Name: Production System
Brand: Desktop Metal
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Production System

The Production System from Desktop Metal is a revolutionary 3D printing solution designed for the mass production of metal parts. With its unique Single Pass Jetting (SPJ) technology, the Production System can produce metal parts at speeds up to 100 times faster than traditional powder-based systems, while maintaining exceptional part quality and consistency. The system features a fully automated powder handling system, a high-speed printhead array, and a modular furnace design that allows for continuous production with minimal downtime. With the Production System, you can achieve unprecedented throughput and scalability in metal part production, while reducing your costs and improving your competitiveness.

P-1

Designed to bridge the gap between bench top development and mass production, the P-1 offers the same excellent part quality as the P-50 with enhanced process flexibility. Featuring a state-of-the-art print bar with native 1200 dpi, an inert processing environment, and Desktop Metal's patent-pending Single Pass Jetting technology, the P-1 supports non-reactive and reactive materials at speeds more than 10 times those of laser powder bed fusion technologies⁴ and is capable of printing multiple builds per shift and direct process transfers to the P-50.

P-50

Designed to be the fastest way to 3D print metal parts at-scale, the P-50 leverages Desktop Metal’s patent-pending Single Pass Jetting technology and bi-directional printing to achieve speeds up to 100 times those of laser powder bed fusion technologies⁴, producing parts in volumes and at costs competitive with conventional mass production techniques. Featuring a state-of-the-art print bar with native 1200 dpi, an inert processing environment, and constant wave spreading for print bed uniformity, the P-50 offers the quality, reliability, and economics required for high-volume, end-use applications.

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Product Features

Large Build Volume

The Desktop Metal Production System has a large build volume of 750 x 330 x 250 mm, which allows for the production of large, complex parts.

High-Resolution Printing

The system can print parts with a layer resolution as low as 50 microns, which results in high-quality surface finish and intricate geometries.

Fast Printing Speed

The Production System uses Single Pass Jetting (SPJ) technology, which enables printing at speeds up to 8200 cm³/hr, allowing for high volume production of parts.

Wide Range of Materials

The Production System is compatible with a wide range of metal powders, including stainless steel, tool steel, copper, and titanium, giving users the ability to produce parts with varying properties.

Automation

The system features an automated powder management system, which reduces manual labor and increases efficiency in production.

User-Friendly Software

The software interface is user-friendly and easy to use, allowing users to prepare, print, and monitor their jobs with ease.

Scalability

The Production System is scalable, meaning users can easily expand their production capacity by adding additional printers.

Environmentally Friendly

The system uses a closed-loop powder recycling system, which reduces waste and makes it more environmentally friendly than traditional manufacturing methods.

Benefits

How the Production System Works

Powered by Single Pass Jetting the Production System features bi-directional 3D printing—so whenever there is movement, there is printing.

1. Prep

With bi-directional single pass jetting, all steps of the print process—powder deposition, spreading, compacting, ballistic suppression, and binder jetting—are applied with each pass over the build area. Layer by layer, metal powder and binder is deposited until the entire build volume is packed with bound parts and surrounding loose powder.

2. Depowder

When a build is complete, the build box is removed and replaced with a fresh box for the next build. The completed build box is moved to a depowdering station where loose powder is removed and parts are prepared for sintering.

3. Sinter

Depowdered parts and loaded into an industrial furnace where they are heated to temperatures near melting. Remaining binder is removed causing the metal particles to fuse together and the parts to densify.

Excellent part quality

High-resolution 3D printing and a uniform print bed allow the Production System™ to produce dense, high-quality parts capable of performing in the most demanding applications.

High resolution printing

With a native resolution of 1200x1200 dpi and layer heights as small as 50 µm, the Production System™ is a precision binder jetting system that can 3D print parts with excellent surface finish and incredibly fine features.

Fully dense parts

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3D print customer-ready parts with densities up to or exceeding 99% without the need for infill or a solvent debind step. With properties similar to castings, Production System™ parts are suitable for demanding applications where strength is critical.

Uniform print bed

Proprietary constant wave spreading technology maintains a consistent powder wave in front of the compaction roller during printing, enhancing density uniformity across the powder bed. The result is greater consistency across parts within each build and from build-to-build.

Competitive cost per part

Delivers part cost competitive with traditional mass production techniques through the use of low-cost metal injection molding (MIM) powders, high-speed 3D printing and the ability to densely nest many parts in a single build.

Low cost MIM powders

The Production System™ uses the same low-cost powders used in the MIM industry, allowing customers to access an established powder supply chain with the scale required to support volume production and a variety of readily usable alloys. As much as 99% or more of the loose powder recovered during the process can be recycled, driving further cost efficiencies while reducing waste.

High speed printing

Up to tens of thousands of parts per day can be 3D printed with the Production System’s™ bi-directional, Single Pass Jetting™ (SPJ) print technology, which utilizes each pass of the print carriage to build parts, achieving print speeds of up to 100x those of laser powder bed fusion systems, maximizing productivity.

Dense 3D nesting

The tooling-free, binder jetting 3D printing process of the Production System™ means parts are supported by loose powder and do not require welding to a build plate. This enables customers to fill the build volume with densely nested parts to efficiently deliver high-throughput builds.

Best in class repeatability

The Production System™ offers robust repeatability, through anti-ballistics technology, print bar redundancy and live optical print bed inspection. Meaning you can print with confidence.

Print reliability

Patented anti-ballistics technology - engineered to reduce powder bed disturbance - drastically reduces variability in the 3D printing process while increasing the longevity of the print bar. This facilitates reliable prints, and excellent part quality.

Print bar redundancy

Full print bar redundancy is achieved using an anti-banding mechanism in which the print bar is re-aligned between layers, ensuring reliable binder deposition and suppressing defects that would otherwise affect final part quality. This mechanism eliminates the need for hard, nozzle-based redundancy while improving maintenance accessibility.

Real-time print bed inspection

An overhead camera monitors each layer using multi-angle imaging to detect print defects and nozzle performance during printing, facilitating part inspection and build audits critical to deploying additive manufacturing in production environments.

Wide material compatibility

The Production System's™ inert environment, open material platform, and selection of Desktop Metal-engineered binders enable 3D printing with a wide variety of metals—including everything from stainless steels to reactive metals and high-performance alloys.