New Material Enables Mass Production of
Wear- and Corrosion-Resistant Components for Oil & Gas,
Automotive, Consumer Products, and Medical Devices
Desktop Metal (NYSE: DM) today announced it has released DM HH
Stainless Steel (DM HH-SS), a custom stainless steel alloy that
combines high strength and hardness with corrosion resistance, for
additive manufacturing on the Production System™ platform.
Customers can now leverage the Production System’s Single Pass
Jetting™ (SPJ) technology to produce DM HH-SS components at scale
across a range of industries where high strength and hardness are
required, including oil & gas, automotive, consumer products,
and medical devices. With the addition of this new alloy, the
Production System can now print ten qualified metal materials.
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Offset sockets used for manufacturing
tooling are critical parts in scenarios where space is limited and
a traditional tool would not be able to access a bolt.
Manufacturers have traditionally warehoused and maintained a large
variety of tools to accommodate the multiple socket sizes produced
for each unique bolt size. With the Production System,
manufacturers can instead maintain a digital warehouse of each
socket size and print large quantities of different sizes together
in a single build, enabling just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing to
meet demand. DM HH-SS is the ideal material for high-wear
components such as these sockets, which are subjected to repeated
abrasive use and expected to have a long lifetime, making high
strength and hardness as well as corrosion resistance critical.
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DM HH-SS is a custom, heat treatable-alloy that combines the
tensile strength, ductility, and corrosion resistance of 13-8 PH
stainless steel with the added benefit of improved hardness
comparable to low-alloy steels, such as 4140. These attributes make
DM HH-SS a key enabling material for companies looking to eliminate
the use of low-alloy steels, which also require a subsequent
plating step for applications needing corrosion protection. DM
HH-SS is also an ideal material for conformally cooled injection
tool core and cavity applications, where millions of injection
strokes per year are required.
“Our materials science team is working diligently to develop
innovative materials that meet the demanding applications needs of
our customers in a cost-effective way,” said Jonah Myerberg,
Co-founder and CTO of Desktop Metal. “DM HH-SS is a compelling
alternative to 17-4 PH stainless steel that improves upon its
mechanical properties while maintaining corrosion resistance,
making it suitable for critical components that previously required
the use of low-alloy steels for their high hardness and strength.
The Production System allows customers to go to market at scale
with this material and eliminate operations, such as plating, which
can create supply chain complexity and also be harmful to the
environment.”
Derived from 13-8 PH stainless steel (UNS 13800) and
custom-developed by Desktop Metal, DM HH-SS has been qualified and
fully characterized for printing on Production System technology.
An example of a key DM HH-SS application includes:
- Tight Clearance Offset Socket Offset sockets used for
manufacturing tooling are critical parts in scenarios where space
is limited and a traditional tool would not be able to access a
bolt. Manufacturers have traditionally warehoused and maintained a
large variety of tools to accommodate the multiple socket sizes
produced for each unique bolt size. With the Production System,
manufacturers can instead maintain a digital warehouse of each
socket size and print large quantities of different sizes together
in a single build, enabling just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing to
meet demand. DM HH-SS is the ideal material for high-wear
components such as these sockets, which are subjected to repeated
abrasive use and expected to have a long lifetime, making high
strength and hardness as well as corrosion resistance
critical.
The Production System - World’s Fastest Way to 3D Print Metal
Parts At-Scale
Created by the inventors of binder jetting and single-pass
inkjet technology, the Production System is an industrial
manufacturing platform powered by Desktop Metal’s patent-pending
SPJ technology. It is designed to achieve the fastest build speeds
in the metal additive manufacturing industry — up to 100 times
those of legacy powder bed fusion technologies — and enable
production quantities of up to millions of parts per year at costs
competitive with conventional mass production techniques.
The Production System platform consists of two printer models:
the P-1, a solution for process development and serial production
applications, and the P-50, a large form factor mass production
solution for end-use parts. The Production System combines Desktop
Metal engineered binders with an open material platform, allowing
customers to produce high-performance parts using the same low-cost
metal powders used in the Metal Injection Molding (MIM) industry.
An inert processing environment enables compatibility with a
variety of materials, including high-performance alloys and even
reactive metals, such as aluminum and titanium. To learn more about
the Production System, visit:
www.desktopmetal.com/products/production.
In addition to DM HH-SS, the Production System materials library
includes commercially pure copper, D2 tool steel, 420 stainless
steel, nickel alloy IN625, 4140 low-alloy steel, 316L stainless
steel, and 17-4 PH stainless steel. The platform also supports
several customer-qualified materials, including silver and gold,
and Desktop Metal plans to add additional metals to its portfolio,
including tool steels, stainless steels, superalloys, and more.
To learn more about DM HH-SS and the Production System materials
portfolio, visit: www.desktopmetal.com/materials.
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 Fast
Company’s Next Big Things in Tech Award for sustainability. For
more information, visit www.desktopmetal.com.
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