this link to PlastForum.

VBN presentation at the Swedish AM Day

December 9, 2015

On December 3rd, CTO Dr. Ulrik Beste held a presentation at the annual AM-day in Kista, Stockholm. The topic was the purpose of using and manufacturing in Vibenite® wear resistant materials. He also presented the first public results of the new material Vibenite®5. Examples of cutting tools usage and a glance into tools for aluminium metal die casting […]

VBN Components featured in Swedish financial magazine Veckans Affärer

November 25, 2015

VBN Components featured in Swedish financial magazine Veckans Affärer as one company “redrawing the world”: http://www.va.se/nyheter/2015/11/20/tre-svenska-3d-startups-som-du-maste-ha-koll-pa/