Desktop Metal Desktop Metal (Burlington, Mass., U.S.), a company that specializes in metal 3D printing for product development and mass production, has announced it will expand its technology to include the composites community.

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Desktop Metal was founded in 2015 with a mission “to make 3D printing accessible for all engineers, designers and manufacturers,” and since then the company has brought two 3D printing technologies to market — its office-friendly metal 3D printing Studio System and its high-volume Production System metal 3D printer, which is capable of printing speeds up to 12,000 cm 3 /hr.

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Now, the company is unveiling what it says is the world’s first true continuous fiber desktop printer. Automated joining of hybrid metal-thermoplastic composite structures 2-part epoxy for increased composite aerostructures production via RTM Thermoplastics in the quest for aerospace weight savings “We are now […]

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