Duwei Technology
Shenyang-based industrial 3D printing company providing metal SLM manufacturing services, equipment, and materials for aerospace/defense, equipment manufacturing, medical, and education sectors; its SLM-printed rocket engine components flew on Galactic Energy's Zhishenxing-1 (Pallas-1) maiden flight in September 2026.
- CEO / Founder
- Li Wenli
- Team Size
- 51-200
- Stage
- Active
- Latest Round
- Series A
- Key Investors
- Shengjing Jinkong (盛京金控) / Shenyang Shengjing No.3 Enterprise Investment Partnership (沈阳盛京三号企业投资合伙企业)
Technology & Products
Key Products
3D printing design and processing services; SLM (selective laser melting) metal 3D printing including rocket engine hot-end components (thrust chamber, turbopump, gas generator for the CQ-50 engine); 3D printing materials; metal and non-metal 3D printers; reverse-engineering/3D scanning services; industry training programs.
Technological Advantage
Laser powder bed fusion (SLM) production line qualified for aerospace engine hot-end components with demonstrated flight heritage; recognized as a National High-Tech Enterprise (国家高新技术企业) and Liaoning 'Specialized, Refined, Distinctive, Innovative' (专精特新) SME; reported breakthrough in high-reflectivity copper alloy printing for rocket engines (2026-03).
Patent position
Duwei Technology has 12 patent families in total, compared with 13 for BLT and 41 for Farsoon Technologies. AMPulse analysis
- Filing momentum
- 0 families filed 2022–2024, 0 in 2019–2021
- Filed in
- CN 100%
- Named competitors, AM patent families
- BLT 13Farsoon Technologies 41
12 AM patent families in total. Recent years are still being published, so read a filing change against the same-office figure.
Differentiation
Value Proposition
Full-stack industrial 3D printing solutions - design, processing services, materials, and equipment/parts R&D and manufacturing - with a flight-proven metal AM production line validated on an orbital-class rocket engine.
How They Differentiate
Vertically integrated regional (Northeast China) metal AM provider spanning design, materials, equipment, and manufacturing services, now differentiated by direct flight heritage on an orbital-class reusable rocket engine versus pure equipment vendors.
Market & Competition
Target Customers
Equipment manufacturing enterprises, defense/military and aerospace programs, medical device makers, educational institutions, and commercial launch companies such as Galactic Energy.
Industry Verticals
Aerospace/Defense, Equipment Manufacturing, Medical, Education
Competitors
Bright Laser Technologies (铂力特/BLT); Farsoon Technologies (华曙高科); Xinjinghe Additive Technology (鑫精合)
Growth & Milestones
Growth Metrics
~76 employees on record (2025); registered capital RMB 51.0933M (up from initial RMB 20M at founding).
Major Milestones
2008-04: Founded as Shenyang Duwei Technology Development Co., Ltd.; 2024-09: Completed Series A funding from Shengjing Jinkong; 2026-03: Reported breakthrough in high-reflectivity copper alloy 3D printing for rocket engines; 2026-09-01: SLM-printed CQ-50 engine components (thrust chamber, turbopump, gas generator) flew successfully on Galactic Energy's Zhishenxing-1 (Pallas-1) maiden flight, providing flight-heritage validation for its metal AM production line.
Notable Customers
Galactic Energy (星河动力航天) - Zhishenxing-1/Pallas-1 commercial launch program.
Recent coverage of Duwei Technology
AM patents
AM-relevant patents linked to this company.
- Patents
- 12
- Granted
- 0
- Families
- 12
Leading domains: process (12), material (8), software (8)
Filings by year: 2025: 12
- A method for enhancing metallurgical bonding between layers of 3D printed aerospace engines120170104 · CN
- A dynamic dual cooling device for additive manufacturing120394910 · CN
- A method for compensating deformation of 3D printing of aerospace engines120337418 · CN
- A metal powder recovery system for additive manufacturing of rocket engine thrust chambers120079890 · CN
- Methods for analyzing the properties of metal powders in additive manufacturing121042569 · CN
Funding rounds
- Series AUndisclosed2024-09Lead: Shengjing Jinkong · Source