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Startup of the month: Desktop Metal, the reinventors of metal 3D printing
Additive metal production is becoming an increasingly sought after tool by market players who are confident in its ability to reduce production costs while simultaneously increasing quality. As 3D printer manufacturers continue to develop cheaper, more professional solutions (suc
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Additive metal production is becoming an increasingly sought after tool by market players who are confident in its ability to reduce production costs while simultaneously increasing quality. As 3D printer manufacturers continue to develop cheaper, more professional solutions (such as Xact Metal or Markforged), there are other players who are confident that they can provide better solutions to make 3D metal printing even more cost efficient. One person who believes they can accomplish this is American startup Desktop Metal, an up-and-comer in the 3D metal printing scene. Founded in October of 2015, this young startup has one objective in mind: provide low-cost metal 3D printing solutions that allow for rapid, yet high-quality metal parts. Speaking with CTO and co-founder Jonah Myerberg, we learned a little bit more about Desktop Metal’s ambitions and their vision for the future of 3D printing.
3DN: Can you introduce us to Desktop Metal and tell us a little bit about how Desktop Metal came to be?
The advent of metal 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, has promised to dramatically change the way products are manufactured. Yet, today’s metal 3D printing options have failed to deliver on that promise. Current methods are too expensive and industrial for prototyping and are not fast enough or cost-effective enough for mass production. Fundamentally, different approaches are needed to move metal 3D printing beyond its current limits and address both design and manufacturing.
Jonah Myerberg, CTO and co-founder of Desktop Metal
The mission for Desktop Metal was started with a challenge – how might metal 3D printing become accessible for engineering teams. In 2013, our CEO Ric Fulop began collaborating with world-leading experts in materials science, engineering, and 3D printing. Driven by invention, they sought to further the company’s quest to accelerate the adoption of metal 3D printing in manufacturing through the creation of innovative technology that produces complex parts at scale.
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