- Italy-based Legor is a leader in metals science and production
of best-in-class alloys, powders, and plating solutions for the
jewelry and fashion hardware and accessories markets
- Legor’s Powmet line of fine, ultra-pure powders for Additive
Manufacturing includes a proprietary, ruthenium-based platinum that
is now qualified on the Desktop Metal Production System™ P-1 for
jewelry and other applications
- Platinum now rounds out Desktop Metal’s customer-qualified
material offerings for direct binder jet 3D printing of jewelry,
which also includes stainless steels, sterling silver, titanium,
gold, composites, and more
- Platinum jewelry designs 3D printed by Legor are slated to be
part of a multi-material, multi-customer jewelry display featured
by Desktop Metal at Rapid + TCT, North America’s largest additive
manufacturing and industrial 3D printing event
Desktop Metal (NYSE: DM), a global leader in Additive
Manufacturing 2.0 technologies for mass production, today announced
that platinum is now a customer-qualified material on the
Production System™ P-1 with a specialty powder developed by
Legor.
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Platinum jewelry designs 3D printed by
Legor on a Desktop Metal Production System P-1 are slated to be
part of a multi-material, multi-customer jewelry display featured
by Desktop Metal at Rapid + TCT, North America’s largest additive
manufacturing and industrial 3D printing event, to be held June
25-27 in Los Angeles. The Legor parts to be shown include including
a classic wedding band, a gemstone ring, and an intricate leaf
earring. (Photo: Business Wire)
Legor is a full-service jewelry manufacturing solutions
provider, and the company’s Powmet line of certified ultra-pure
metal powders is produced for use with both laser and binder jet 3D
printing systems.
“The qualification of Legor’s Powmet platinum on the Production
System P-1 is another major milestone for binder jet 3D printing
for the jewelry, watchmaking, and luxury goods industry,” said Ric
Fulop, Founder and CEO of Desktop Metal. “Platinum is known to be a
challenging-to-process material in the jewelry industry because of
its high hardness and melting point. Our binder jet 3D printing
process simplifies platinum production and enables all-new,
once-impossible designs.”
”Legor is currently experiencing significant market interest in
3D printing technology, specifically in binder jet technology,”
added Fabio Di Falco, Marketing and Customer Support Manager at
Legor. “This has led us to address a variety of requests, ranging
from prototyping to small batch production, as well as larger
production runs. Thanks to binder jet 3D printing technology,
designers can finally imagine and create objects that are currently
unproducible with other technologies, thus expanding the boundaries
of creativity to shape the future. At Legor, we are committed to
becoming catalysts for innovation and promoting technology we are
convinced represents a crucial turning point for our industry.”
Platinum jewelry designs 3D printed by Legor — including a
classic wedding band, a gemstone ring, and an intricate leaf
earring — are slated to be part of a multi-material, multi-customer
jewelry display featured by Desktop Metal at Rapid + TCT, North
America’s largest additive manufacturing and industrial 3D printing
event, to be held June 25-27 in Los Angeles.
Binder Jet 3D Printing for Jewelry and Watchmaking
In 2023, Legor invested in a Desktop Metal Production System
P-1, a high-speed, 1-liter binder jet 3D printing system featuring
Single Pass Jetting (SPJ) technology. The experienced jewelry
manufacturer notes that binder jet 3D printing technology offers
several benefits over traditional manufacturing methods and other
forms of 3D printing for jewelry production including:
- Rapid production of jewelry samples without molds or printing
supports
- All-new design freedom for fast, affordable production of
hollow, interlinked, intricate, and mass customized designs
- Elimination of processing steps associated with jewelry
designs, such as welding
- Simplified production of materials that are difficult to work
with, such as platinum, which often requires special tools
- Low waste production that is eco-friendly and uses only the
necessary amount of metal needed to create the design
Legor’s Di Falco noted that sustainability is an important
feature of binder jet 3D printing technology for the jewelry
industry and Legor specifically.
“Binder jet 3D printing technology represents a significant step
toward more sustainable production,” he noted, “enabling energy
efficiency, and reducing the amount of material used. Indeed,
binder jetting uses exactly the amount of material necessary to
create an object, drastically reducing waste. The metal powder not
used in the process can be reused, reducing the need for new raw
materials and the risks associated with metal extraction. At Legor,
we advocate for 3D printing as a responsible production approach
that also considers the planet and people.”
A video by Legor showing the benefits of binder jetting platinum
jewelry can be viewed at
https://legor.com/en/prodotto/platinum-3d-printing/.
For more information about binder jetting jewelry with DM
technologies, visit TeamDM.com/jewelry.
About Desktop Metal
Desktop Metal (NYSE:DM) is driving Additive Manufacturing 2.0, a
new era of on-demand, digital mass production of industrial,
medical, and consumer products. Our innovative 3D printers,
materials, and software deliver the speed, cost, and part quality
required for this transformation. We’re the original inventors and
world leaders of the 3D printing methods we believe will empower
this shift, binder jetting and digital light processing. Today, our
systems print metal, polymer, sand and other ceramics, as well as
foam and recycled wood. Manufacturers use our technology worldwide
to save time and money, reduce waste, increase flexibility, and
produce designs that solve the world’s toughest problems and enable
once-impossible innovations. Learn more about Desktop Metal and our
#TeamDM brands at www.desktopmetal.com.
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the meaning of the federal securities laws. All statements other
than statements of historical facts contained in these
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future results of operations and financial position, financial
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limited to: risks associated with the integration of the business
and operations of acquired businesses; Desktop Metals’ ability to
realize the benefits from cost saving measures; supply and
logistics disruptions, including shortages and delays. For more
information about risks and uncertainties that may impact Desktop
Metal’s business, financial condition, results of operations and
prospects generally, please refer to Desktop Metal’s reports filed
with the SEC, including without limitation the “Risk Factors”
and/or other information included in the Form 10-Q filed with the
SEC on August 3, 2023, and such other reports as Desktop Metal has
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could cause actual events and results to differ materially from
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and Desktop Metal, Inc. assumes no obligation and does not intend
to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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