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Metal Binder Jetting

Your partner for an efficient option to printed metal parts with high complexity in volume production. That's the power of metal Binder Jetting technology. 
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The Future of Metal 3D Printing

DSB Technologies is your end-to-end metallurgical solutions partner for volume production of complex applications in metal Binder Jetting. We are equipped with the most advanced binder jetting systems and a fleet of metallurgy and post-process equipment so you can print and process more efficiently.

Here's What We Bring You:

Sintering Capacity

The largest capacity of high temperature sintering in North America coupled with over 40 years of metallurgical expertise

Material Development

Broad range of material availability, new material and alloy development, and strong interest in lightweighting applications

Production Portfolio

In-house printing, sintering, secondary machining, and automation to lead volume production in Metal Binder Jetting

What is Metal Binder Jetting?

A realistic method for 3D printing in volume production

An industrial printhead selectively deposits a liquid binding agent onto a thin layer of metal powder particles to build high-value and one-of-a-kind parts and tooling. The process is repeated layer by layer, using a map from a digital design file, until the object is complete. Metal materials are cured and sintered after printing to achieve densities greater than 97%, in line with metal injection molding (MIM) and better than investment castings.

 

What are the benefits?

Here are a few things you get with metal binder jetting:

  • Quick print speeds for volume production output
  • Parts with internal geometries
  • Design freedom for complex designs
  • Greater complexity and better surface finish and feature details compared to investment casing designs
  • Wide range of material possibilities
  • Geometries that are difficult to produce in hard tooling
  • Larger sized components for production
  • No required initial tooling or retooling

Our Technology Portfolio

Metal Binder Jet 3D Printers

Our partnership with The ExOne Company unlocks complex part designs for volume production in metal binder jetting.

X25Pro

  • Suitable for production, R&D and prototyping
  • Build area of 400 x 250 x 250 mm (15.75 x 9.84 x 9.84 in)
  • Installed in the DSB Technology Center, ready for production

X160Pro

  • Install slated for 2022 to DSB's production floor for volume production
  • Build area of 800 x 500 x 400 mm (31.5 x 19.7 x 15.8 in)
  • Serial production through our fully automated cell with continuous sintering
SYSTEM DETAILS
 
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In-House Metallurgy Processes

Enabling high volume Binder Jetting with 250,000 sq ft of sintering, machining, and metallurgical operations. 

We have the world's largest installed capacity of high temperature sintering furnaces - a core process step needed for most metal Binder Jetting alloys. 

With over 40 years of metallurgy experience, we bring an infrastructure of processes and equipment to support volume production of additive manufacturing from pre to post production. 

From surface finish to machining, 3D printed metal parts with complex geometries can be manufactured more efficiently with our extensive post-print secondary machining capacity. 

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Metal Binder Jetting: Design Features

Geometric Freedom

Because of the process's capabilities to support parts through sintering and control distortion, Binder Jetting allows for design freedom to create undercuts, complex internal channels, lattices, sharp edges and corners, surface textures, and fine features.

Reduced Support Structures

Binder Jetting minimizes the support structures needed by using the powder bed itself to support the part while printing. Sinter support structures can also be printed at the same time - separate from the part - to reduce the need for support structure removal after printing and sintering.

Part Accuracy

To ensure part accuracy, we have the ability to manage shrinkage during sintering. Also, post-sintering secondary operations can support qualifying key dimensions and addressing surface finish requirements.

Thinner Wall Thickness

Thinner wall thicknesses aid in the removal of the binder prior to sintering, and more uniform wall thicknesses minimize the potential for distortion and cracking during sintering.

Printing Speed

Binder Jetting print speeds are much faster than competing additive processes, opening the door for the possibility of higher volumes and more cost-competitive finished parts.

No Tooling

With the ability for iterative design changes in a single build, Binder Jetting eliminates the need for expensive upfront tooling costs and retooling - significantly reducing lead times.

Internal Geometries

Binder Jetting excels at producing parts with internal geometries as the powder acts as the support structure to the internal cavities and is easy to remove as long as there is some open passageway to the surface.

Light-Weighting

Binder Jetting supports light-weighting not only by controlling the fill ratio through lattice structures, but also by providing a porous initial structure that can be sintered to maintain the porous structure, infiltrated to create a composite structure, or sintered to high density.

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Metal Binder Jetting Technology Characteristics

Learn what part characteristics can leverage the most out of the metal binder jetting process.

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Powder Metallurgy. Metal Injection Molding. Metal 3D Printing. A technology portfolio to support your application needs.

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