Desktop Metal features transformative metal manufacturing technologies

Custom classic car influencer Rob Ida of Rob Ida Concepts in New Jersey is using Desktop Metal’s Digital Sheet Forming (DSF) technology on the Figur G15 Pro to create components for a 1955 Tucker Carioca, a vehicle concept from legendary carmaker Preston Tucker that never made it from drawing to production. Details of the project are featured in a new video available at TeamDM.com/TuckerCarioca (Photo: Business Wire)

The Desktop Metal team shared the latest developments with our breakthrough metal technologies with one of the largest audiences of metal manufacturers in the world,” said Ric Fulop, Founder and CEO of Desktop Metal. “The Desktop Metal portfolio of products is ideally suited for the Top Five industry groups represented at IMTS, which include machine shops, metalworking machinery and fabrication, aerospace, automotive, and industrial machinery such as food processing equipment.”

Desktop Metal’s laser-free metal printing technologies are now qualified to process more than 40 materials, including ceramics. Systems displayed at IMTS include the:

• Studio System – Launched in 2017, this office-friendly metal 3D printer leverages proprietary Bound Metal Deposition^® (BMD) technology, an extrusion-based process where rods—metal powder held together by wax and polymer binder—are heated and extruded onto the build plate, shaping a part layer by layer. Once printed, the binder is removed and sintered, causing the metal particles to densify.
• Shop System – Launched in 2017, this entry-level binder jet 3D printing system is ideal for batch or serial production of metal parts in stainless steels and nickel-based alloys such as IN625 and IN718. In binder jetting, an industrial printhead selectively deposits a binder into a bed of powder particles creating a solid part one thin layer at a time. Parts produced are similar to those created in Metal Injection Molding (MIM) and are then sintered in a furnace to high densities that meet or exceed MIM requirements.
• InnoventX – Launched in 2016, the InnoventX is a compact, easy-to-use open material binder jet 3D printer that produces high-quality small parts. Ideal for metal or ceramics.
• PureSinter Furnace – Launched in early 2024, this breakthrough vacuum furnace for one-run debinding and sintering delivers high purity, high efficiency, and high reliability – simplifying the sintering process.

Dozens of customers’ 3D printed parts produced in stainless steels, copper, nickel-based alloys, and tool steels were displayed, including M2 injection mold tooling, tungsten carbide cutting tools and aluminum and titanium parts.

The Figur G15 Pro, to be a centerpiece of the show, has been shipping to customers since late 2023. The Pro version now features an automatic 4-tool changer, a tool measurement probe, automatic part lubrication, and automatic machine lubrication.

“The response to Figur G15 from the market across a wide variety of sectors has been exciting,” said Justin Nardone, CEO of Figur, a Desktop Metal brand. “The G15 eliminates a lot of the work required when forming metal, such as the design and manufacturing of tools and dies. Our system produces designs quickly, accurately, and repeatedly, so manufacturers are able to focus on the craftsmanship of design while getting their products to market faster and more efficiently.”

The Figur G15 Pro was surrounded by a portion of the Forum Pavilion, a large-scale installation created on the machine for the Chicago Architecture Biennial, an international exhibition of architectural ideas, projects, and displays held earlier this year in the Windy City.