Scrap Labs, a Colorado-based additive manufacturing startup, unveiled the Scrap 1 — a compact laser powder-bed fusion metal 3D printer — at the Rocky Mountain RepRap Festival in Loveland, Colorado, which took place from April 18–19, 2026. The company is hoping to bring industrial-level metal additive manufacturing into the hands of individual builders, small manufacturers, research labs, and schools that have traditionally been priced out of the technology.
Metal 3D printing is one of the most compelling manufacturing technologies available today. It can produce fully functional parts with complex internal geometries, intricate lattice structures, and near-full material density that would be impossible or prohibitively expensive to machine by conventional means.
