Desktop Metal (NYSE: DM), a leader in mass production additive
manufacturing (AM) solutions, and Uniformity Labs, a leading AM
company revolutionizing industrial 3D printing materials and
processes, today unveiled a partnership to qualify and deliver
ultra-low porosity binder jetting powders that exhibit exceptional
sintered part density and mechanical properties paired with Desktop
Metal’s AM 2.0 binder jetting solutions.
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This strategic partnership leverages
Desktop Metal’s high-speed binder jetting systems with Uniformity
Labs’ innovative capabilities in metal powder processing to create
industry-leading solutions that make it easier for businesses to
adopt binder jetting to produce end-use metal parts at scale. The
result is extraordinarily high precision parts exhibiting excellent
material properties and surface finish, like this spline taper lock
printed on the Shop System. (Photo: Business Wire)
Led by a team of world-leading materials scientists and 3D
printing innovators, Uniformity Labs has developed patented
materials technology that uniquely enables powders with tap
densities up to 85 percent that sinter to full density and are
significantly more flowable than powders of comparable size. These
materials are unlike any other in their ability to repeatably
spread uniformly across the print bed at the highest relative
density, thereby delivering the highest attainable sintered part
density with the lowest achievable part shrink in binder jetting.
The result is extraordinarily high precision parts exhibiting
excellent material properties and surface finish.
The goal of the partnership is to leverage Desktop Metal’s
pioneering high-speed binder jetting systems and processes with
Uniformity Labs’ innovative capabilities in metal powder processing
to create industry-leading, integrated solutions that make it
easier for businesses to adopt binder jetting to produce end-use
metal parts at scale. The collaboration is focused on qualifying
optimized binder jetting powders exclusively for Desktop Metal
solutions, including the Production System™, Shop System™, and
ExOne print platforms. Together, the companies are studying powder
and binder interactions and will release print profiles with fully
characterized mechanical properties for various materials,
including stainless steels, nickel-based superalloys, and reactive
metals such as aluminum.
To accelerate materials qualification and enhance collaboration
between the companies, Uniformity Labs has installed several
Desktop Metal systems at its facilities in Fremont, CA, including a
Shop System and a Production System P-1. The partnership has
already resulted in the qualification of several high-performance,
engineered powders for Desktop Metal’s Shop System, which are
commercially available to customers exclusively through Desktop
Metal as part of its turnkey Shop System solution. Uniformity Labs
topologically engineered powders for Desktop Metal’s Production
System and ExOne platforms will be available directly through
Uniformity Labs.
Uniformity Labs and Desktop Metal also previously announced a
dedicated multi-year effort to develop aluminum 6061 for binder
jetting that has produced a breakthrough unadulterated powder that
sinters to better than wrought yield strength and ultimate tensile
strength with excellent elongation. The companies plan to continue
to work together to qualify the aluminum 6061 powder on Desktop
Metal’s Production System platform and scale production for
commercial release.
“We are excited to unveil this strategic partnership with
Uniformity Labs, which is pioneering materials solutions that will
advance the AM industry,” said Ric Fulop, Founder and CEO of
Desktop Metal. “Binder jetting powders processed with Uniformity
Labs technology enable unmatched mechanical properties and can
further improve the economics of printing. We look forward to
collaborating with the Uniformity Labs team to optimize binder
jetting powders exclusively for Desktop Metal’s AM 2.0 solutions
and provide our customers with integrated offerings including
hardware, software, and materials that enable robust adoption of AM
for mass production.”
“This partnership strengthens our ongoing collaboration with
Desktop Metal to provide incredible value for its customers looking
to adopt next-generation AM solutions,” said Adam Hopkins, Founder,
and CEO of Uniformity Labs. “We are thrilled to continue our work
with Desktop Metal to qualify our high-performance, engineered
powders that deliver superior mechanical properties, surface
finish, and part reliability.”
About Desktop Metal Desktop Metal, Inc., based in
Burlington, Massachusetts, is accelerating the transformation of
manufacturing with an expansive portfolio of 3D printing solutions,
from rapid prototyping to mass production. Founded in 2015 by
leaders in advanced manufacturing, metallurgy, and robotics, the
company is addressing the unmet challenges of speed, cost, and
quality to make additive manufacturing an essential tool for
engineers and manufacturers around the world. Desktop Metal was
selected as one of the world’s 30 most promising Technology
Pioneers by the World Economic Forum, named to MIT Technology
Review’s list of 50 Smartest Companies, and the 2021 winner of Fast
Company’s Innovation by Design Award in materials and Next Big
Things in Tech Award for sustainability. For more information,
visit www.desktopmetal.com.
About Uniformity Labs Uniformity Labs develops
breakthrough material and software solutions to accelerate and
expand global commercial/industrial 3D printing (AM) markets. Its
patented technology uniquely enables groundbreaking improvements in
throughput and reductions in residual stress across materials and
platforms in laser powder bed fusion printing. In binder jetting,
Uniformity powders deliver fully dense parts with minimal sintering
shrink, resulting in the ability to manufacture to otherwise
unobtainable high precision, material mechanical properties, and
part surface roughness. Uniformity’s feedstock materials and print
processes dramatically impact the AM value chain by increasing the
reliability and efficiency of printing. For more information,
please visit www.uniformitylabs.com.
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