Desktop Metal Studio System
Desktop Metal Studio System
Desktop Metal has announced it has begun accepting orders of its Studio System from companies throughout Europe, Asia Pacific, Canada and Mexico.
Since its official launch earlier this year, Desktop Metal has garnered a lot of interest. A company press release outlines the ‘tremendous demand’ from manufacturers around the world, and in September the Boston-based firm won the first TCT Rising Star Award.
As it begins to take orders internationally, and drive its ambition to enable metal 3D printing in office environments, Desktop Metal has announced BMW Group as its first international early partner to have the Studio System installed. Numerous strategic partnerships with international resellers will see the company’s 3D printing solutions distributed to Canada, Mexico, Germany, France, Italy and the UK, with availability beginning in mid-2018. Meanwhile, in the coming weeks, customers in the United States will begin to receive their Desktop Metal platforms.
“Our vision is to make Desktop Metal 3D printing solutions accessible to engineers and manufacturers around the world,” said Ric Fulop, CEO and co-founder of Desktop Metal. “We plan to begin offering our metal 3D printing technology internationally and will be accelerating production to meet worldwide demand, first for our Studio System and later for our Production System. Our partnerships with best-in-class resellers in each of these geographies bring us closer to making metal 3D printing solutions available to all who want to realise the benefits of rapid prototyping and mass production of metal parts.”
BMW Group will be the first international beneficiary of Desktop Metal’s 3D printing technology. The automotive company will be the first of many strategic customers who will act as evaluators of the technology, providing valuable feedback on parts, materials, training and system usage. It represents an extension of the partnership between the two parties, which started when BMW’s i Ventures business invested in the hardware manufacturer prior to its launch.
Upon the installation of the Studio System, BMW will harness the machine to ‘take the automotive world to the next level.’
“Metal additive manufacturing has already impacted the automotive industry mainly in prototyping,” said Jens Ertel, Head of BMW Groups’ Additive Manufacturing Center in Munich. “Currently, we are further expanding the use of metal additive manufacturing in multiple applications. Starting with design to cost-effective mass production, which is the most challenging application where material and process qualification, design, performance and cost-per-part are crucial for our success.
“Together with Desktop Metal, we are working on challenging the status quo of metal additive manufacturing. We are looking into uncovering the potential for both the Studio System for functional prototypes and the Production System for high-speed prototyping and mass production of BMW Group automotive parts.”
