Up-and-coming metal 3D printer manufacturerMantle凭借1300万美元的资金脱颖而出。
由几个投资者的支持基金会资本，，，，高温企业，，，，未来形状，，，，11.2资本，，，，插电企业andCorazon Capital，，，，the Bay Area-based company has debuted its hybrid TrueShape technology. The process combines metal extrusion with subtractive milling in a bid to reduce manufacturing costs and lead times, all while increasing the surface quality of its 3D printed parts.
Mantle以450亿美元的制造工具市场为目标，揭示了化妆品公司欧莱尔as its first industrial partner. L’Oréal will be using the TrueShape 3D printing process to fabricate precision molds for its product packaging.
Ted Sorom, CEO and co-founder of Mantle, said, “Manufacturers require proven part quality and performance. By using Mantle printed tooling, they can continue to use the same high-performance thermoplastics and get parts of equivalent or superior quality in less time and at a lower cost. We help companies speed their products to market with dramatically faster new product introductions while leveraging their proven mass production expertise.”
Trueshape 3D打印如何工作？
The hybrid TrueShape process can be broken down into three key stages. It is ultimately designed to encapsulate the entire end-to-end workflow for precision metal part production. First comes printing, where the system 3D prints a ‘rough part geometry’ using one of the company’s proprietary Flowable Metal Paste materials.
很像细丝MarkforgedorDesktop MetalFFF 3D打印机可能会使用，可流动的金属糊剂将金属颗粒掺入聚合物基质中。这提供了一致性，可确保可打印性。当前的糊状产品是两杆，包括P2X，P2X，一种P20工具钢状金属，具有改善的腐蚀和耐磨性。另一方面，H13是标准的H13工具钢，可以将其硬化至至少50个Rockwell C。
Once extruded, the part is further shaped using a high-speed milling toolhead integrated into the machine itself. This step improves the dimensional precision of the component while leaving a high-quality surface finish. Finally, the part is sintered in a furnace, which debinds the polymer from the metal particles and fuses the metal into a dense, solid component.
A new path to precision tooling
地幔的技术已经被一个联合国named global appliance manufacturer to 3D print a special tool insert, enabling the molding of over 200,000 washing machine parts. The project reportedly resulted in cost savings of 67% and lead time reductions of around 70% for the company. Furthermore, an unnamed medical device manufacturer was able to cut its manufacturing costs by 50% and lead times by 80% in a similar production project.
“Mantle is taking on the overlooked $45 billion tooling market that is a bottleneck for innovation because it is a slow process that has not changed significantly in 70 years,” explained Steve Vassallo, General Partner at Foundation Capital. “Until Mantle, no one has been able to develop tooling tech that is disruptive in either time or cost, let alone both, which made backing Mantle an easy decision for us.”
虽然工具是Mantle的第一步，但该公司还打算将3000亿美元的精密零件市场以及备件领域和低量工业机械渗透。
凭借出人意料的推出，Mantle是基于挤出的金属3D打印市场的最新竞争对手。就在昨天，竞争对手OEMMarkforged宣布与空白支票公司合并的协议一，，，，enablingMarkforged to go public on the New York Stock Exchange。在2021年夏季完成时，此举将导致公司估值为21亿美元。
One of the other major players in the sector isDesktop Metal，，，，which launched itsStudio System 2 metal 3D printerearlier this month. Powered by the company’s proprietary Bound Metal Deposition (BMD) process, the new System 2 is an office-friendly machine based on the previously released Studio System+. Featuring two quick-release print heads, the machine packs a build volume measuring 300 x 200 x 200mm.
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