Aibuild and the UK startup Generative Machine Company announce a market-ready desktop solution that combines 5-axis FFF hardware with an automation software stack. The goal is to bypass the typical limitations of classic Cartesian 3-axis printers and to produce complex parts without support structures and with application-grade surface quality.
Technically, the system relies on parameterized slicing strategies, automated toolpath generation, and optimization for multi-axis print paths. Part construction can be conformal to the geometry, allowing targeted control over fiber orientations, surfaces, and anisotropic part properties. The additional tilt-and-rotation kinematics make it possible to vary part orientation during printing, reduce overhangs, and tailor part strength along load-relevant directions. Aibuild integrates these functions into workflows explicitly tailored to desktop 5-axis setups.
The background is the long-standing limitation of 3-axis builds, which, for complex geometries, depend on support material, segmented re-orientation, or post-processing.
“Our solution with Generative Machine represents an exciting convergence of next-generation hardware design and intelligent software automation,” said Michail Desyllas, COO and Co-founder of Aibuild. “Their innovative approach to 5-axis printing, combined with our advanced automation capabilities, will unlock new possibilities for complex geometries and multi-directional prototyping and manufacturing that were previously impossible with traditional desktop systems.”
The partners position the combination of 5-axis FFF hardware and Aibuild’s automation software as a pragmatic step toward broader use of multi-axis additive technology at the desk.
“For years, desktop additive manufacturing has been constrained by the conventional 3-axis approach. We want to change that by bringing to desktop users the same advanced capabilities found in robotics and LFAM.” Ric Real, CEO and Co-founder of Generative Machine Company. “Our partnership with Aibuild is a major step toward making this technology accessible and placing a powerful new tool into the hands of the desktop users.”
“This partnership exemplifies our vision of making advanced manufacturing technologies moreaccessible,” added Daghan Cam, CEO, and Co-founder of Aibuild. “By integrating our software with Generative Machine’s innovative 5-axis hardware, we’re enabling a new generation of makers and manufacturers to push the boundaries of what’s possible with desktop additive manufacturing.”
In practice, that means: more degrees of freedom in path planning, less support material, and more reproducible part properties in compact, budget-friendly setups.
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