3DM on Developing a Faster, More Optimized SLS 3D Printing In Order to Scale Up Production

3D printing has come a long way since its origins in the 1980s. Though originally used almost exclusively for rapid prototyping, over the past few years we have seen additive manufacturing technologies rapidly industrialize and be used for end-use parts in a number of industries. But many questions remain on the scalability of the processes especially as it comes to production. Luckily, we are seeing increasing innovation to address these obstacles. One such company is 3DM which has developed its own printhead technology based on a parallel laser beam approach. With this solution, it is possible to accelerate printing speed and throughput while increasing printing resolution specifically with SLS 3D printing. We spoke to Ido Eylon, the CEO, to learn more.

3DN: Could you introduce yourself and 3DM?

Ido Eylon, CEO of 3DM

My name is Ido, I am the CEO of 3DM and have been for the past year. Before that, I worked for companies in the AM industry. In my previous role I was the VP of sales and marketing of Massivit which I did for three years. And before that I worked almost a decade with Stratasys, moving over when the merger between Stratasys and Objet happened. I started with a more technical role and was a manager for the applications team in Israel when I started. It’s important to mention because this is how I developed my understanding of what makes sense to do with the technology, and also what not to do with it. After a couple of years, I moved to the US and was the applications and pre-sales manager for North America and was in a role where I could move closer to the customers and the use cases mentioned while gaining more exposure to the business side of the industry. I then went to Singapore to open up a business unit there and was the business manager for South Asia and my last significant role was the VP of Sales for Asia Pacific. In total three and half years in Singapore, where I got exposure in terms of the commercial, business, applications, use cases and different places.

Just before moving to 3DM, I was quite excited about the movement of the industry from “rapid prototyping” to industrial and I’ve identified in 3DM a way to get into this. SLS in general is one of the technologies that is key for high volume production usage, that means production that is in the up to 10,000s of parts. That is where 3DM comes in as a way to take SLS, which already has very high capabilities in the field, and push it even further.