Armadillo Additive

Industries / Suppressors

Suppressors and firearm components

We are a contract manufacturer for suppressors and firearm components. Laser powder bed fusion lets us print complex internal geometry in one piece, in the metals that handle heat and weight the way this work demands.

Compliance

We hold an FFL and an SOT

Our Federal Firearms License and Special Occupational Tax standing let us manufacture suppressors and firearm components as a licensed shop. That is the trust signal on this side of the business, the same way ISO 13485 and FDA registration anchor our medical work.

FFL heldSOT held

Who we work with

OEMs and licensed manufacturers

We work with OEMs and licensed manufacturers who need parts made to their designs. We handle the manufacturing side: printing, post-processing on our 5-axis CNC, and inspection.

We do not offer legal advice and we do not handle any end-user NFA process. That stays with you and your customers.

Design freedom

One-piece geometry

A suppressor lives or dies on its internal geometry. With LPBF we print baffle stacks and monocore designs as a single piece, with internal features that would be hard or impossible to machine and weld. Fewer joints means fewer places to fail.

That design freedom lets you tune the internals for the performance you are after instead of building around what a mill can reach.

Heat colored titanium suppressor standing upright, muzzle end showing the raw print texture and internal baffle

Printed for Tidal Tactical

Materials

The right metals for the job

We print in 17-4 PH stainless steel and Grade 23 titanium. 17-4 is hard and holds up to sustained heat, which suits high round count use. Titanium brings the weight down when a light can is the goal. Pick the trade-off that fits the platform and we will print it.

Compare materials
Property17-4 PHTi64 G23
Best forHeat and high round countsLight weight builds
Heat toleranceExcellentGood
Relative weightHeavierLighter

Process

How OEMs work with us

A build goes from your design to inspected hardware without leaving our facility. Four steps, all under one roof.

01Design review

Send a model or a drawing. If it needs work to print well, our engineers sort that out before anything hits the machine.

02Print

We print the baffle stack or monocore as a single piece on our FormUp 350 printers, in 17-4 or titanium.

03Machine

Our DMG Mori DMU 40 Pro 5-axis CNC cuts threads, mounts, and bores to your spec on the printed part.

04Post-process and inspect

We post-process the part, then inspect every one against the model before it ships back to you.

In the field

Suppressors we have printed

A few builds from the bench to the range. Printed in-house, machined and inspected before they left.

Cerakoted 7.62mm titanium suppressor with a topographic pattern and bronze mount, studio shot
Printed for Tidal Tactical
Raw titanium suppressor tube beside a spilled can of 7.62 brass cartridges on a weathered bench
Printed for Tidal Tactical
A suppressed bolt rifle on a bipod and a suppressed AR beside it on a tarmac
Printed for Tidal Tactical
Suppressed precision rifle on a bipod at an outdoor range with paper targets on the berm
Printed for Tidal Tactical

Have a part in mind?

Tell us what you are building. We will help you figure out if metal 3D printing is the right way to make it, and quote it straight from your CAD.