Desktop Metal, Burlington, Mass., has announced several advancements and expanded capabilities to the Production System metal 3D printer. The installation of the first Production System is scheduled for Q1 2019 to a Fortune 500® company. Additional customer installations at automotive, heavy-duty, and metal parts manufacturers will follow throughout 2019, with broad availability in 2020.
“Desktop Metal is looking to further shift the industry beyond prototyping to now include full-scale metal manufacturing,” said Ric Fulop, CEO and co-founder.
Powered by Single Pass Jetting technology, this metal 3D printing system for mass production delivers the speed, quality, and cost per part needed to compete with traditional manufacturing processes, the company states.
Advancements include:
- Accelerated printing speeds to 12,000 cm3/hour.
- Expanded build volume of 750 by 330 by 250 mm.
- Two full-width print bars, advanced powder spreaders, and antiballistic system that work to spread powder and print in a single quick pass across the build area.
- Use of 32,768 piezo inkjet nozzles that 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.
- An industrial inert environment, including gas recycling and solvent recovery, to safely print reactive metals in mass production.
- Capability to print more than 60 kg of metal parts per hour.
