It is nice to see us doing this with better materials once left as secret to us in Aerospace. We have been doing & using this since 1987 @ McDonnell Douglas & United Technologies owners of Pratt & Whitney. We called it Multi-Layered Manufacturing (MLM) before it was called stereolithography.
$100k for the metal printer? Desktop Metal sells their entire system which includes the Printer, Debinder, and furnace for $120k, and it is the exact same technology, plus they sell 30 different metals and plan on expanding to hundreds.
and CNC machines are even cheaper.... and arguably better. Just bigger and require more power (usually). But if you're casting or machining metal, size shouldn't be a factor; especially if you're funding that much money
Totally agree! As soon as these metal 3D printers become available at a price point that's comparable to a mid-level CNC mill, we will see more companies adopting them into their manufacturing options list.
There are already cheaper and faster machines than these ones. Since this one has motors for X and Y axis. We, same as other machines use galvanic scanner heads which are way faster. If you are interested look at this one dentas.eu/en/products/cad-cam-technology/arrow-metal-printing It is 92.000$ and prints faster and has 35 micro meters spot diameter. There is also another machine which is also cheaper. Or-laser creator.
It is nice to see us doing this with better materials once left as secret to us in Aerospace. We have been doing & using this since 1987 @ McDonnell Douglas & United Technologies owners of Pratt & Whitney. We called it Multi-Layered Manufacturing (MLM) before it was called stereolithography.
Great company :D
Lol @ how confusingly similar your logo and Markforged's are. Who gets the C&D letter?
If it is NOT something, then SOLID metal.
Awesome printers.
when will something like the metal x become more affordable?
Its currently the most affordable on the market! haha they are working on it
$100k for the metal printer? Desktop Metal sells their entire system which includes the Printer, Debinder, and furnace for $120k, and it is the exact same technology, plus they sell 30 different metals and plan on expanding to hundreds.
The 100K is including debinder and furnace!
and CNC machines are even cheaper.... and arguably better. Just bigger and require more power (usually). But if you're casting or machining metal, size shouldn't be a factor; especially if you're funding that much money
Totally agree! As soon as these metal 3D printers become available at a price point that's comparable to a mid-level CNC mill, we will see more companies adopting them into their manufacturing options list.
god damn it can't they make one for under 2k...
There are already cheaper and faster machines than these ones. Since this one has motors for X and Y axis. We, same as other machines use galvanic scanner heads which are way faster.
If you are interested look at this one dentas.eu/en/products/cad-cam-technology/arrow-metal-printing
It is 92.000$ and prints faster and has 35 micro meters spot diameter.
There is also another machine which is also cheaper. Or-laser creator.
And yours will only do 90mm X 90mm X 70mm. The Metal X will do 250mm X 220mm X 200MM and only cost $7000 more.
I think I will print myself a harley davidson