Desktop Metal announced the launch of 4140 chromoly steel for the Studio System, an office-friendly metal 3D printing system for prototyping and low volume production. One of the most versatile chromoly steels, 4140 is characterized by its toughness, high tensile strength, and abrasion and impact resistance, making it a key all-purpose steel for industrial applications. […]

Desktop Metal announces the launch of Fiber, a desktop 3D printer that fabricates high-resolution parts with industrial-grade continuous fiber composite materials used in automated fiber placement (AFP) processes. Based on a new process called micro automated fiber replacement (μAFP), users can now print parts with a superior level of strength and stiffness, and in a […]

Desktop Metal announced the launch of H13 tool steel for the Studio System, the office-friendly metal 3D printing system for prototyping and low volume production. Characterized by its stability in heat treatment, exceptional hot hardness, and abrasion resistance, H13 is a tool steel widely used in hot work applications. High toughness and hardness also make […]

Two leading manufacturing centres of excellence in the UK have been named as the first to install additive manufacturing technology developed by Desktop Metal, a company committed to making metal 3D printing accessible to global manufacturers and engineers. World top 100 academic establishment the University of Sheffield, and global engineering solutions firm Weir Group, are […]

Desktop Metal announced it has begun shipping its Studio System to customers and resellers throughout Europe. The office-friendly metal 3D printing system for functional prototyping and low volume production has met with strong adoption in North America among leading companies, including Ford, Stanley Black and Decker, Google’s ATAP, Goodyear, Owens Corning, and John Zink Hamworthy […]

Professor Emanuel “Ely” Sachs, inventor of binder jetting and co-founder of Desktop Metal, was awarded the 2019 SME Industry Achievement Award, announced during RAPID + TCT 2019 in Detroit. “SME’s Additive Manufacturing Community established the Industry Achievement Award more than a decade ago to recognize leaders who have made a significant impact in additive manufacturing,” […]

Fab Flow, from Desktop Metal, is a fully integrated prototype ordering and workflow management system for internal additive fabrication shops. The customizable tool, available in free and standard packages, gives shop managers better visibility and control over their workflows, and gives design engineers managed 3D design communication and graphical version tracking of their parts. “One […]

Desktop Metal announced a strategic partnership with Indo-MIM, a global supplier of Metal Injection Molding (MIM) products. Together, the companies will offer solutions that help companies design and produce metal additively manufactured parts at scale and shorten time to market. Indo-MIM will use the Production System to deliver metal 3D printed parts to companies spanning […]

Desktop Metal announced a strategic partnership with Indo-MIM, the global leader and world’s largest supplier of MetalInjection Molding (MIM) precision-engineered products with over 100 million metal parts produced annually for leading global OEMs. Together, Desktop Metal and Indo-MIM will offer innovative solutions to enable companies around the world to design and produce metal additively manufactured […]

Fast Radius, Inc., a leading manufacturing technology company, announced a partnership with Desktop Metal to help companies accelerate applications on the Desktop Metal Production System. Desktop Metal, based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is addressing the unmet challenges of speed, cost, and quality to make metal 3D printing an essential tool for engineers and manufacturers around the […]

With nearly 10,000 fabricated parts, Desktop Metal has collected data and use cases based on more than 1,000 customer benchmarks to get an inside look at how customers use metal parts made with its Studio System. Customers, including John Zink, Alpha Precision Group (APG) and Master Drilling, share their experiences with the Studio System technology […]

Working with metal in 3D printing often requires considerable safety systems because of the combustibility of most metals. Vendors of larger additive manufacturing systems can build in safety features in their machines to minimize the hazards. But desktop 3D printing vendors had to get creative to bring metal 3D printing to a smaller footprint. They […]

Desktop Metal launched 316L stainless steel for the Studio System, an office friendly metal 3D printing system for prototyping and low volume production. A fully austenitic steel known for its corrosion resistance and excellent mechanical properties at extreme temperatures, 316L is well-suited for applications in demanding industrial environments, including salt water in marine applications, caustic […]

Desktop Metal announced several major advances and expanded capabilities to the Production System. At formnext 2018, the company previewed a range of metal 3D printed parts, from mass serialization in high-mix/high-volume production and assembly consolidation to simplified manufacturing for complex metal parts. The installation of the first Production System is scheduled for Q1 2019 to […]

Desktop Metal, a company committed to making metal 3D printing accessible to manufacturers and engineers, introduced the Studio System+, a metal 3D printing system that combines the innovative and office-friendly features of the original Studio System with more functions to print small metal parts with higher resolution. The company also announced the introduction of Studio […]

Desktop Metal announced Jeffrey Immelt, former Chairman and CEO of the General Electric Company, has been elected to Desktop Metal’s Board of Directors. With more than four decades of technology and business expertise, with the most recent leading the 125-year old GE focused on global business development, Immelt is widely regarded as one of the […]

At the recent RAPID + TCT show in Fort Worth, TX, Desktop Metal was one of the companies showcasing it’s desktop metal 3D printer.  Listen in as Jonah Myerberg discusses  the pros and cons of desktop 3D printing with metal. Myerberg also offers ways to use metal additive manufacturing in place of metal injection molding […]

Designing a combustion engine can take a lot of time, like three to five years. What if you could cut that time in half? For Lumenium LLC, a Virginia-based startup developing an innovative family of internal combustion engines, 3D printing with a Desktop Metal system enabled them to reach such a goal. The company’s Inverse […]

Small to mid-sized businesses like Built-Rite Tool & Die, a mold-making and design firm, face increasing pressure from international and domestic competitors in the area of quick-turn mold services. Overseas manufacturers offer lower prices and domestic prototyping shops offer quick turnaround times for small quantities of parts. But 3D-printing gives Built-Rite an opportunity to compete […]

Desktop Metal announced a strategic partnership with Dassault Systèmes’ SOLIDWORKS brand to advance design for additive manufacturing (DfAM) through education and an integration between SOLIDWORKS applications and Desktop Metal systems. At SOLIDWORKS World 2018, Desktop Metal previewed an advanced software tool, available exclusively to SOLIDWORKS users, that offers a new approach to designing for additive […]

Desktop Metal has begun shipping its metal 3D printer to early pioneer customers as part of the Studio System rollout. Participating in Desktop Metal’s Pioneers Program, Google’s Advanced Technology and Products (ATAP) group is the first pioneer to receive the Studio printer. Among the inaugural Pioneer customers in the program, companies span six industries – […]

Pricing is one of the top criteria for selecting one sensor supplier over another and often for specifying a specific sensor over another for a new design. Some sensor companies, such as semiconductor companies that supply microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and other semiconductor-based sensors, have a buy page on their website with low volume pricing. For […]