Desktop Metal announced it will showcase new customer 3D printing applications at RAPID + TCT in Los Angeles ? including high-value applications in the aerospace, electronics, medical, and consumer goods industries. Desktop Metal is the market leader in binder jetting and sinter-based AM for production, with more than 1,350 systems now installed worldwide.

DM systems are now qualified to 3D print more than 40 materials. A highlight of the booth will be new milestones achieved with binder jetting of AL6061 powder with final part performance that rivals traditional investment casting and surpasses other areas of AM for this material. Other highlights of critical applications to be on display include binder jet 3D printed: Silicon Carbide Optical Mirrors ?

a high-value aerospace application now being produced by customers in the United States and Europe on the X25Pro and X160Pro after development on the InnoventX. SiC mirrors are used in ground and space telescopes and spacecraft for imaging, laser targeting, and communications. High-Requirement SiC Components ?

including a turbine blade, lattice gear, cutting tool and more, produced on an InnoventX in France by customer Norimat. After printing, Norimat uses its Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) technique to densify parts. Copper Lead Frame ?

a high-value application used in semiconductor fabrication, a lead frame is a complex metal structure inside a chip package. The part to be shown was binder jet 3D printed as part of a project with Texas Instruments, the University of Texas at Dallas, and DM on a Production System P-1. Details of the project were presented earlier this year at the IMAPS Device Packaging Conference. IN718 Turbine Blades ?

a variety of large and small jet engine turbine blades printed on a Shop System and sintered in the all-new PureSinter Furnace demonstrate the ability to successfully binder jet and sinter larger parts printed in nickel-based alloys. M2 Tooling for Metal Injection Molding ? produced on an X25Pro by Indo-MIM, the global leader and largest supplier of Metal Injection Molding (MIM) precision-engineered products.

Indo-MIM owns a Super Fleet of five different DM metal printers. Surgical Tools ? printed on a Production System P-1. This showcase includes a Ti64 cervical fusion cage printed by Tritech Titanium Parts, an experienced Detroit-based manufacturer of titanium parts, and a 316L acetabular hip reamer printed by FreeForm Technologies, a metal binder jet contract manufacturer based in St.

Marys, Pennsylvania, and the larger owner of a Super Fleet of 24 Desktop Metal 3D printers. Full Set of Golf Irons ? a full set of fully functional golf irons that showcase special design features, such as lightweighting and strategic areas of stiffness, will be shown.

Fine Jewelry in a Variety of Metals ? including rings, necklaces, earrings, and charms 3D printed in platinum, gold, sterling silver, stainless steel, and steel i420 composite. Platinum was recently qualified on the Production System P-1 by Italy-based Legor, a leader in metals science and production of best-in-class alloys, powders, and plating solutions, for the jewelry and fashion hardware, and accessories markets.

In all, more than 24 customer parts will be on display, alongside the all-new PureSinter Furnace, as well as a Studio System bound metal deposition (BMD) printer and three entry-level binder jet 3D printers, including a Shop System, Production System P-1, and InnoventX.