On August 30, 2026, Hanbang Laser announced that its installed base of metal 3D printers for the embodied robotics industry has surpassed 120 units, while installations in the new energy vehicle sector have exceeded 50 units. Chairman Liu Jianye stated on CCTV's program "3D Printing Equipment Creates a New Future" that customer demand for embodied robot 3D printing has surged over the past year, with the business share rising from under 5% to 20%-40%. The flagship model HBD P400 incorporates the in-house developed 'Guangchi II' beam shaping technology (intelligent switching between Gaussian and shaped beams), supporting efficient printing with large layer thicknesses of 100-300μm, and comes with a centralized powder management system (automatic powder feeding, sieving, and recovery) and the HBD AMES X intelligent management system. Typical applications include a humanoid robot right lower leg (aluminum alloy, 0.667 kg, 40% weight reduction, with integrated conformal cooling channels) and an embodied robot mini hip rotation front support (107 g, over 40% weight reduction). Qu Guochun, director of the Equipment Industry Development Center under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, noted that industrial-grade 3D printing is transitioning from single machines entering factories to full production lines becoming standard configurations for mass production. Value for powder buyers: ① The ramp-up of metal structural parts for embodied robots directly boosts demand for aluminum alloy and other metal powders, making robotics one of the fastest-growing new application scenarios for powder demand after aerospace and defense; ② Equipment manufacturers now standardize centralized powder management (automatic feeding/sieving/recovery), improving powder recycling rates and placing higher demands on batch consistency and particle size management; ③ Large layer thickness printing of 100-300μm corresponds to a coarser powder window, increasing the share of coarse powder demand, so powder suppliers must adjust their particle size distribution strategies accordingly.