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High-speed mass production of metal parts, designed for the factory floor.

Binder jet 3D printing featuring patented Triple ACT for excellent surface quality and specialty materials, including both metals and ceramics.

Batch production of fully dense, customer-ready metal parts.

Office-friendly production of metal prototypes and one-off parts.

Print continuous fiber-reinforced parts with industrial-grade AFP tape.

Founded in 2021 to deliver 3D printing and biofabrication solutions to drive the advancement of personal healthcare.

Founded in 2002 to deliver industrial-grade polymer 3D printing solutions.

Founded in 1995 to deliver industrial sand 3D printing solutions for foundries and tooling applications.

The first commercial platform of its kind to shape sheet metal on demand directly from a digital file.

Founded in 2019 to build a greener future through 3D printed wood derived from two waste streams: sawdust and lignin.

Our technology works with stainless steels, low-alloy steels, tool steels, as well as copper, nickel alloys, precious metals and more.

Our technology works with a wide range of polymers, including premium elastomers, from Adaptive3D, ETEC and world-leading material partners.

Our technology works with a wide range of foundry silica and ceramic sand for metal casting molds and cores.

Our technology works with a wide range of ceramics, from silicon carbide and carbon to tungsten carbide cobalt.

Our technology works with a wide range of composites, including carbon-fiber and fiberglass reinforced materials such as PEEK, PEKK, nylon and more.

Our technology combines two wood industry byproducts, sawdust and lignin, to rematerialize wood.

Founded in 2015 to develop high-performance 3D printable resins that deliver breakthrough material properties needed for end-use products. Creators of DuraChain™ 2-in-1 pot photopolymers.

Founded in 2019 to build a greener future through 3D printed wood derived from two waste streams: sawdust and lignin

Software package to seamlessly manage your 3D printers, accessories, and processes

Manufacturing preparation software for successful production of powder metal sintered parts

Easy-to-use software to generate and optimize binder jetting builds for printing and sintering success

A software workflow for the Desktop metal Studio System to manage part creation from digital model to sintered part

Rapid design exploration through real-time generative design

Examples of how Desktop Metal customers are using 3D printing to change the face of manufacturing

Deep dives into the technology and applications for metal additive manufacturing

In-depth looks at how metal 3D printing is impacting industry and guides on how to use the technology

See Desktop Metal printers in action and learn about the systems from experts

Learn more about how Desktop Metal 3D printers work and how they can help you create custom metal parts

Learn more about Desktop Metal.

See job openings and career opportunities at Desktop Metal

Latest press releases, coverage and downloadable press kits

Helping you make the most out of your machines

Design, development, and manufacturing of motor vehicles

Serving manufacturers of consumer goods across a wide range of industries

Manufacture of industrial equipment

Schools, colleges, universities, and training centers

Design and manufacture of mechanical systems

Manufacturing aids, jigs, fixtures, and tooling

High-speed mass production of metal parts, designed for the factory floor.

Binder jet 3D printing featuring patented Triple ACT for excellent surface quality and specialty materials, including both metals and ceramics.

Batch production of fully dense, customer-ready metal parts.

Office-friendly production of metal prototypes and one-off parts.

Print continuous fiber-reinforced parts with industrial-grade AFP tape.

Founded in 2021 to deliver 3D printing and biofabrication solutions to drive the advancement of personal healthcare.

Founded in 2002 to deliver industrial-grade polymer 3D printing solutions.

Founded in 1995 to deliver industrial sand 3D printing solutions for foundries and tooling applications.

The first commercial platform of its kind to shape sheet metal on demand directly from a digital file.

Founded in 2019 to build a greener future through 3D printed wood derived from two waste streams: sawdust and lignin.

Our technology works with stainless steels, low-alloy steels, tool steels, as well as copper, nickel alloys, precious metals and more.

Our technology works with a wide range of polymers, including premium elastomers, from Adaptive3D, ETEC and world-leading material partners.

Our technology works with a wide range of foundry silica and ceramic sand for metal casting molds and cores.

Our technology works with a wide range of ceramics, from silicon carbide and carbon to tungsten carbide cobalt.

Our technology works with a wide range of composites, including carbon-fiber and fiberglass reinforced materials such as PEEK, PEKK, nylon and more.

Our technology combines two wood industry byproducts, sawdust and lignin, to rematerialize wood.

Founded in 2015 to develop high-performance 3D printable resins that deliver breakthrough material properties needed for end-use products. Creators of DuraChain™ 2-in-1 pot photopolymers.

Founded in 2019 to build a greener future through 3D printed wood derived from two waste streams: sawdust and lignin

Software package to seamlessly manage your 3D printers, accessories, and processes

Manufacturing preparation software for successful production of powder metal sintered parts

Easy-to-use software to generate and optimize binder jetting builds for printing and sintering success

A software workflow for the Desktop metal Studio System to manage part creation from digital model to sintered part

Rapid design exploration through real-time generative design

Examples of how Desktop Metal customers are using 3D printing to change the face of manufacturing

Deep dives into the technology and applications for metal additive manufacturing

In-depth looks at how metal 3D printing is impacting industry and guides on how to use the technology

See Desktop Metal printers in action and learn about the systems from experts

Learn more about how Desktop Metal 3D printers work and how they can help you create custom metal parts

Learn more about Desktop Metal.

See job openings and career opportunities at Desktop Metal

Latest press releases, coverage and downloadable press kits

Helping you make the most out of your machines

Design, development, and manufacturing of motor vehicles

Serving manufacturers of consumer goods across a wide range of industries

Manufacture of industrial equipment

Schools, colleges, universities, and training centers

Design and manufacture of mechanical systems

Manufacturing aids, jigs, fixtures, and tooling

Easy-to-use software to generate and optimize binder jetting builds for printing and sintering success

Live Build MFG is a one-stop solution to prepare 3D printing models for any of Desktop Metal's powder based printing solutions. Designed to help users print parts easily, quickly and efficiently, particularly those with limited experience with binder jetting build preparation.

Making part generation as easy as the click of a button, Live Build MFG software is an intuitive and powerful tool to prepare 3D models for printing on Desktop Metal binder jetting systems. Build success is enabled with automatic nesting, support generation, and slicing in a simple-to-use platform where users can configure part-specific settings to:

• Orient, position and scale models• Select materials and suggested profile parameters or create custom profiles• Automatically optimize fabrication to achieve high-quality parts

Compatible with both Windows and MacOS, Live Build MFG accelerates additive manufacturing production to ensure fabrication flexibility and process efficiency to produce quality parts without the need for extensively trained operators or extensive training.

Upload your 3D model or CAD file into Live Build MFG and the software automatically nests your parts into the available 3D space to help users take full advantage of the build volume of their machine. Optimize part orientation for build success and optimized print times, or drag, rotate, and scale parts manually to customize builds.

Take advantage of the production flexibility of binder jetting and add various parts, stacking them into the same build job, or efficiently nest an entire box of production parts in a dense pack for successful printing and sintering.

Live Build MFG supports all major CAD formats and analyzes geometries to fix issues found with tessellated data. Already working with another program for build prep optimization? Live Build MFG recognizes files created with Desktop Metal Live Sinter™ to automatically import material parameter settings and users of other CAD tools can easily import pre-nested and scaled builds.

Live Build MFG also creates an optimized job for your Desktop Metal binder jet systems. Cross-sectional images generate 2D slices for each print layer and generate images for the printer to read. The software creates an interactive preview for users to get a detailed understanding of the part's internal structure while allowing layer-by-layer views of the build or of triangulated sections to review wall thickness, for example.

To ensure users have a full understanding of their build jobs, Live Build MFG calculates an estimate summary of print time as well as material and binder usage. Export data with cost estimation and pricing calculations by part and export individual parts or full build boxes for future production repeatability.

Live Build MFG aids users in preparing their parts for sintering with scale factor analysis and support generation to maximize part success while minimizing material usage during printing. To compensate for any deformation during sintering, Live Build MFG provides users with standard material settings and uniform scale factors to compensate for shrinkage in the furnace.

Sintering supports help control deformation when parts are in the sintering furnace. Live Build MFG highlights overhangs indicating areas where supports should be included, and users can select the degree by which the angle of faces will be supported and overhead angles that begin supports. Supports for sintering can be automatically generated with an optimized honeycomb pattern to minimize binder usage during the build and aid part removal and depowdering.

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