Desktop Metal has launched its Shop System. "The high-speed, single-pass print engine introduces high-quality binder jetting to an entirely new market of machine shops and metal fabrication job shops," said a company spokesperson.
The Shop System platform's end-to-end solution-including printer, powder station and furnace-is designed to seamlessly integrate with existing shop operations. "Users can print end-use metal parts that span a variety of industries, including manufacturing, tooling, automotive, consumer, electronics and marine, with the quality, surface finish and tolerances needed to co-exist with machining, up to 10x times faster than laser powder bed fusion and at a fraction of the cost per part," said the spokesperson.
According to the company, Shop System is able to print a batch of complex parts every six to 12 hours, enabling tens up to hundreds of near-net-shape metal parts to be printed each day-as much as 70 kg of steel per day. Parts on the Shop System print fully supported in their powder bed and feature hand-removable sintering setters.
"With a spot size of 16 microns per drop, 1,600 native single pass DPI and distributing up to 670 million drops per second, the Shop System is the highest resolution single pass binder jetting printing system on the market, delivering 33% higher resolution than comparable single pass binder jetting systems," said the spokesperson. "Also offering the smallest droplet size for single pass binder jetting systems at approximately 1pL and automated drop multiplexing up to 6pL, the system allows for enhanced surface finish, bleed control and rich feature detail at high speed. The system's 70,000 nozzles per line have built in five times redundancy-25% higher than other single pass binder jetting systems -to help avoid jet-outs, resulting in enhanced quality and reliability for shop owners. A new recoating system provides enhanced powder bed uniformity for ultra-high accuracy parts."
With variable configurations (4L, 8L, 12L and 16L), the Shop System is designed to scale to each shop's throughput, including:
- Production of various part geometries simultaneously without the need for multiple set-ups
- Cost-effective production of low volume batches of complex parts due to elimination of tooling
- Production of hundreds of near-net-shape parts every day with reduced labor costs and expanded geometric flexibility.
For more information contact:
Desktop Metal
63 Third Avenue
Burlington, MA 01803
978-224-1244
www.desktopmetal.com