Metal and carbon fiber 3D printer manufacturerMarkforgedhas announced its expansion into binder jet additive manufacturing for the first time.
Having boughtHöganäsAB子公司Digital Metal，Markfored计划将公司的技术集成到其Digital Forgeplatform. In doing so, the company aims to provide industrial users with enhanced high-throughput 3D printing capabilities, and enable them to “solve manufacturing challenges at point of need.”
马克·特雷姆（Shai Terem）表示：“通过数字金属采购，马克福格根（Markforged）通过在需求时实现可靠的，大量的精确金属零件的生产来提高我们对分布式制造的愿景。”“将Digital Metal的解决方案注入数字锻造平台中，我们可以解决医疗，汽车，奢侈品和其他行业中的新应用程序。”
“数字金属团队创建了一个强大而可扩展的解决方案，可以补充我们现有的技术。我期待着欢迎他们的才华横溢的人来标记。”
Digital Metal’s binder jet technology
Since being founded as a wholly-owned subsidiary of metal powder developer Höganäs AB in 2003, Digital Metal has spent the best part of the last two decades establishing a portfolio of binder jet 3D printers and ancillary equipment. Digital Metal’s flagship system, theDMP/PRO Series，，，，features a printhead with 70,400 nozzles, which enable the rapid jetting of 2 picoliter (a trillionth of a liter) droplets at a high level of precision.
由于其160毫米厚的糖尿病平台以及线性电动机和空气轴承驱动的设置，该公司表示，其机器还能够随着时间的推移确保准确性，同时允许用户以“无与伦比的” 8000×1600打印DPI分辨率。
Digital Metal has continually broadened its portfolio in recent years,添加DM D2工具钢兼容性for its machines, before introducing its ownDM Cu copper 3D printing powder在2021年初。最近，为了增强其系统的功能，该公司已推出了automated depowdering station，，，，built to mechanize post-print powder recycling, and help unlock serial production.
在软件方面，数字金属以前还设法DM P2500的速度三倍，，，，the other 3D printer in its core offering, via an upgrade that has since been fitted to the units as standard. Using its ever-growing portfolio, the firm says its clientele are now increasingly able to produce high-surface quality parts in volume, while its technology itself is “making strides” in new applications.
Markforged’s Digital Forge expansion
Agreed in the form of a ‘definitive agreement’ with Höganäs AB, Markforged’s deal to buy Digital Metal will see it pay $32 million in cash, and around 4.1 million shares in common stock for full control of the firm. Markforged has also agreed to pay $1.5 million in cash to settle certain intercompany balances, and while the deal remains subject to certain conditions, it’s expected to go through during Q3 2022.
在此举背后的动机方面，Markforged将Binder喷射视为“高度可扩展的添加剂制造技术”，它可以从一系列不同的金属中生产零件。因此，该公司预计将流程添加到现有的数字伪造产品中，将使其“通过解决新的客户问题来扩展其可寻址市场”。
Markforged also believes that by using its enhanced platform, manufacturers will now be able to create functional metal parts in high volumes with a minimal amount of setup. This is seen by the firm as particularly important, given the lengthy design-to-manufacturing times often associated with traditional processes, thus its acquisition could help make 3D printing easier to deploy and scale on-demand.
“Markforged’s easy-to-use platform, best-in-class software capabilities and material expertise felt like a natural fit for the future of our technology,” adds Christian Lönne, CEO of Digital Metal. “With Markforged’s experience and go-to-market scale, we are confident that we will be able to grow our technology together and help more manufacturers produce the high-volume metal parts they need to drive highly productive and cost-efficient operations.”
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可以说，通过桌面金属的引人入胜的营销方法，粘合剂喷射被重新引起了人们的关注。围绕贸易展览的词通常是有利的，活页夹企业欢迎对这一添加剂制造子部分的重新关注。现在，Markforged的数字金属采购看到它进入了越来越多的竞争活页夹Jet 3D打印市场。Desktop Metal，，，，购买了其主要竞争对手Exone2021年8月，新公司最近进入该领域的5.75亿美元，已经看到了一批新的潜在粘合剂喷射竞争对手。
Earlier this year, for instance, Spanish 3D printer manufacturerTriditiverevealed that it had begun working withFoxconnto develop anew binder jetting system。尽管Triditive已经建立了一个运动tfolio ofAMCELLsystems, which operate using a combination of binder jetting and Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), the move effectively marked electronics assembler Foxconn’s entry to the industry.
Elsewhere, automotive manufacturerVolkswagen has expanded its binder jetting usageas well, unveiling plans to integrate the technology into its production workflow in June 2021. In doing so, with the help ofHPandSiemens该公司旨在降低其在德国沃尔夫斯堡的主要制造工厂的成本并提高生产率。
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