- Shop System Forust Edition is the first commercially available
3D printing system to process upcycled sawdust into functional,
end-use wood parts using high-speed binder jetting technology
- Based on the Shop System platform, the world’s best-selling
metal binder jet 3D printer, the Forust Edition is modified to
safely process unfinished sawdust byproduct from the wood milling
industry
- In addition to the printer, this complete turnkey solution
includes Fabricate MFG build prep software, which offers five
printable wood grain patterns, a depowdering station, and other
tools to get started
- Wood designs printed with the proprietary Forust process can be
finished like standard unfinished wood products, and are suitable
for an array of end-use applications, such as lighting, decor, or
automotive interiors
- Commercial products created with the Forust process are
available today, such as the Cocoon decorative light from
London-based HagenHinderdael
- The Shop System Forust Edition is now available for purchase
internationally and will be on display from Nov. 15-18 in
Frankfurt, Germany, at Formnext 2022, the world’s leading additive
manufacturing event
Desktop Metal (NYSE: DM), a global leader in additive
manufacturing technologies for mass production, today announced
broad availability of the Shop System™ Forust Edition, a binder jet
3D printing system for the high-speed production of functional,
end-use wood parts using upcycled sawdust from the wood milling
industry.
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The Forust process for 3D printing
upcycled wood was first announced in May 2021 with an online
storefront serving customers with custom parts and beta printer
system deliveries. Now, Desktop Metal is shipping easy-to-use
turnkey wood printing systems with the Shop System™ Forust Edition.
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The Forust wood printing process was first announced in May 2021
with an online storefront serving customers with custom parts and
beta printer system deliveries. After serving customers and
refining the process, Desktop Metal is now shipping easy-to-use,
turnkey wood printing systems.
With the Shop System Forust Edition, architects, designers, and
manufacturers can produce luxurious custom wood pieces that combine
design and functionality for home decor and lighting, consumer
products, architectural design, and automotive applications.
“Our new Shop System Forust Edition makes it easy to create
custom and complex wood designs with a 3D printer on demand,
circumventing supply chain challenges and delivering all-new design
possibilities,” said Ric Fulop, Founder and CEO of Desktop Metal.
“One of the great things about binder jet 3D printing technology is
it can transform virtually any powder material into functional,
end-use parts. Beginning with an ample supply of sawdust byproduct
from the traditional wood milling industry, we are using our
technology to build cradle-to-cradle manufacturing for wood. We
believe this concept has the ability to deliver a meaningful
sustainability impact and expand to other powdered waste materials
over time.”
A Turnkey Wood Printing Solution
Through advanced printheads and high-speed binder jetting
technology, the Shop System™ Forust Edition delivers
high-resolution 3D printing of wood parts with realistic grain
patterns. Additive manufacturing also offers a viable use for wood
waste and intricate, complex designs previously unobtainable with
traditional subtractive wood processing methods.
The complete system incorporates key safety features to enable
3D printing combustible wood powder and includes:
- Fabricate MFG build prep software, which allows users to print
parts with no grain pattern or four grain patterns that can
replicate ash, mahogany, and more.
- Shop System Forust Edition binder jet 3D printer with a build
box of 350 x 222 x 200 mm (13.8 x 8.7 x 7.9 in) and a print speed
of up to 1,600 cc/hr. That is about 21 mm or ⅘ of an inch in
Z-height per hour.
- Forust Powder Station, which allows users to remove printed
parts from the build box and recover loose sawdust powder for
immediate reuse in the printer.
- Forust Wood Powder, a special blend of raw or unfinished
sawdust from the traditional wood milling industry.
- Forust Binder, which comes in clear and brown colors to bind
wood powder particles and create natural-looking wood grain
patterns that flow across the entire part.
- A wood parts post-process guide that walks users through a
recommended workflow for infiltrating parts after 3D printing with
USDA certified bio-based resins.
After infiltration, Forust parts can be sanded, stained,
polished, dyed, coated, and refinished in the same manner as
traditionally manufactured wood products. Infiltrated Forust parts
have strength similar to traditional wood and can be screwed or
nailed.
Currently, the Shop System Forust Edition printer processes
Desktop Metal-provided wood powders from verified and consistent
supply sources. Guidelines are in development to allow customers to
print their own recycled sawdust powders in the future.
Binder jetting is a 3D printing process that transforms powdered
materials — metal, sand, ceramic or other powders — into highly
dense and functional precision parts at high speeds. An industrial
printhead selectively deposits a binder into a bed of powder
particles creating a solid part one thin layer at a time, just like
printing on sheets of paper. The technology is viewed as a
desirable and sustainable production method, largely because of its
high speed, low waste and cost, as well as material flexibility, as
demonstrated by the Shop System Forust Edition.
For more information about the Shop System Forust Edition, visit
https://teamdm.com/Forust_upcycles.
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.
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