Desktop Metal, Inc., based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is committed to bringing metal additive manufacturing to engineering and design teams around the world. The company’s growing team of hardware and software engineers, materials scientists, and designers is addressing the unmet challenges of speed, cost, quality and convenience to make metal 3D printing an essential tool for innovation.
Desktop Metal has launched two end-to-end systems, the Studio System™ and the Production System™, which mark a fundamental shift in how products will be developed and brought to market. Both metal 3D printing technologies change the rules of traditional metal manufacturing solutions with the advent of first-of-its-kind innovative approaches that reduce costs and significantly increase speed, safety, and print quality.
The Studio System is the world’s first office-friendly system designed to bring metal 3D printing for the shop floor. Ten times less expensive than today’s metal 3D printers, the Studio System enables engineering and design teams to produce highly complex parts without leaving the office. The Studio System is based on a new approach to metal 3D printing – Bound Metal Deposition™ (BMD). We eliminated lasers and powders to make metal 3D printing office-friendly. Unlike other systems, there is no 3rd party equipment or special facilities required – just power and an internet connection. Every stage of the process is fully automated, making it easy to go from CAD to part. The Studio System – including the printer, debinder and furnace – is shipping to customers across the United States and Canada.
The Production System is the first metal 3D printing system for mass production, delivering the speed, accuracy, and per-part cost needed to compete with traditional manufacturing. Breakthrough Single Pass Jetting™ (SPJ) technology delivers speeds up to 12,000 cm³/hr– making it the fastest metal 3D printer in the world with the highest capacity. The printer has two full-width print bars containing over 32,000 jets, advanced powder spreaders and anti-ballistic system work to spread powder andprint in a single quick pass across the build area – making it the most sophisticated single pass inkjet printhead ever installed in a binder jet system. Use of 32,768 piezo inkjet nozzles enables the broadest range of binder chemistries to print an array of metals – including tool steels, low alloy steels, titanium, and aluminum – at a rate of 3 billion drops per second. The first Production System was installed in early 2019 at a Fortune 500 company which was among Desktop Metal’s early Pioneer program. Additional customer installations at major automotive, heavy duty and leading metal parts manufacturers will follow, with broad availability in 2020.
The Studio System – the world’s first office-friendly system
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Safe-to-handle bound metal rods
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Fabricate™ software – simplifies
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The Production System – sinter process |