Desktop metal has announced that the company is based in Wisconsin DSB technologiesa leader in the manufacture of metal parts using sinter-based technologies such as powder metallurgy and metal injection molding, has now acquired Desktop Metal’s complete X-Series metal binder jetting product range, including Live Sinter software.
DSB now develops and supplies parts for Desktop Metal’s InnoventX, X25 Pro and X160Pro. The company uses a range of metals in the machines, including 316L and 17-4PH stainless steels, 4140 and M2 tool steel. DSB plans to also use Desktop Metal Binder Jetting for aluminum in the future.
“Binder jetting is truly a forming technology that gives us limitless design possibilities,” said Paul Hauck, Chief Operating Officer of DSB Technologies. “From a very simple shape to very complex things that cannot be made with hard tools, we can achieve a level of complexity beyond what is possible with metal injection molding. Binder Jetting creates applications that have never been possible before, and we want to be a leader in this.”
DSB, based in Janesville, Wisconsin, has more than 30 high-temperature continuous sintering furnaces, which the company says is believed to represent the largest installed capacity in North America. The company also has post-processing technology to support mass production in metal binder jetting.
Of the eight million pounds of metal powder that DSB processes annually, approximately 90% are stainless steel grades. DSB currently serves the aerospace, automotive, defense, electronics, industrial, medical and sports equipment markets.
“The exciting thing about Binder Jetting is that the path from concept is partly completely digital,” added Hauck. “You don’t send a CAD file to a tool shop and they then create a reverse image. So this process only takes eight weeks, maybe even 16 or 20 weeks.”
DSB has gradually introduced Desktop Metal’s binder jetting technology in recent years. The InnoventX laboratory printer, installed for the first time in 2021, is used for material development and testing of the first sintering parameters.
With the X25Pro installed in 2022, the team can transfer these successful tests to application development in a medium-sized machine that is also suitable for bridge production. The X160Pro, installed in 2023, offers the largest build volume to bring applications into series production.
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