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A bed of metal powder lifting and resolving into finished components — a lattice cube, turbine impellers, a gear ring, a copper cold plate, a watch movement and a machined bracket.

VARION

PRECISION ENGINEERING — ADAPTIVE BY DESIGN.
25–50 μmRESOLUTION
±0.3%ACCURACY
99.5%DENSITY
0.1 mmWALL
WE MAKE WHAT CANNOT BE MADE.

Varion transforms intricate engineering concepts into production-ready components — lighter, stronger, and more efficient than conventional manufacturing allows.

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VISION

A manufacturing capability where geometric complexity carries no penalty — where the best design wins, not the most manufacturable one.

MISSION

To compress the distance between an engineering concept and a qualified production part, so our customers ship next-generation products before their competitors finish tooling.

WATCHMAKING & HOROLOGY
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WATCHMAKING & HOROLOGY

Movement architecture and micro gear trains

TOLERANCE ±0.3% · 25 μm FEATURES · HARDENED STEEL
AEROSPACE & SPACE
02

AEROSPACE & SPACE

Flow-critical components, lightweight structures

Ti-6Al-4V · LATTICE STRUCTURES · 99.5% DENSITY
MEDICAL & SURGICAL
03

MEDICAL & SURGICAL

Biocompatible, sterilisable, implant-grade

BIOCOMPATIBLE · STERILISABLE · Co-Cr / TITANIUM
SEMICONDUCTOR & ELECTRONICS
04

SEMICONDUCTOR & ELECTRONICS

Thermal management and lattice structures

0.1 mm CHANNELS · CONFORMAL COOLING · Cu / W ALLOYS
ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION
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ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION

Micro-mechatronics and precision motion

MICRO GEAR PROFILES · Ra 1 μm · INTEGRATED ASSEMBLIES
A turbine impeller rotating as its blades separate outward from the hub.

NOT A PROTOTYPE.

A PRODUCTION PART.

FROM CONCEPT TO SERIAL.

Every part is built on qualified process parameters, inspected against the drawing, and documented — so the first article and the ten-thousandth come off the same file.

MANUFACTURING
ENVELOPE

ENVELOPE
BUILD VOLUME200 × 205 × 140 mm
MAX SINGLE PART195 × 195 × 135 mm
FEATURE RESOLUTION25 – 50 μm
LAYER THICKNESS10 – 100 μm
MIN WALL THICKNESS0.1 – 0.3 mm
MIN CHANNEL Ø0.1 – 0.3 mm
DIMENSIONAL ACCURACY±0.3 – 0.5 %
SURFACE FINISHRa 1 – 5 μm
MATERIAL DENSITYup to 99.5 %

MATERIALS

  • Stainless steels
  • Tool steels
  • Titanium alloys
  • Cobalt-chromium
  • Nickel superalloys
  • Copper and tungsten alloys
  • Technical ceramics
QUALITY & STANDARDS
DIMENSIONAL INSPECTIONCMM and optical metrology on every production batch
MATERIAL TRACEABILITYFull lot traceability from powder to finished part
DENSITY VERIFICATIONArchimedes and cross-sectional analysis
SURFACE VALIDATIONProfilometry against specified Ra
MECHANICAL TESTINGTensile, hardness and fatigue coupons per build
DOCUMENTATIONCertificates of conformance with every shipment

Components destined for medical, aerospace and defence applications are manufactured under controlled process parameters with build-level records retained for the life of the programme.

TOLERANCED TO ±0.3%.THEN WE POST-PROCESS TO TIGHTER.

Ø 52.00±0.3%
INNOVATION & R&D
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Design optimisation

We re-engineer parts for the process rather than reproducing drawings — consolidating assemblies, removing mass, and placing material only where load demands it.

02

Process development

New material and parameter sets are qualified in-house, so customers are not limited to a fixed catalogue of what we already run.

03

Applied research

We work alongside engineering teams on components that have no established manufacturing route, from feasibility through to a repeatable process.

PROCESS
  1. 01CONCEPT
  2. 02DESIGN OPTIMISATION
  3. 03PROTOTYPE
  4. 04VALIDATION
  5. 05SERIAL PRODUCTION
WHY VARION
01

DESIGN FREEDOM

Geometry that conventional processes cannot reach — internal channels, lattice structures, and assemblies consolidated into a single part.

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SPEED TO PRODUCTION

No tooling between prototype and serial output. The same qualified file scales from one part to a production run.

03

MATERIAL BREADTH

Steels, titanium, cobalt-chromium, nickel superalloys, copper and tungsten, and technical ceramics — selected to the load case.

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MISSION-CRITICAL QUALITY

Dimensional inspection, density verification and full build documentation supplied with every order.

FAQ

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